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Special Commodity Levy Imposed On Imported Big Anions Has Been Increased From Today

The Special Commodity Levy imposed on imported Big Anions(Bombay Anions) has been increased from Rs.10 to 30 per Kilo Gramme with effect from today(22) according to the Ministry Of Finance.

However this will not effect the market price of Big Anions the Ministry has said.

Reaching of local anion crops to the market was behind the decision on increasing the Special Commodity Levy imposed on Big Anions.

Parliament Has Approved The Three Civil Members Nominated For Constitutional Council

The Parliament has today(22) approved the three representatives nominated for representing Civil Society in the Constitutuional Council.The three approved representatives are Dr.Radhika Kumaraswamy,Dr.A.T Ariyaratne and Shibly Aziz.

The other members appointed to the Constitutional Councill are Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe,Opposition Leader R.Samapanthan , Speaker Karu Jayasuriya,Ministers  Wijedasa Rajapakshe,Vijitha Hearth and Patali Champika Ranawake and W.D.J Seneviratne.

The constitutional Council is due to etablish nine independant commisions and monitoring  their affairs.

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Puttalam Hospital Nursing Staff To Launch Four Hour Strike Tomorrow(22)

The nursing staff attach to the Puttalam General Hospital(In North Western Province) are due to launch a four hour strike from 8 a.m to 12 noon tomorrow(22) by demanding to release all the nurses in hospital who are under transfer orders with immediate effect according to the All Ceylon Nurses Union.

The president of the All Ceylon Nurses Union,Gamini Kumarasinghe has said around 35 Nurses attached to the Puttalam Hospital are on transfer orders since more than six years and the hospital authorities so far released only 10 nurses out of them due to the shortage of new nursing recruitment's.

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Death Toll Of Final Phase Of The Sri Lankan War Against LTTE Militants Was 7700 Not 40,000 As Mentioned In UN Report-Justice Paranagama

Justice Paranagama

The chairman of the Sri Lankan Commission On Missing Persons and War Crimes Justice Maxwell Paranagama has said today(21) the death toll of the final phase of Sri Lankan war against LTTE Militants was around 7700 and not 40,000 as mentioned by United Nations Human Rights Report of 2011 which released last week.

Justice Parangama has told the Indian Media, the members of Sri Lankan Commission On Missing Persons And War Crimes have personally visited the houses situated in war torn areas and collected this information.

The Report of Sri Lankan Commission On Missing Persons And War Crimes has not been considered When preparing the  UN Human Rights Commission Report Justice Paranagama has stressed.