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Move to clear heavy backlog:
New Commission to clear 3,000 bribery cases
The newly appointed members of the Commission to
Investigate Allegations of Bribery and Corruption are in the process
of clearing a staggering 3,000 bribery cases which had piled up
during the 13 months of its inaction, Chairman Justice D. J. de S.
Balapatabendi told the Sunday Observer.
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UNP MP’s son held over assault on policeman
Kollupitiya police took in for questioning Dinuk
Bandara Kiriella, a son of UNP MP Lakshman Kiriella for allegedly
assaulting a police officer on duty at the Kollupitiya junction when
a policemen intervened to save the driver from being assaulted,
Police Media Spokesman SP, Prishantha Jayakody told the Sunday
Observer.
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Rs 30.8m tome on Ferrari with 1,500 diamonds:
Lankan buys world’s most expensive book
A Sri Lankan has become the first in the world
to buy the world’s most expensive book currently in print - an
astounding Rs.30.8 million (US$ 275,000) worth tome on carmaker
Ferrari encrusted with 1,500 diamonds. In comparison, a Ferrari 458
Italia car costs only around US$ 225,000.
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Workers’ collective agreement to be signed soon
Ceylon Workers’ Congress (CWC) President and
Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs Muthu Sivalingam told the Sunday
Observer that their fifth round of talks with the Regional
Plantation Companies (RPCs) on Tuesday made considerable headway
towards signing a fresh Collective Agreement over the wage increase
for workers and added that they were optimistic of striking a deal
at the next round of talks.
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Govt’s policies open to constructive criticism
Justice Minister Rauff Hakeem said that the
Government always welcomes any constructive criticism of its
policies so that it can implement what is best in a very consensual
way. The Minister said a proper democracy could function only if the
Government responds positively to constructive criticism.
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The visiting foreign Minister of Seychelles Jean Paul Adams and Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris held bi-lateral discussions at the Foreign Ministry this evening.
Sri Lanka registered a superb 35 (five goals) points to 10 (one goal and one penalty) victory over Singapore in their Asian Five Nations Rugby Division 1 tournament match played at Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila, Philippines today.
Two Thai women who were pretending pregnant mothers, were apprehended while attempting to smuggle 162 cocaine tablets. 
The Government decision to increase the import tax on motor vehicles was aimed at controlling the number of vehicles added annually to the vehicle fleet of the country as excessive number of vehicles have been imported to the country during the past three years, Acting Media Minister and Cabinet Spokesman Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said today. “We had no other intention behind this move other than controlling the number of vehicles added annually to the road network”, the Minister said.
The Catholic Church today appealed to the President to halt any amendments leading to relax existing Abortion Law of the country, cautioning that such measures would aggravate the social issue and deprive children of their right to life. 
Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) reported Wednesday night that the new head of the government’s Socialist Left party (SV) has ousted veteran SV politician and former party leader Erik Solheim as the government minister in charge of both environmental and foreign aid issues.
The Department of Wildlife and Conservation (DWLC) has launched an investigation why the army shot two wild elephants in Bundala yesterday. According to environmentalists one jumbo was shot in the head and the other sustain similar gun shot injuries.
The Sri Lankan delegation, who left the country Wednesday to attend the 19th session of the United Nations Human Right Council in Geneva, Switzerland, says they have a well-organized plan to counteract the arguments against Sri Lanka.
Eight Indian fishermen from Keechankuppam fishing hamlet in Nagapattinam district sustained injuries in an alleged mid-sea attack by Lankan fishermen at midnight on Tuesday.
The UK still believes that a process led in Sri Lanka is better than one led internationally, said the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Alistair Burt, participating in a debate on the situation in Sri Lanka in the House of Commons yesterday (22).
In a new boost to Sri Lanka’s geo-textile industry and Sri Lanka’s standing as world’s largest exporter of coir fibre, a top US government agency has cleared the way for Sri Lankan made geo-textiles for two projects. 
