Oct 31 (Island) Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne on Wednesday (Oct 29) suggested that it would be better if Parliament met once in three months as most of the MPs were skipping sessions. The Prime Minister participating in the Second Reading Stage Debate on Budget 2015 said that there was not a single UNP MP in the House. "Thus, I would like to propose that we should meet once in three months. So that the MPs could find time to attend parliament sessions," he said.
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Oct 31 (AP) Sri Lankan authorities warned of more landslides at a tea plantation where a deadly torrent of mud swept away scores of homes this week, but residents said Friday there was no room left at the shelters and no alternative housing for them to move to. Disaster officials estimate that at least 100 people were killed Wednesday when monsoon rains unleashed a cascade of muddy earth at the Koslanda plantation in Badulla district,
