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Tuesday, January 27,  2009
      Editorial:Calling Karunanidhi's bluff

The President, Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition have agreed on five persons to be appointed to the Constitutional Council the Supreme Court was told by the Attorney General yesterday.

Four of the five names mentioned are, Nihal Seneviratne, the former Secretary General of Parliament, S. Nadesan, K. Vignaswaran (retired Supreme Court Judge) and Professor Sherieff Dean.

This was the scene after the LTTE blasted the Kalmadukulam tank bund using high explsosives to thwart the advance of the security forces towards Mullaitivu. The adjoining roads were at least four feet under water and security forces personnel recscued many civilians taken by surprise.

 

New roadway to Udawalawe National Park
Work on new road from Balangoda to Udawalawe National Park was inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Sabarragamuwa Maheepala Herath.The road from Balangoda, Weligepola to Hadagiriya will be extended by another 40 km through the National Park....

Don’t station artillery among civilians - Jaffna Bishop to LTTE
"We are urgently requesting the Tamil Tigers not to station themselves among the people in the safety zone and fire their artillery - shells and rockets at the army. This will only increase more and more the death...

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