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| Human torch rushed to hospital |
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A 53-year-old man who set himself ablaze in front of his paramour’s house in Mt. Lavinia on Tiesday night was in a critical condition at the Kalubowila hospital yesterday.
The man was a garment factory driver and resident of Serupita, Boralesgamuwa. He attempted self immolation at Welipara down Sumangala Road, in the Mt. Lavinia police area.
He was rushed to hospital by the villagers and his paramour.
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| Sri Lanka pays compensation to the war-affected people in North |
| 2013-07-12 |
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Sri Lanka, implementing the recommendations made by the Lesson Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), has initiated a program to pay compensation to the residents of Northern Province affected by violence during the war.
Under the first phase of the program, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today symbolically handed over compensation to the families of people who lost loved ones and property and sustained injuries.
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| Female representation in Parliament should be increased - Speaker |
| 2013-07-12 |
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Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa says that female representation in Parliament should be increased to at least 35 percent.
He expressed this view at a function held in Colombo on Wednesday.
The function was held under the auspices of Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne with the participation of women representing the Parliament.
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| We see this as a plan... - says Ven. Omare Kassapa |
| 2013-07-12 |
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A handbill distribution programme to create awareness on the 13th Amendment to the constitution took place at the Fort Railway Station on Wednesday.
The programme was organised by the Thunhela National Movement.
General Secretary of Thunhela National Movement, Venerable Omare Kassapa shared these views
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| Lankan protesters given bail |
| 2013-07-12 |
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A Sri Lankan protester who invaded the pitch during a cricket match between Sri Lanka and India in Cardiff, has been released on conditional bail by a UK court, Wales Online reported.
Manimaran Sadasaramoorthy, 42, of Mitcham in Surrey, travelled to Wales on June at the city’s Swalec Stadium against the presence of the Sri Lankan cricket team on British soil.
The team lost to India by eight wickets in the Champions Trophy semi-final.
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| Male teacher accused of sexual abuse |
| 2013-07-12 |
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The Ministry of Health has received a number of complaints against a male teacher attached to the Nurses’ Training School in Hambantota, including charges of sexually abusing trainees after forcing them to consume alcohol.
It was revealed, if the students refused to obey him, he threatened to take action against them with regard to academic activities.
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| Agents responsible for welfare of female migrant workers |
| 2013-07-12 |
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Foreign employment agents, who recruit women workers without properly screening the backgrounds of the employers in the Middle Eastern countries, will be solely responsible to pay the workers’ compensation.
The employment agents will also have to take responsibility for payments in cases such as, issues pertaining to any unwarranted ill-treatment committed on the housemaids by their employers during their working period in those countries.
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| Ranjan and Azwer heat up over Sharia |
| 2013-07-12 |
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UNP MP Ranjan Ramanayake and Government MP A. H. M. Azwer were engaged in a heated argument in Parliament today over a comment made by Ramanayake who said the Sharia law practiced in Saudia Arabia was a barbaric one where Sri Lankan expatriates were killed mercilessly.
Mr. Ramanayake urged Foreign Employment Promotion Minister Dilan Perera to bring laws to ban Sri Lankan women from going for employment to the Middle East as housemaids. Mr. Ramanayake was referring to the statement made by Minister Perera, saying he would becom
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