A last minute deal between Ranil Wickremesinghe and Sajith Premadasa resulted in the tussle for the UNP leadership at Monday’s Working Committee meeting, petering out, informed sources said...
They told The Island that Premadasa loyalists had signed a motion rejecting an eight-member committee report, recommending the creation of a senior leader post, in addition to that of leader, after Premadasa had been .......


CPC unions give
Fowzie an ultimatum
Six trade unions of the Ceylon Petroleum
Corporation have given an ultimatum to Minister of Petroleum and
Petroleum resource development, A. H. M. Fowzie to schedule an
appointment with President Mahinda ...
* Secretly
burying friend’s body
Five Lankans jailed in Qatar
Five Sri Lankan men have been convicted of secretly
burying the body of a compatriot who died after a drinking bout in
December 2007, the Gulf Times reported yesterday.




Pakistan’s
president calls for reconciliation
The Pakistani chief justice whose ouster sparked tremendous
political turmoil ...

