DEFINITELY NO CASINO LICENCES
No new licences
will be given for casinos, said
President Mahinda Rajapaksa speaking
to media heads at Temple Trees last
morning. He said that be it Mr.
Packer or anybody else, no licences
will be granted. Anybody
contravening licencing regulations
and establishing casinos will be
dealt with, and their casinos closed
down, he said.
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PSC will decide on Amendment -
President
The
Parliamentary Select Committee will
look in to the constitutional
amendments with regard to the 13th
Amendment and whether they are
necessary or not, said the
President, and he said it is the
body empowered to look into the
issue. He added that there was no
particular Indian concern on the
issue of the 13th Amendment,
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Clergy, laity should make joint
effort to uplift society –
President
Clergy and laity
should make a joint endeavour to
uplift society, President Mahinda
Rajapaksa said. The President was
addressing a gathering at the Sri
Wijeyawardena Pirivena, Pannipitiya,
yesterday after opening a newly
built Budu Medura and a Pagoda. The
President said all people are duty
bound to create a better society,
which has less problems and issues.
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Mihintale Lake House Aloka Pooja
begins today
Mihintale, the
birth place of Buddhism in Sri
Lanka, will be gleaming with
thousands of electric bulbs with the
commencement of the Mihintale Aloka
Pooja conducted by Lake House for
the 51st year, in collaboration with
the Ceylon Electricity Board today.
The programme is sponsored by Abans
Ltd. The inaugural “Aloka Pooja”
better known as the ceremonial
illumination ,
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