ITN News 2012-02-22 6.00PM
22 February 2012
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22 February 2012
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22 February 2012
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22 February 2012
President Rajapaksa has said that Sri Lanka is dedicated for the welfare of the Maldivians. Sri Lanka expects stability in the Maldives. He made this reference during a meeting with a special delegation of the Maldivian President. Mohammed Waheed Deen, the special representative of the Maldivian Government who had arrived in the island with a [...]
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22 February 2012
Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva has pointed out that they had a well organized plan to confront groups against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council sessions. The Sri Lanka representatives attending the conference left for Geneva early this morning. Expressing views to ITN before leaving Katunayake, Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said that [...]
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22 February 2012
The Inter Ministerial Committee on the implementation of the National Action Plan on Human Rights has held its first meeting, following the appointment of a Cabinet Sub Committee on Human Rights. It was chaired by Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe. The Minister proposed that a small Task Force under the Inter Ministerial Committee should meet regularly. Its [...]
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22 February 2012
Minister Dinesh Gunawardena has emphasized that the Government had not revoked the right to engage in protests and express views. The Minister was responding to a statement made by Parliamentarian Anura Dissanayake. The Minister said that more than 100 demonstrations and protest marches were staged in 2011 and not a single such protest or march [...]
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22 February 2012
Minister Douglas Devananda has told the Tamil National Alliance that action should be initiated not only for the political rights of the people but also for their developing and living rights. The Minister said that the Tamil National Alliance was working to achieve their political goals indicating that they were appearing on behalf of the [...]
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22 February 2012
A National Policy on the prevention of motor accidents is scheduled to be released within one month. The Select Committee of Parliament looking into the Alarming Increase in Traffic Accidents said that stickers on the front and rear sides of all buses will be removed with immediate effect. A meeting of the Select Committee was [...]
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22 February 2012
Plans are afoot to auction Sri Lanka’s largest gem deposit on Friday. A gem deposit was recovered following top soil removed from a land belonging to the Forest Conservation Department in the Thammanawa village near Kataragama for a road development project under the Maga Neguma Programme. It has been acquired by the Gem and Jewellery [...]
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22 February 2012
11 years have passed since the inking of the Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) described not only by politicians and scholars but also the patriotic people as a mass betrayal in history. This Ceasefire Agreement between the United National Party and the LTTE was signed by the then Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe and Tiger Leader Velupillai Prabhakaran. [...]
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22 February 2012
The Treasury has released 2200 million rupees for the purchase of Maha paddy yield. 1200 million rupees has been released to the Paddy Marketing board and the amount issued for District Secretaries is 1000 million rupees. The Government hopes to purchase a kilo of Nadu paddy at 28 rupees and Samba at 30 rupees from [...]
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22 February 2012
UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake has said the Chilaw incident should be considered as a murder and the perpetrators penalized. He was addressing a media conference at the Opposition Leader’s Office today. Mr. Attanayake said that the Police have assumed the responsibility of the killing of Anthony Fernando in Chilaw. He said that the media [...]
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22 February 2012
Two Japanese war ships have reached the Colombo Harbour. The ships are returning from a counter piracy operation off the coast of Somalia and in the Gulf of Arden. The Sri Lanka Navy warmly welcomed the two Maritime Self Defence Force ships, “Takanami DD-110″ and “Ohnami DD-111.” Both ships will remain in Sri Lanka till [...]
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