Petrol, furnace oil prices reduced
Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka told
Parliament yesterday that the Government as pledged by President
Mahinda Rajapaksa in his Budget speech has further reduced the price
of a litre of petrol by Rs. 20 and a litre of furnace oil by Rs. 10
with effect from yesterday.
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Enjoining order against Sunday Leader
Mount Lavinia District Judge, Priyantha de Silva
issued an injunction restraining the publication in the Sunday
Leader newspaper of letters, articles, news etc. defamatory of
Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa yesterday.
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Child abandoned in Japan unites with dad
Mom, granny flee after duping job seekers:
Two-year-old Dulakshi Pabasara who was abandoned
by her mother in Japan was reunited with her father after four
months at the Bandaranaike International Airport yesterday.
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Ranil slams media again
Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe lashed
out at the media and several senior journalists at a press briefing
at the Parliamentary complex yesterday. This follows his earlier
criticism of the Daily Mirror and its editor for describing him as a
weak leader in an opinion piece.
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Tamil Nadu cops find boats, launch arms hunt
The Tamil Nadu police have launched a search at
Dhanushkodi and surrounding areas, after a tip-off that arms could
have been brought aboard the five abandoned bullet riddled boats
found along the coast in the last few days.
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