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The Defence Services Command and Staff College is the only educational institution which provides training facilities to middle level officers of the three Armed Forces.

This institution will be affiliated to the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University to award post graduate degrees to officers in the three armed services.

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The government is ready to face an election at any time, Acting Media Minister and Acting Cabinet Spokesman Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said.

“One of the key components of democracy is holding elections in a country on or before the due date. Any delay in conducting elections at relevant times is a violation of the people’s democratic right to elect their representatives. Therefore, it is surprising that the UNP and the JVP oppose conducting elections, even before the government takes any measures to conduct an election,” he said.

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Deputy Speaker Chandima Weerakkody presided when Parliament met at 1 pm yesterday.

After presentation of papers and oral questions, the House took up the Order under the Strategic Development Projects Act No 14 of 2008 for debate.

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Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa presided when Parliament met at 1.00 pm yesterday. After the presentation of papers and oral questions, the House was adjourned until 1.00 pm today. The House took up the adjournment motion on the latest report of the Committee on Public Enterprises for debate.

A H M Azwer (UPFA)

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A special full day debate would be held in Parliament on May 8 on the latest report of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE), Human Resources Senior Minister and COPE chairman D E W Gunasekara told the Daily News yesterday. He said that the date on this debate was agreed at the party leaders’ meeting held recently. He said that when tabling the COPE report he promised to facilitate an extensive debate on its content and its recommendations.

The latest COPE report was tabled in Parliament in December last year after probing audit reports of 229 public enterprises. It has also provided recommendations on the smooth functioning of those institutions.

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Politicians are not the most suitable persons to take suitable decisions on legalizing abortion in Sri Lanka. The topic of abortion should be discussed on a much wider scale, JHU Leader Ven Omalpe Sobhitha Thera said.

Allowing abortions by law, will only lead to the increase in the number of abortions. On the other hand to prevent such illegal abortions what is required is to teach society on Sri Lanka’s noble and rich traditions the Thera said.

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* Anti – Sri Lankan statement – Ven Prof Kumburugamuwe Vajira Thera

* All Sri Lankans should rally together – Gomin Dayasri

Several religious and civil society leaders yesterday condemned Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe’s statement on the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) report and described it as a pre-emptive strike to put Sri Lanka into difficulty on the eve of United Nations Human Rights Council’s deliberations in March.

Anti – Sri Lankan statement- Ven Prof KumburugamuweVajira TheraAll Sri Lankans should rallytogether – Gomin Dayasri

They also called it as move to discredit the country in the eyes of the international community for petty political mileage and added that it was not befitting of the high office he holds as a political leader of the country.

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Deputy Speaker Chandima Weerakkody presided, when Parliament met at 1.00 pm yesterday. After the presentation of papers and oral questions, the House took up the Regulations under the National Thoroughfares Act for debate.

Ports and Highways Deputy Minister Nirmala Kothalawala: The regulations under the National Thoroughfares Act has been introduced to provision the charging of fees from the drivers of every vehicle plying on the Expressway. A large number of vehicles are plying on this Expressway daily. The government is earning a good income from these vehicles.

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Douglas Devananda, Minister of Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development stated that the Tamil National Alliance had rejected to participate in the Parliamentary Select Committee which was not at all a wise decision. However, if they took part in it, it would facilitate finding a solution to the political rights of the Tamil speaking people within a considerably short period of time, added the Minister.

The Minister said so, at a meeting held at the Kayts New Pradeshiya Sabha building after having declared it open recently. Speaking further the minister said that in a democratic country, people were blessed with the freedom to express their own views. However, such utterances should be aimed at the progress of the country but not to its retrogression. Despite this, some ill-meaning politicians were engaged in activities against the society and the government, making use of the freedom of speech.

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Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa presided, when Parliament met at 1 pm yesterday.

After the presentation of papers and oral questions, Parliament was adjourned until 1 pm today.

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