
UPFA General Secretary and Education Minister Susil Premjayanth yesterday attributed having crisis-free mid-term tests in the Jaffna peninsula to the absence of political interference at provincial level and interest taken by officials in charge of the subject.
Responding to The Island queries at yesterday’s UPFA press conference at the Mahaweli Centre, to discuss the forthcoming PC elections at Uva and local government polls at Vavuniya and Jaffna, the Minister asserted that the absence of a Chief Minister had contributed to their success whereas the situation in areas outside the North and East had been..
Measuring the head for the cap?


‘President’s House in Kandy
a dansela’
The UNP and JVP said that the ruling SLFP-led coalition
had turned President’s House in Kandy into a dansala during the campaign
for the Uva PC polls on August 8. UNP MP Palitha Range Bandara yesterday said had..

Dengue coming under control
The number of dengue deaths reached a total of 225 from
the beginning of the year. The number of dengue patients has reached
20,300 from January 1 to August 3. However, the situation is under
control as the dengue...



Correa:
Ecuador to take over radio,
TV stations
Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa says..

GSP+: An
open letter to the European Commission
There was much concern in Sri Lanka...