Several members of
Independent Group III, which won control of the Colombo
Municipal Council earlier this month, are reportedly
being kept "at a safe location" by the United National
Party till they take oaths on June 3.
The Chief Magistrate for
Colombo, Kusala Sarojini Weerawardena, yesterday
remanded UNP Western Provincial Councillor Duminda Silva
till June 05.
War is blood of innocents IRAQ: Blood of a dead Iraqi
civilian is splashed on the front windshiled of his car
31 May 2006 in central Baghdad. The civilian was caught
in cross fire between police and insurgents. At least 40
corpses, shot in the head and showing signs of torture,
have been found today in different locations around
Iraq, an interior ministry official said. The largest
cache of 16 bodies turned up in Baladiyat in the eastern
outskirts of Baghdad, while five were found in
Husseiniya, northeast of the capital where a car bomb
killed 22 people yesterday. (AFP)
President Mahinda Rajapakse has requested the Bishops of
Jaffna and Mannar to urge the civilians to immediately bring
to the notice of the police and security establishment,
provide the necessary evidence and assist investigators,
whenever violence is unleashed on civilians in the North and
East.
The All Ceylon Transport Workers’
Union complains that no useful purpose has been served to the
commuting public and the state sector transport workers by the
establishment of the CTB.
The countries of the EU and also the US (for its support)
should be thanked for imposing this ban on the LTTE; it is the
first time that the EU has acted meaningfully for it did not
assert itself when our President Premadasa was assassinated or
when President Kumaratunge was almost assassinated or when
Foreign Minister Kadirgamar was assassinated; that travel ban
was a gentle tap on the wrist. It is hoped that this ban would
make the LTTE more amenable to seeking a negotiated settlement
of this issue and putting an end to the misery of the Tamil
people in particular and the misery of all the other people of
this island country.
Enterprise Development and Investment Promotion
Minister Rohitha Bogollagama invited the Japanese investor
community to invest in Sri Lanka and reap the benefits under the
FTA’S Sri Lanka which has entered into with India and Pakistan.
The development of the Mega Havelock City
Project, a joint venture between Shing Kwan Group of Singapore
and the Bank of Ceylon was launched in August last year. The
project involves the development of "a City within a City"
comprising housing, leisure, commercial and entertainment
segments.
Edgbaston ton boosts Vandort’s
morale
Sri Lanka’s desperate
search for an opening combination seems to have ended,
although temporarily, with left-handed opener Michael
Vandort establishing himself at the top of the order
with a hundred.
BIRMINGHAM,
England, May 30, 2006 (AFP) - Muttiah
Muralitharan has said he will be doubly determined for Sri
Lanka to win the upcoming third Test as the match, which
starts at Nottingham’s Trent Bridge ground on Friday, is set
to be his final Test appearance in England.
PARIS, May 30 (AFP) -
Defending champion Justine Henin-Hardenne staked her
claim to a third French Open title by advancing to
the second round of Roland Garros on Tuesday.
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The development of the Mega Havelock City
Project, a joint venture between Shing Kwan Group of Singapore
and the Bank of Ceylon was launched in August last year. The
project involves the development of "a City within a City"
comprising housing, leisure, commercial and entertainment
segments.
