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COLOMBO (News 1st) - 1. The carbon dating report prepared by Beta Analytic Radiocarbon dating services in the US has disclosed that the samples obtained from the Mannar mass grave belong to persons who died between the years of 1400-1650 AD when the coastal areas were under the Portuguese. 2. Cabinet approval has been granted for BDO India LLP India and KPMG Sri Lanka to conduct the forensic auditing of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. 3. Information has come to light on MTD Walkers PLC settling a US$ 19 million facility to the Exim Bank in Malaysia while the money owed to the local banks in Sri Lanka remain unsettled. A number of local banks have sought court action on the matter. 4. MP Janaka Wakkumbura accuses the proposed budget of 2019 to not have any proposal to increase the wages of the estate workers despite their repeated requests. 5. Director General of the Bribery Commission President's Counsel Sarath Jayamanne states that cabinet approval was received to amend the laws pertaining to the bribery act, the commissions of inquiry act and declaration on of assets and liabilities act. 6. Farmers from across the country charge that they have not received a proper buying price for the Maha season paddy harvest. The cabinet had recently decided to pay a price Rs. 38 for a kilogram of Nadu and Rs. 41 for a kilogram of Samba. 7. Deputy Governor of the CBSL Dr Nandalal Weerasinghe states that the CBSL law which has been revised and incorporated to facilitate inflation targeting with the motive of strengthening independence and accountability of the CBSL will soon be presented to the cabinet. 8. Former Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapaksha has filed a complaint at the Presidential Commission inquiring into the alleged frauds at state institutions claiming that the Suraksha insurance for the benefit of school children had misused over Rs. 2300 million instead of benefitting the children. 9. The Department of Meteorology forecasts a heat wave in the Northern, North Central, Eastern provinces and the Puttalam and Hambantota districts today (March 08). 10. MP Mahinda Amaraweera pointed out that the budget proposal to increase the number of beneficiaries by 600,000 is not the manner in which relief should be provided to the poverty-stricken people of the country.

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