The government is banking on its battle field success to
win the forthcoming elections to the North Central and Sabaragamuwa
provinces.
Led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Premier Ratnasiri
Wickremanayake, the government campaign is focused on the high profile
military campaign in the Vanni.
Political sources said the military campaign spearheaded
by Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa would be the government’s trump
card with the political pact with the LTTE’s breakaway TMVP expected to
facilitate the UPFA victory in the NCP, the sources said.
Workers throw spanner in
the way of LMS pumping out its oil
Lanka Marine Services Ltd. (LMS), a John Keells Holdings
subsidiary, ordered to vacate its on-shore oil storage facility in the
Port of Colombo by August 20 by the Supreme Court, has brought in two
tankers from overseas to pump...
‘Believe it or Not’ battle
over Galle mayoralty
The dispute over the Galle mayoralty between Mayor Kelum
Seneviratne and Councillor Methsiri de Silva, with `Believe it or Not’
undertones of Bob Ripley, could have been easily forestalled had the top
SLFP leadership implemented...
