Day: 14 February 2019

Will the lawyer PC Shantha Abeymanasingham respond to the allegations made in the video below. and refund the fees.

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Will the lawyer PC Shantha Abeymanasingham respond to the allegations made in the video below. and refund the fees. Will the lawyer PC Shantha Abeymanasingham respond to the allegations made in the video below and refund the fees. Please listen to the video below which was telecasted in a Prominent Colombo tv station have given a translation below.  How could lawyer AbemanasIngham justify charging this person 1 and a 1/2 Laks and had for him only twice in court without taking any meaning full action to release him? Shantha has not done anything other than cautioning…

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Only one BOI project in the North funded by Diaspora, says report

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Highlights: Slow industrial growth, low incomes, soaring indebtedness, more suicides, poor child nutrition levels Sri Lanka’s war-torn North has only 23 Board of Investment (BOI) companies, just one of which is funded by the diaspora, the lowest number of industrial enterprises in the country and an industrial sector growing far slower than the national average, a new report reveals. In the ten years since fighting ended, employment creation has also not met demand while the Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi districts record the nation’s lowest monthly incomes. Indebtedness has soared. There is…

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Sri Lanka to revive small scale rice millers to boost competition

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ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka will be providing one billion rupees in financing for the farmers’ guaranteed price paddy purchase program through small and medium scale rice millers in order to boost competition and correct government failure, a minister said. “What we want to make sure is we put in place a set of policies where we try to reactivate competition in the milling market to solve the problem of market failure without causing a government failure,” Economic Reforms and Public Distribution Minister Harsha de Silva said. “What happens sometimes is…

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Sri Lanka had turned into a Drug Haven by 2014

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Minister of Justice and Prison Reforms Thalatha Atukorale stated that certain Prisons Department officers and Police officers were among those who were detained by Dubai Police early this month. She stated that the country had turned into a drug haven by 2014. Atukorale also said that instead of judicial zones, there will be administrative Districts and administrative electorates where JPs will be in charge. The Minister revealed this at an event to appoint new JPs in Kahawatta, Ratnapura yesterday. Over 220 JPs were appointed at the event. Speaking further, the…

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Next Presidential Election: Who will win in a three-cornered fight?

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“Privacy is dead, and social media hold the smoking gun.” ~Pete Cashmore, Mashable CEO  The social media is quite busy. One of its main political thrusts has been towards promoting one single individual of the United National Party (UNP). And that is Sajith Premadasa, the incumbent Housing and Cultural Affairs Minister, the son of the late Ranasinghe Premadasa. Ranasinghe Premadasa was a totally different kettle of fish. His modus operandi consisted of real hard work and he was never ever considered a ‘softie’. His contribution towards the déclassé still remains unmatched and…

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NFF MP Premaratne’s ability to pay Rs. 725,000 a month to a state bank for Rs 80 mn loan? Drug money?

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Political opponents had questioned NFF MP Premaratne’s ability to pay Rs. 725,000 a month to a state bank for Rs 80 mn loan drawn from the parliament branch of the bank. National Freedom Front (NFF) MP Premaratne for paying his last respects to 62-year-old Samarasinghe Arachchige Lakshman, father of Makadure Madush in August 2018. By Shamindra Ferdinando Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader and UPFA member Udaya Gammanpila, yesterday, claimed that so far there was no basis for allegations that UPFA Matara District MP Niroshan Premaratne had laundered underworld kingpin Makadure…

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