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Shocking expose by victimised bribery officers

File FR Application against transfer midst investigations to massive alleged corruption by Minister

According to the Petition, at present, a large number of investigations of Bribery are pending against Cabinet members, Members of Parliament, Military and Police officers and public officials.

Two Investigating Officers (IO) of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption, yesterday filed a Fundamental Rights (FR) Application before the Supreme Court, stating

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Price of Life
A waiter serves a plate of rice and curry to a customer at a wayside cafe in Colombo on August 04, 2008. Prices of cooked food and other essentials have gone up by as much as 50% over the past year, due to galloping world crude oil and commodity prices. However, the official inflation rate eased marginally to 26.6% in July, from 28.2% in June, the Census and Statistics Department said last week. AFP PHOTO/Ishara S. KODIKARA


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Donors commit $ 1 b in funding upto May 2008

The total commitment made by lenders and donor agencies to Sri Lanka during the first five months of this year had amounted to US$ 1.04 billion, of which project loans accounted for US$ 959 million and the balance $ 90 million as grants.

The Finance Ministry revealed that the Government of Iran committed US$ 450 million for Uma Oya Multipurpose Development Project. This project will provide 100- 150MW of hydro power and irrigate around 4000-5000 hectares of dry lands and facilitate providing drinking water to Monaragala and Hambantota Districts.

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