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The UNP has called for the appointment of a Parliamentary
Select Committee to inquire into the threat of an imminent collapse of the
country’s financial institutions and a immediate solution found to
circumvent the threat.
UNP frontliner and Colombo District parliamentarian Ravi
Karunanayake said that a group of UNP MPs had addressed the Secretary
General of Parliament requesting the immediate appointment of a Select
Committee.
India asks LTTE to release
civilians, Sri Lanka to extend ceasefire
India today asked the Liberation
Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to allow civilians trapped in the so-called
No Fire Zone (NFZ) to leave the area to secure locations, and requested
the Sri Lankan government to extend the two-day ceasefire so that
civilians can move out of the tiny NFZ to safe places.
Nambiar meets President
The situation in the Safe Zone and that of UN staff
prevented from leaving IDP camps in Vavuniya was believed to have
figured in the discussions.
No requests made to visit
‘safe zone’ - Rambukwella
"The Government is very much aware of the situation
and it is doing its best to evacuate all those trapped in this area
where nearly 70,000 civilians who fled fro the clutches of the LTTE have
been housed in welfare centres in government controlled
areas,"Rambukwella said.
Bandula will go if prices
soar
He was speaking to journalists on a recent UNP
accusation that the two Bills would lead to a triple increase in prices
of essential items in the market. He said that the UNP makes wild
allegations in the face of inevitable loss at the forthcoming polls.
The JHU’s
swansong?
As the country prepared to celebrate the Sinhala and Tamil New Year,
we seem...
