IIGEP has overstepped bounds in going to the media - Govt. Defence Spokesman

Government Defence Affairs Spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella yesterday slammed the International Independence Group of Eminent Persons for making comments to the media on the investigative process of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into alleged Human Rights Violations, without prior approval of the Commission.

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LTTE using Madhu statue as tactical ploy

The LTTE is using the statue of Our Lady of Madhu as a tactical ploy to obtain propaganda mileage with the Security Forces eventually closing in on them in the Wanni, Defence Spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said.

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Authorities to crack whip on quack doctors

The Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry and the Police Department will launch a countrywide one day raid to arrest all quack doctors. It has been discovered that there are 40,000 quack doctors in Sri Lanka at the moment, Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry sources said.

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Ethanol to drive Lankan cars

Leading entrepreneur suggests sugarcane cultivation:

Chairman Pelwatte Sugar Industries Ltd Ariyaseela Wickramanayake has submitted a proposal where the country's full requirement of fuel can be produced by cultivating 65,000 hectares of sugarcane while fulfilling the total requirement of sugar for the country and producing more than 150 megawatts of electricity.

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