Wednesday, March 05, 2008
 
The ‘helpless’ one!

These hikes are beyond my control’ - Amidst mounting criticism against him, a seemingly helpless Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Bandula Gunawardena appears to be spilling his woes to Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva, during the inauguration of the Colombo Consumer Courts yesterday. Pic by Nissanka Wijerathne


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Gas profiteers will burn in hell: CJ
“Those who profited from the corruption ridden transaction between the government and Shell, will burn in hell,” Chief Justice (CJ) Sarath N. Silva commented. “People are now suffering because the Chandrika Bandaranaike government gave up their monopoly on gas,” he said yesterday at the inauguration of a court to deal with consumer affairs related offences (Court No. 5).

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