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President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga in an Address to the
Nation over television yesterday on the occasion of the UPFA government
completing 60 days in office said that a team of Senior Cabinet Ministers
would be appointed to negotiate with the LTTE once dates for the talks are
agreed upon. Malwatte Mahanayake Thera's cremation today by Pradeep Kumara Dharmaratne, Kandy Corr. The cremation of the Most. Ven. Rambukwelle Sri Vipassi Mahanayake
Thera of the Malwatte Chapter of the Siyam Maha Nikaya will take place
with State honours at the Asgiriya Police Grounds, Kandy this evening,
June 13 at 3 pm. Rs. 1.7 billion tax amnesty to Prima by Anura Maitipe Prima Ceylon Ltd. had been granted tax amnesty of Rs. 1,700 million by
the UNF regime, Finance Ministry sources told the "Sunday
Observer". This was despite the monopoly position that company had
under the terms of the agreement signed between Prima Ceylon Ltd. and the
Sri Lankan government in 1977, the sources added. Speaker has doubts Speaker W.J.M. Lokubandara appears to be in doubt about the legality of
the swearing in of Ven. Akmeemana Dayarathana Thera of the Jathika Hela
Urumaya who took oaths last Tuesday, amid a turbulent session of
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