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Tuesday, February 09,  2010
      Editorial:Lives reduced to cold statistics

The Military police last night arrested former army commander and defeated opposition presidential candidate, Gen (Retd) Sarath Fonseka, over his alleged involvement in a conspiracy to overthrow the government and assassinate the incumbent president Mahinda Rajapaksa.l.

Fonseka challenges Mahinda to arrest him if he can
Produces copy of alleged plan to assassinate him


Former Presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka yesterday challenged President Mahinda Rajapaksa to arrest him if there were any valid charges without using Emergency Regulations to lock up his security personnel on baseless allegations.

Elephant tramples Swan, Fonseka runs with Hare

The loose Opposition Alliance that the UNF and the JVP cobbled together to field Gen (Retd) Sarath Fonseka under the Swan symbol..
Journalists from several media organizations staged a protest opposite the Fort Railway Station yesterday demanding the release of The Lanka newspaper Editor Chandana Sirimalwatte arrested recently. They claimed that Lanka E news website journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda had been abducted. Mrs Sirimalwatte holds a picture of her husband while his daughter is in the background. (Photo-Kamal Bogoda)

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