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Media Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena yesterday said
at a press conference that a group of UNP politicians including members
of the Southern Provincial Council and local bodies in the Southern
Province would shortly join the SLFP.He said that 18 UNP councillors would switch their
allegiance to the SLFP-led coalition. Some of them would pledge their
support to President Mahinda Rajapaksa next week. The rest would join in
batches in the run up to the SPC polls. Responding to The Island queries, Minister Yapa
said that the incumbent SP Councillors would contest the SPC polls on
the government ticket.
Mangy attacks ‘Adults Only’
movies ban
Criticizing a recent Government declaration that
screening of ‘Adults Only’ movies would be banned, Mangala Samaraweera,
MP said that the Rajapaksa Government was now acting like the Taliban.
The
question of European reprisals
The IMF loan came through at last despite so
many attempts to block it. It is...
