


Another major
split in JVP?
Lal Kantha tenders resignation letter
He has not resigned – Tilvin
The JVP is likely to suffer another major split with its trade union chief and parliamentarian offering to resign, The Island learns.
JVP trade union wing leader and MP K. D. Lal Kantha, highly placed sources yesterday said, had tendered his resignation letter to the party's politburo on Friday night as the politburo and the Central Committee had been very critical of his failure to handle trade union affairs effectively and efficiently.

The LTTE on Saturday released a set of pictures of its leader Velupillai Prabhakaran paying homage to Black Tigers killed on a recent suicide attack directed at the Vavuniya SLAF base and the presentation of LTTE awards to LTTE pilots and operators who took part in operations against armed forces.

No military solution to Sri
Lanka problem: Karat
While urging the Indian government to
impress upon Colombo "to pursue a political solution of the Tamil
question so that full autonomy for the Tamil speaking area is provided
within a united Sri Lanka...

Save CBK Fund
The Media Coordinator to former President Chandrika
Kumaratunga, referring to our front-page story of October 24, headlined
Save CBK Fund Launched said that Ms Kumaratunga hadn’t either requested
anyone to...



