08/11/2010
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BBC Sinhala
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has decided to sack deputy minster of highways, Dr. Mervyn Silva, the presidential secretariat confirmed.
08/10/2010
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AFP
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka's president Tuesday sacked a maverick minister who had tied a state official to a tree as punishment for failing to control the spread of dengue fever in the country, an official said.
08/10/2010
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Hindustan Times
During his 13 trail-blazing days as deputy media minister in late April, Mervyn Silva, had shared with us his ideas about how to support journalists. It included sacrificing his conjugal commitments so that he could be on call 24/7 to assist reporters in distress and even cook for us on somewhat of
08/06/2010
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Associated Press, The Scotsman
HUNDREDS of state government workers in Sri Lanka staged protests yesterday against a government minister who tied an official to a tree as a punishment for failing to attend a mosquito eradication programme.
08/03/2010
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Daily Mirror
Deputy Minister Mervyn Silva tied a samurdhi officer to a mango tree a short while ago over his failure to attend a dengue prevention programme in Kelaniya last week.