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‘LTTE had no interest in terminating conflict’:
Norway’s dual role led to CFA breakdown – LLRC
The Lessons Learnt and Reconcilliation Commission
(LLRC) in its final report to the President which was tabled in
Parliament last Friday criticised the role of Norway, that their
actions contributed significantly to breakdown of the CFA. It
observed that the Nordic peace makers’ dual role as the facilitator
and the monitor of the peace process did not synchronise well and
this decision to play two opposing roles led to a conflict of
interest and failed strong action by the Sri Lanka Monitoring
Mission (SLMM) in instances of grave violations of the CFA,
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Driver error, most common cause of accidents
Six persons die every day on Sri Lanka’s
highways as a result of motor accidents which adversely affect the
country’s economy as well, said Additional Secretary of the Ministry
of Health Dr. P. Mahipala addressing a media conference in Colombo.
He said when analysing the cause of accidents,
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‘Plastic crates - not a hasty decision’
Co-operatives and Internal Trade Minister
Johnston Fernando told Parliament yesterday that the decision to
introduce plastic crates was not a hurried decision and the
subsequent gazette notification which was issued in January this
year. Winding up the committee stage debate on his ministry,
Minister Fernando said though the gazette was issued in January, the
President had given a one year grace period to implement it, in
response to a request made by farmers and traders.
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Unparliamentary behaviour to be kept under check
Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa has appointed a
seven-member committee to make recommendations to improve discipline
and ensure security within the Parliamentary Chamber in the wake of
unruly scenes that broke out when President Mahinda Rajapaksa
presented the Budget on November 21.
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Most bus owners’ unions favour Govt efforts
All bus owners’ unions except one support the
Government’s efforts to uplift the private bus service, said Private
Transport Services Minister C.B. Ratnayaka. He said the Government
has provided many facilities and benefits to private bus owners.
Referring to the threat made by Lanka Private Bus Owners’
Association President Gemunu Wijeratne to launch a country-wide
private bus strike,
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