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1. Chairman of SLNSS states that the thieving group who worked towards selling off the national airline to Emirates and obtaining commissions in 1998 are planning to sell the airline to a company that runs on LTTE funds.
2. Buddika Pathirana blames the Ministry of Finance for not paying the combined allowance scheme to the police officers of all grades.
3. President Maithripala Sirisena stated that they have not weakened the triforces in any manner and that there is are shortages of certain resources.
4. Keheliya notes that the letter to Sri Lanka’s permanent representative must be sent through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Minister Thilak Marapana. The matters of national importance such as the letter sent by Mano Tittawella, authorising the co-sponsorship of the UNHCR resolution must be discussed with the cabinet.
5. Some of the Australian and New Zealand cattle imported to be distributed among farmers died. This is a federal government-backed export deal with Sri Lanka. This has left local farmers broke, and in some cases, suicidal.
6. Minister Gayan Karunathilake stated that waste from the weekly fare in Embilipitiya is not disposed into Chandrika wewa.
7. SLFP to take a decision whether they are going to vote against the budget.
8. Court orders Rs. 20 million compensation to be paid to the residents who were affected by the Chunnakam Thermal Power Plant in Jaffna.
9. Wasantha Samarasinghe stated the current power crisis is a much bigger scam than the bond scam.
10. The second report of the Committee on Public Accounts was presented to Parliament yesterday (April 04). Twenty-one common observations and 105 recommendations were included in the report.

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