Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa yesterday said that an influential section of print and electronic media which worked overtime against the ruling SLFP-led coalition as it battled the LTTE during the past three years, had now switched sides."They are playing a different tune now," he said, accusing them of being a critical element of the overall strategy directed against the state. Nothing could be as ridiculous as what they say now if one bothered to check their background, he said.

Revival of national economy emerging as priority – Defence Secretary
Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa yesterday said now that the LTTE had been militarily crushed, there couldn’t be any further delay in reviving the national economy. The armed forces’ triumph over LTTE terrorism, he said, had given the country a tremendous opportunity to...