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A group of inmates of the Magazine Remand Prison climbed onto the roof of one of
the buildings protesting against the prison superintendent who had allegedly curtailed the food brought from home to inmates. One inmate is seen covering his head with trousers grabbed from a prison jailor.

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UNP election ends up in Court PDF Print E-mail

‘rigged’ ‘ranil at fault’

By Rathindra Kuruwita

United National Party (UNP) reformists will go to Court tomorrow (January 30) challenging how free and fair the elections to choose the party leader, deputy leader and national organizer were, on December 19, 2011.

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Turf war in Kolonnawa intensifies PDF Print E-mail

By Gayan Kumara Weerasinghe

A turf war between the chairman and deputy chairman of the Kolonnawa Urban Council (KUC) has spiralled into violence after an attack was launched against a timber mill owned by a councillor loyal to the deputy chairman.

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Van tragedy – short-cut led to a short-circuit PDF Print E-mail
By Tharaka Dushyanth

Police investigations into the tragedy of the van that caught fire reveals that the driver of the van had connected a loop line from the carburetor to a petrol can placed inside the van and had used this to restart the engine when it had stalled on the bridge, leading to a fire.  
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We are going to India to invest PDF Print E-mail
– Gamage

By Sulochana Ramiah Mohan

The Pelwatte sugar factory which was taken over by the government under the Underperforming and Underutilized Assets Act has become a burden to the public as the government incurs a cost of Rs 86 million a month to maintain the factory, detractors allege.
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Public warned re forged currency now in circulation PDF Print E-mail

By Gayan Kumara Weerasingha

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has warned the public that a large amount of forged currency notes are currently in circulation in the country. The Forged Currency Inspection Unit of the CID told LAKBIMAnEWS that these notes are among those in the bank’s reserves, as well as the Central Bank.

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Jagath Sumathipala elected uncontested as President, All Ceylon Buddhist Congress for the 3rd term PDF Print E-mail

Mr. Jagath Sumathipala has been elected for the 3rd term as President, All Ceylon Buddhist Congress (ACBC) at its 85th Annual General Meeting held at the All Ceylon Buddhist Congress headquarters on January 28, 2012.

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