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There are speculations that that Minister of Tourism, Anura Bandaranayake, may stay away at the voting on the third reading of the budget on December 14. According to sources, Mr. Bandaranayake has told his close friends in political arena that he would attend parliamentary sessions in next March.
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The group in UNP, known as democratic group, claimed that it has started a process of negotiation with some senior leaders of the party to remove Ranil Wickremesinghe from the party leadership as well as the post of leader of the opposition. Sports and Public Entertainment Minister, Gamini Lokuge, said the prevailing situation in Sri Lanka is going from bad to worse and a national government should be formed to save the country from this crisis.
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Kfir jets of Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) bombed Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) controlled areas in Pooneryn on Friday afternoon. Prior to dropping bomb, the SLAF fighters were seen hovering in the sky of Jaffna peninsula from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., sources in Jaffna said.
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The high-level talks between European Union and India that concluded on Friday in New Delhi focused, among other topics, on the prevailing situation in Sri Lanka, a EU statement said. The meetings between European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was also attended by Indian foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee, trade minister Kamal Nath and national security advisor M. K. Narayanan.
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COLOMBO (SNM) -- Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence's (MOD's) decision to publish CCTV footage showing a bomber killing herself and a gunmen of the EPDP paramilitary group is "out of taste" a senior official attached to a western diplomatic mission here said. The footage, which was apparently authorised by the defence hierarchy for public release has shocked and outraged much of the diplomatic community.
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COLOMBO (SNM) -- Twin bomb scares at the Treasury Building and Thalawathugoda rocked the Sri Lankan capital on Friday. Panic stricken shoppers ran for cover and road traffic came to a standstill in the city centre. However, after hours of painstaking searches, bomb disposal squads confirmed that there were no explosives in either of the vicinities.
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COLOMBO (SNM) -- Just over 30, 000 unemployed Sinhalese youth joined the Sri Lanka Army during the first 11months of 2007, Military Spokesman "Brigadier" Udaya Nanayakkara told the media on Friday. He added that country wide recruitment drive would continue till December 20, as the army is still short of personal.
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People outside the North and East and the border areas have enjoyed comparative peace for some years now. Perhaps, the quietest period were the years following the signing of the Ceasefire Agreement. Even then, there were occasional flare-ups but they were quickly contained.
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In a shocking revelation the Daily Mirror has learnt that some 150 well armed and trained Muslims youths have increased their activities in certain areas of the east. The situation has worsened with the break away of Pillayan from Karuna Amman a few months ago. Reports said that one time close associate of Karuna, one Suresh – a Muslim paramilitary leader who was with the LTTE when Karuna was with the Wanni faction a few years ago had joined Pillayan.
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The Sri Lankan government has strongly protested a recent statement made by the UN high commissioner for human rights. In a letter to Louise Arbour, Sri Lanka's minister in charge of the subject Mahinda Samarasinghe says he is 'puzzled' as his government is 'taking definite steps' to address the issues raised by Arbour.
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People of Vanni paid their last respects to two of the three media personnel of Voice of Tigers (VoT) who were killed in the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) bombing on the radio station in Kilinochchi on Tuesday. People, both male and female, of all ages paid respects to the remains of Ms. Iasaivili Chempiyan and M. Suresh Limbio whose mortal remains were kept at Kilinochchi Cultural Hall at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday.
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