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CWC big guns get suspended sentence for Contempt of Court
Minister of Youth Empowerment and Socio Economic Development, General Secretary of the Ceylon Workers’ Congress Arumugam Thondaman yesterday received a 6-month jail sentence suspended for three years for contempt of Court.

The sentence was handed down by Nuwara Eliya District Judge Ms Amali Ranaweera.

Deputy Minister Muththu Sivalingam and former Provincial Council Member P. Radhakrishnan, co-defendants in the case, also received the identical sentence and fined Rs 1,000 each.

The plaintiff in the case was former Parliamentarian and General Secretary of the Lanka United Workers’Front (LUWF). His charge was that despite a Court ...

Major General Janaka Perera (rtd) chief Ministerial candidate for the North Central Provincial Council elections arrives at the Supreme Court yesterday. He moved Court for enhanced security during the election campaign. The elections are due to be held on August 23 (Photo-Kamal Bogoda)

Tigers lose 34 in fighting
Thirty four LTTE cadres were killed and thirty five injured in confrontations with troops in the Vavuniya, Weli Oya and Mannar fronts up to yesterday morning, Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said.

Lankan- born EU Parliamentarian saddened
by mission’s failure
Member of the European Parliament Niranjan de Silva Deva-Aditya yesterday said the recent visit by the European Parliamentary Delegation to improve ...

 

Neelan Tiruchelvam and the challenge before Sri Lanka
Neelan Tiruchelvam is continuing to...
Bajaj R & D strategies produce total winners
"Normally you try to increase power and...

Conflict and identities in Sri Lanka
Dayan Jayatilleke (Sunday Island, July 27, 2008, The Longest War- Identity ...
Female bombers strike in Baghdad, Kirkuk, killing 57
Suicide bombers, including at least three...
Gayle might give up captaincy
Chris Gayle's future as captain of West Indies has been thrown into doubt by the..
UNP braces for intra-party showdown
Chief opposition whip Joseph Michael Perera, who was appointed by UNP...
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