- Both
sides mum on 'dishonest practices' charge
Evans tenders 'unqualified'
apology to president
The commercial
dispute between the Government of Sri Lanka and
Evans International, the U.S. company which
contracted with Centrepoint Colombo Ltd. to
reconstruct a large portion of Janadhipathi
Mawatha destroyed by the Central Bank bomb has
been resolved by Colombo agreeing to pay Evans an
ex gratia payment of US $ 3.4 million (about Rs.
236 million) actual losses incurred by them, the
foreign ministry said yesterday.
Both the foreign ministry and the U.S. embassy in
Colombo issued separate statements setting out
the problem and welcoming its amicable
settlement.
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| JAFFNA
(Sri Lanka), March 6 - Forensic experts and
geologists take soil samples of an area in
northern Jaffna peninsula March 5, where
authorities suspect there is a mass grave. A
soldier sentenced to death for the rape and
murder of a Tamil schoolgirl, said bodies of some
300 Tamils who "disappeared" after
being arrested by government troops are buried in
the area. (Reuters) |
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