- Writes
angry letter to Lakshman Jayakody
Ashraff comes close to resigning
as Haj Minister
A row over the
approval of an irresponsible Haj
operator has resulted in Port
Development, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction
Minister M.H.M. Ashraff writing to his cabinet
colleague, Cultural and Religious Affairs
Minister Lakshman Jayakody, saying his
unhappiness over the issue brought him close to
resigning from the position of Haj Minister.
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| With the
majority of minor employees of government
hospitals on strike last Friday, mothers of
children warded at the Lady Ridgeway hospital
stepped in to help cook the mid-day meal for the
little inmates. (Pic by Siripala Halwala) |
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