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Canada yet to accept new Lanka HC
Sri Lanka Core group member Canada is yet to accept retired SLAF Commander Air Marshal Sumangala Dias as Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner there. Well informed sources said that Ottawa delayed the appointment as some pro-LTTE groups and politicians there are campaigning against the appointment on the basis of unsubstantiated war crimes allegations.
Sources said that the appointment had been held up for over three months though there hadn’t been any specific accusations against Dias, who served the SLAF throughout the conflict.
The Core Group led by the UK is pushing Sri Lanka to accept a new resolution at the 46th sessions of the ongoing United Nations Human Rights Council. (SF)
It has been reported that the death toll in the Gerandi Ella accident which took place this morning has risen to 21. It has also been reported that the government wil rs 1 million as compensation to the families of the victims.
It has been reported that the death toll in the Gerandi Ella bus accident has risen to 11
It has been reported that Eight persons [five males and three females] have died when a SLTB bus operating from Kataragama to Kurunegala via Nuwara Eliya, veered off the road and went down a precipice early morning today (11) in Gerandi Ella in Ramboda along the Nuwara Eliya – Gampola main road, Police said.
At least 37 others injured in the accident, have been admitted to the Nuwar Eliya and Kothmale hospitals.
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