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| NTC receives 116 complaints |
| 2012-12-29 |
The National Transport Commission (NTC) received 116 complaints from passengers regarding the inter-provincial special private bus service operated during the festive season.
An NTC spokesman said most complaints were for overcharging, failure to return the balance to passengers, being discourteous to commuters and the non-issuance of tickets.
He said they received 33 complaints regarding overcharging during the special bus service.
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| Official lauds National Green Reporting System |
| 2012-12-29 |
The National Green Reporting System initiated last year has become a remarkable step towards "the greening the industries in Sri Lanka", said Environment Ministry Secretary B M U D Basnayake.
He said under this mission, strategies and actions have been developed to minimise environmental degradation by promoting sustainable and cleaner production in industries.
Participating in the Annual Green Reporting Ceremony 2012 at Waters Edge in Battaramulla recently, he observed the op
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| CTU, IUSF, condemn leadership training programme |
| 2012-12-29 |
Parents of students who successfully completed their A/Ls have to spend over Rs 10,000 to buy items required for the students’ two week stay at military camps for their leadership training programme.
The students and parents, speaking to Ceylon Today, said they are outraged at the amount of money they had to spend to buy the items listed in the letters sent to the undergraduates.
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| Separate treatment units for child abuse victims |
| 2012-12-29 |
The Ministry of Health has decided to establish separate units in all main hospitals, to treat children who have been subjected to abuse.
Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena today instructed officials to set up these units, on a request by the Chairperson of the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA), Anoma Dissanayake.
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| Twelve suspects arrested for deceiving devotees |
| 2012-12-29 |
The Yatiyantota Police have arrested 12 suspects, including three children for deceiving devotees and obtaining money during the Saman Denala Perahera, which started on Thursday (27) from Ratnapura to Sri Pada marking the beginning of the Sri Pada season.
According to the police, the suspects had gone ahead of the Perahera and obtained money from devotees, who had lined up the streets to witness the event.
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| TID summons Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam |
| 2012-12-29 |
The Police Terrorist Investigations Division (TID) has issued summons on Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) President Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, reports said today.
A notice had been sent to him yesterday asking him to be present at the TID office in Colombo tomorrow (Saturday).
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| 64 Sri Lankan trafficking victims captured |
| 2012-12-29 |
Sixty-four Sri Lankans suspected of being trafficked with help of Thais to a third country were captured while waiting for transport in Pattaya.
Chonburi Immigration Police raided the Bai-Yok Resort Dec. 19 following a call from a Rong Poh resident asking for investigation of a large number of foreign visitors to the neighborhood. None of those taken into custody were believed to be the traffickers.
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| WikiLeaks: Norwegians Imported Radio Equipment For The LTTE At The Specific Request Of The GOSL |
| 2012-12-29 |
A Leaked ‘Confidential’ US diplomatic cable, dated January 17, 2003, updated the Secretary of State regarding the anti-peace process tirades and Sri Lanka’s ‘Sinhalese extremists’ shows that the controversial ‘importing radio equipment’ by the Norwegian Embassy has done at the specific request of the government’s Peace Secretariat.
Jon Westborg and Bernard Goonetilleke,Head GSL Peace Secretariat
The Colombo Telegraph found the relat
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| Flood risk in Mannar: residents to be evacuated |
| 2012-12-28 |
The Disaster Management Centre says that steps have been taken to evacuate the residents of three villages in Western Manthai area in Mannar, owing to the risk of floods.
Assistant Director of the Disaster Management Center, Pradeep Kodippili said that the villages are in risk of floods caused by the overflowing of the Malwathu-oya and several other tanks.
The villages are Parappankandal, Adampanthaalwu and Paalyadi Pulikkulam.
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| SL couple jailed in Dubai for bribing immigration officer |
| 2012-12-28 |
The Dubai Criminal Court of First Instance sentenced a Sri Lankan couple to six months in jail for offering Dh10,000 as bribe to an immigration officer at Dubai International Airport, requesting him to allow the woman to depart the country in spite of an entry and exit ban issued against her by the UAE authorities.
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