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Sunday, April 06, 2008
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Fence mending between government and Emirates proceeding apace
Fence mending between the Sri Lanka Government and the UAE’s Emirates Airlines have been going on apace in the past few days with Colombo clearing the appointment of Treasury Secretary P.B. Jayasundera as SriLankan Airlines new Chairman with Emirates which continues to hold 43.63% of the national carrier’s equity. Emirates, maintain a good relationship with the Treasury Secretary who helped sew-up the privatization deal and the granting of management control to the UAE airline, and had flashed a green light approving his appointment.
JVP leader Somawansa Amarasinghe in a contemplative mood amidst the cross currents in his party, at yesterday’s commemoration of the first attempt by the Marxists to overthrow the then government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike on April 5, 1971. The event was held at the Vihara Maha Devi Park in Colombo, (Pic by Kamal Bogoda)

Polls chief to meet party bosses and agents
Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake has summoned the secretaries of 12 political parties and authorized agents of 56 independent groups...

Left-Tamil parties pact off
A recent decision by the LSSP and CP to contest the Ampara district at the upcoming Eastern Provincial Council poll in alliance with three Tamil parties which are not linked...

Digamadulla will decide who will take Eastern PC
The final result of the first ever elections to the Eastern Provincial Council (EPC) would mainly depend on the battle for Digamadulla electoral district where the UNP-SLMC...
Tough players among eight contenders
As the nominees of the eight participating nations were released this week...
Vivacious Pooja
Pooja Gautani Umashankar, Sri Lankan born Indian actress has proved her mettle as...
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