Commander-in-Chief and his able General: The book launching ceremony of ‘Gota’s War’ an introspective collection of events that led to the crushing of Tiger terrorism in Sri Lanka documented by veteran journalist C. A. Chandraprema was held on Monday at Waters Edge in Battaramulla. Here President Mahinda Rajapaksa with Defence and Urban Development Ministry Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa, Irrigation and Water Resources Management Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva and Chief Government Whip and Water Supply and Drainage Minister Dinesh Gunawardane. Picture by Sudath Silva

All out war against illegal sand mining

Raids on illegal sand mining would be carried out with high frequency and the law against the offenders would be strictly implemented to prevent a possible rise in illegal sand mining with the relaxaing of sand transport regulations, an Environment Ministry spokesman told the Daily News yesterday. He observed that the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau (GSMB) will establish a flying squad shortly to nab illegal sand miners.

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We reject all types of communalism - President

“We reject all types of communalism, be it Sinhalese, Tamil or Muslim. We will not let any communal force raise its head in Sri Lanka,” President Mahinda Rajapaksa told Heads of media institutions at a breakfast meeting held at Temple Trees yesterday. President Rajapaksa requested the Heads of Sri Lankan media organizations ,

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Revaluation of criteria:

President to appoint committee on Z-score

The government is to appoint a high level committee with a view to restructuring the Z-score system for the admission of students to universities. According to Higher Education Minister S.B. Dissanayake , this committee will be entrusted with restructuring the present Z-score system to ensure that no student is subjected to any injustices in university admission.

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