Namal Rajapaksa stresses need for private sector pensions
The shock I felt as a youth who was witness to
the violent reaction to the proposed private sector pension scheme
by certain groups, political opportunism and the unfortunate death
of a youth prompted me to write this letter, said Hambantota MP
Namal Rajapaksa.
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Channel 4 drama:
Maj Gen Shavendra Silva sifts fact from fiction
Armed with ‘evidence’ and videos many gathered
at the UN Church Centre right across the United Nations Headquarters
in New York to tarnish the image of Sri Lanka; sponsored by Amnesty
International (AI), Human Rights Watch and the International Crisis
Group to screen the documentary ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’ by film
producer Cullum McRae which was telecast over the UK-based TV
station Channel 4. The team claimed that the documentary confirms
the findings of the Darusman Report.
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Lanka closely monitoring LTTE court case in EU
The Europol’s EU Terrorism Situation and Trend
Report (TE-SAT 2011) states that in 2010, 27 individuals were
arrested for terrorist offences linked to the financing of the LTTE
in France, Germany and the Netherlands. It has also mentioned that
the LTTE has been engaged in organised crimes such as the
facilitation of illegal immigration, credit card skimming, money
laundering, and fraud for the purpose of funding terrorist
operations.
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Another landmark:
New Galle bus stand links railway station
Since the infamous invasion by the Portuguese in
1505 the Southern capital city of Galle has gone through good times
and bad. The 2004 tsunami can be singled out as the saddest moment
in the history of Galle. It not only took away lives and limbs of
people and animals it also destroyed valuable property running into
several billions.
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