The SLFP General Secretary Maithripala Sirisena yesterday said that the country could expect President Mahinda Rajapaksa to unveil his future plans immediately after bagging the Southern Provincial Council.
Addressing a press conference at the Mahaweli Centre, Sirisena said that the President would make a far reaching policy statement on September 1 to coincide with the 19th Convention of the SLFP. He emphasised that the most important statement would set the tone for the tail end of this year and early next year.


Pining mothers of snatched
baby jumbos face threat to health
The mothers of the two baby elephants forcibly taken out
of the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage on Saturday, were pining for their
offspring and facing severe health problems like swollen nipples having
not fed their babies for..

Facilities for resettling
IDPs provided
Government has provided funds and vehicles to facilitate
the well being of thousands of people who fled due to terrorist attacks
in the Weli-Oya –Padaviya Sector when they are resettled before end
August, Presidential..




US
Defense Secretary Gates arrives in Iraq
TALIL, Iraq (AP) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived
Tuesday in southern..

The
question of European reprisals
The IMF loan came through at last despite so
many attempts to block it. It is...