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Its all systems go for today’s first ever Provincial
Council Elections in the East. A total of 1,342 candidates from 18
registered Parties and 56 independent groups are in the fray to elect 35
members to the Council.
Additional Commissioner of Elections (Provincial and
local) W. P Sumanasiri said 982,721 were eligible to cast their vote. Senior advisor to the President Basil Rajapaksa MP, who
led the UPFA campaign, likened today’s polls to a referendum which gives
the people an opportunity to say Yes or No to peaceful coexistence among
the three communities and to successfully take forward many...
Army takes Adampan on
Mannar front
The offensive on the Mannar front has reached a decisive
stage with the army forcing the LTTE to abandon the centrally located
Adampan town in the Manthai (West) area.
House appointed Scholarship
Board a white elephant
Three schols in six years
A Scholarship Board, set up seven years ago through an Act
of Parliament, has failed to meet its objectives for want of a proper
evaluation.
Is president Rajapaksa a terrorist?
