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B.C. Election: Tax promises by NDP and Conservatives won't move needle on deficit, say experts

Both parties are promising tax cuts while the NDP try to shift burden to wealthy and Conservatives promise no new or increased taxes

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GL urges cautious handling of Saudi death row case, blasts govt. over BRICS affair

Convenor of Janathawadi Joint Opposition, Prof. G. L. Peiris, yesterday (05) emphasised the responsibility on the part of the government and others to act cautiously when making representations in…

• Former External Affairs Minister G. L. Peiris urges cautious handling of Saudi death row case
• Sri Lanka excluded from recent BRICS summit in New Delhi
• Government criticized for sending Foreign Secretary to BRICS instead of higher-ranking official

3h ago ·island.lk

Govt. urged to halt ‘illegal’ presidential pardons

By Shamindra Ferdinando The government is coming under pressure from civil society organisations to formulate a clear ‘mechanism’ to deal with requests for presidential pardons.

• Civil society groups criticize government's handling of presidential pardons.
• Supreme Court declared 2019 pardon of Ven. Gnanasara Thera invalid.
• Gnanasara Thera recently arrested and remanded in custody.

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US citizen who was shot by immigration agent in Chicago files lawsuit alleging he fired from behind

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