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Sunday, October 12, 2008
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President Mahinda Rajapakse had a meeting with India’s High Commissioner in Colombo, Mr. Alok Prasad, last Tuesday when he clarified some of India’s concerns about the on-going military offensive in the Vanni, Mr.Basil Rajapakse revealed.
Senior Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapakse said in an interview that the President, at the meeting with the High Commissioner, made clear that the government will endeavour to address all India’s justifiable concerns.

Janik, Janukshi, Shehara and Ashanka, the children of Major General Janaka Perera and his wife walk behind the hearses carrying the caskets of their beloved father and mother in Colombo yesterday. The cremation of the war hero and his wife Vajira, killed in a suicide blast in Anuradhapura, took place at the General Cemetery Kanatte.
(Pic by Dimuthu Premaratne)


Karuna’s appointment signals Govt.’s dictatorial bent: JVP
Former JVP MP and member of the Opposition of the NCP Vasantha Samarasinghe yesterday said that the appointment of TMVP leader Vinayagamoorthy Muralidaran as a National List MP was an example of ...

UNP slams govt. on Janaka’s assassination
The UNP yesterday said that last Monday’s assassination of Janaka Perera, the Opposition Leader of the North Central Province, highlighted the negligence on the part of the government and the shoddy treatment meted out to the war veteran.

Dramatic twist to loan refund
The Colombo branch of the Alumini Association of the Peradeniya University is trying to recover Rs. 500,000 from a leading playwright and actor who had received a loan from the association two years ago to produce a drama.
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