


Bankrupt political parties were instigating the student
population to create chaos in the country, Media Minister Lakshman Yapa
Abeywardena told a press conference at the Information Department
yesterday.The prevalent student unrest had been politically
motivated and whipped by a section of a political party that split
recently, he said.

Indian High Commissioner Alok Prasad inspects a guard
of honour accorded to him yesterday at the India House celebrations of
India’s 62nd Independence Day.
(Photo-Kamal Bogoda)
SB blocked from going for
meeting
RATNAPURA – UNP National Organiser S. B. Dissanayake
was prevented from attending an election meeting scheduled to be held at
Polgaswatta, Deraniyagala, on August 13 as the road was blocked by trees
felled across it.




