



The Western, Southern and Central Provincial Councils are
expected to be dissolved by President Mahinda Rajapaksa tomorrow (8),
shortly after the vote on the third reading of the Budget is taken,
Government sources indicated yesterday.Senior Presidential advisor, parliamentarian Basil Rajapaksa
told The Sunday Island that a meeting of the Chief Ministers of the
Western, Southern...


LTTE has been cornered and
has no place to run - Gotabhaya
Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa yesterday called for
continued vigilance and greater security consciousness amongst the public
as the security forces made the final push to wipe out the LTTE and
liberate the entire North.

Eastern violence seen as
decreasing after TMVP Satyagraha
The recent spate of violence in the Batticaloa district
which claimed some 20 lives, is on the decrease following the launching of
a mass Satyagraha campaign in Batticaloa town early last week, headed by
Batticaloa...


