*
Third ranking Military officer killed
* Explosives
laden motor cycle used
* Two
suspects arrested
Parami killed in terror attack
Deputy Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army
Major General Parami Kulatunga and three others were killed in
an LTTE suicide bomb attack at Pannipitiya yesterday (26). He
was on his way to Army Headquarters at around 8.00 a.m.
This
lady, who while passing through, stopped her van (on
right) believing an accident had occured but when
informed of the bomb blast offered to take the injured
to the National Hospital.
NEWS
Energy control planned
In a bid to prevent around 25 per cent energy
waste annually, a National Energy Conservation Programme will be
introduced by Ministry of Power and Energy.
Power and Energy Minister W. D. J. Seneviratne told The Island
that a majority of people in Sri Lanka were unaware of the
energy sources used to generate electricity and as a result
energy wastage had been going on unabated, this an appropriate
alternative source to generate electricity was necessary.
Major
General Parami Kulatunga Major
General Parami Kulatunga was an old boy of the Trinity College
Kandy. He joined to the Sri Lanka Army on July 20, 1971 and was
commissioned as a Second Lieutenant of the First Battalion,
Gemunu Watch on October 14, 1972.
General Kulatunga served in a number of staff
officer posts - General Staff Officer, Deputy General Officer
(Commanding), Director Training at Army Head quarters in 1996
and Head Deputy General Officer for Mirusuvil and Elephant Pass
between 1997 and 1998. He also served as General Officer
Commanding of 52nd Division at the same time.
Urban challenges for Sri Lanka’s development and Indian
connection
Economic Planners claim that Sri Lanka’s
development should grow at around 8 to 10 per cent per annum for
at least a decade, in order to overcome the twin problems of
unemployment and low per capita incomes. This rate has however
eluded Sri Lanka. While it has been going up and down, on
average it has hovered around 5 per cent per annum. It appears
as if there is a hoodoo to attaining a higher rate of sustained
economic growth.
Armed conflicts and devaluation of human lives
A paper by Ebrima Sall of the Nordic Africa
Institute called for a reflection on the intensification of
violence in Africa over the last 15 years and the various kinds
of violence that coexist in the different societies: physical,
structural and symbolic.
Despite the speculation on international telco
companies eyeing the mobile phone operator licence in Sri Lanka,
telecom watch-dog TRC yesterday denied any decisions taken
awarding the 5th mobile phone operator status.
There has been an upward trend in natural rubber
prices over the last 18 months as a result of rising demand for
Natural rubber from India and China coupled with supply
constrains in Thailand and Indonesia due to unfavourable weather
conditions.
Cup champions get berth at 2007 WC
SLRFU’s Chief Executive Officer, Dilroy
Fernando, made a presentation to the Asian Rugby Unions at a
workshop held in Manila, Philippines on June 9, which was
presided over by the President of the Asian Rugby Football
Union, Priyantha Ekanayake (who is also the President of the Sri
Lanka Rugby Football Union).
BASSETERRE, ST. Kitts (AP)- VVS Laxman hit a
defiant century for India on Sunday but the West Indies still
secured a big first innings lead and put themselves in a
position to push for a victory on Monday’s final day of the
third Digicel cricket test at Warner Park.
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