Day: 29 October 2014

By Mirudhula Thambiah and Menaka Indrakumar More than 350 persons went missing and six bodies were found, following a massive landslide, at the Koslanda Estate in the Meeriyabadda area of Haldummulla in the Badulla District, yesterday morning. The landslide occurred at around 7:30 in the morning burying more than 150 line room housing units, according to the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) Spokesman, Pradeep Kodippili. “Line houses from No.7 -12 collapsed, including three houses of estate supervisors. Two Hindu temples, two garages, four grocery shops, a house of an estate midwife, the…

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By Zacki Jabbar The UNP yesterday demanded that General Secretary of the UPFA and Environment and Renewable Energy Minister Susil Premjayanth withdraw his claim that the UPFA government need not take responsibility for its failure to prevent the recent  de-proscription of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) by the European Union General Court. General Secretary of the UNP, Tissa Attanayake MP said that not only should Premajayanth retract his irresponsible statement but also tender a public apology on behalf of the Rajapaksa regime of which he was a senior figure, for…

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The Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa announced that government willing to hold discussions with SriLanka Mulsim Congress in near future, Sinhala newspaper reports. The general secretary of the SriLanka Freedom Party Susil Premajayantha already hold discussions with SLMC general secretary Azan Ali. This discussion would be hold inorder to urge support for the presidential election. National Freedom Front, Lanka Samasamajaya Party, Ceylon Workers Congress, National Workers Congress and the Tamil People Liberation Party already agreed to support the government in the upcomming presidential election. SriLanka Freedom Party appointed special…

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‘Old left’ yet to decide stance The ‘old left’ in the government is yet to decide on their stance on the forthcoming Presidential Election. General Secretary of the Socialist Alliance (SA), D.C. Raja R. Collure, told Ceylon Today the SA has yet to decide on their stance concerning the upcoming Presidential Election and whether or not they would back the incumbent President for a third term……………… ‘Old left’ yet to decide stance Ease travel restrictions on expat Tamils – Vijayakala Jaffna District Parliamentarian, Vijayakala Maheswaran, has urged the government to…

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United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe today challenged president Rajapaksa to respond to the questions he had raised on whether the latter had met members of the LTTE in America and why the government had not intervened in the case involving the ban on the LTTE — in the European Court of Justice (ECJ). “I asked several questions from the president, but he has not responded to them as yet. I continue to ask whether he met LTTE members in America, why the government did not intervene in the…

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By Hilmy Ahamed – The ONLY reason, the Muslims may not vote for President Rajapaksa, would be the Bodu Bala Sena and other Buddhist extremists who have unleashed so much violence and intimidation against the Muslim community during the last three years, starting with the destruction of a shrine in Anuradhapura to the pogrom of Aluthgama. There are over 350 incidents against the Muslims that have been recorded by the Secretariat for Muslims The Muslims have stood by the country throughout history, and more so during the ethnic war between…

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