The Prescription (Special Provisions) Bill, which seeks to restore the rights of land owners who were forced to flee their homes or abandon their properties during the conflict in the North and East, was taken up for its Second Reading in Parliament on Aug. 7, 2014.
Media play an important role in increasing public awareness and it is the duty of the media to report the correct situation with regard to government's development programmes said the Minister of Traditional and Small Industries Development Douglas Devananda.
The Esala festival of the historical temple of the tooth relic in Kandy will conclude today after the day Perahera.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Sunday (10) declared open the newly renovated Sanghawasa building of the historical Sri Rama Vihara in Udawatta Kele, Kandy.