Former Deputy Defence Minister Anuruddha Ratwatte escorted by prison guards to be driven to a remand prison in Colombo yesterday.

Anuruddha remanded till March 4

by Sarath Samaranayake and Karaliyadda group corr.

Kandy district MP and former Minister and Deputy Minister of Defence General Anuruddha Ratwatte was remanded till March 4 by the Teldeniya magistrate Miss Preethi Inoka Ranasinghe when he was produced before her by the CID yesterday in connection with the Udathalawinna massacre on general election day.
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Peace process: Lanka will not follow Philippine example

by Ranga Jayasuriya

Foreign Minister Tyronne Fernando said yesterday that Sri Lanka would not follow the Philippine example in dealing with the country's ethnic problem.
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NSL on wheat imports off

by Ravi Ladduwahetty

The Daily News reliably learns that the Cabinet of Ministers at its meeting yesterday had decided to remove the National Security Levy (NSL) of 6.5 per cent on imported wheat flour and wheat grain with immediate effect.
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