 | More Articles | | | Police Commission to blame for faulty promotions Daily News Online 2004-07-06 19:35:22 Clarifying press reports on Police promotions the Secretariat said the President s Office has received complaints that certain promotions were irregular. President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga has ordered an immediate inquiry into the background of three officers who had not even .... Indian HC denies reports Daily News Online 2004-07-06 19:35:24 The Indian High Commission in Colombo yesterday denied reports that they have made a fresh request to the Sri Lankan Government to hand over LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran and his intelligence chief Pottu Amman to India.Indian Deputy High Commissioner Mohan Kumar told the Daily News .... Tea Shakthi Fund will be revived to help smallholders - Kobbekaduwa Daily News Online 2004-07-06 19:35:25 The new chairman of the Tea Smallholdings Development Authority (TSHDA) and Presidential Media Consultant Tikiri Kobbekaduwa said he would do his utmost to fulfil the hopes and aspirations of tea smallholders and improve the lot of the labourers attached to smallholdings including tea pluckers. .... Fourteen youth remanded Daily News Online 2004-07-06 19:35:29 Fourteen Tamil youth who were taken into custody along with firearms and cyanide capsules from the Bodhirukkaramaya in Bubula by the Hingurakgoda Police on Monday were produced before the Polonnaruwa Magistrate yesterday and remanded till July 20.The temple was occupied by monk who was a JHU candidate at the last .... Education Ministry denies totally false news item Daily News Online 2004-07-05 19:35:14 appeared in a newspaper of Monday July 5.Ms. Wijesinghe said the news item alleged that the Director National Schools Ministry of Education P. Geeganage had issued an order saying that the Principal Bandaranayake National School Gampaha Jayantha Wickramanayake should be transferred out from that school and it will not .... Customs officers to be given protection Daily News Online 2004-07-05 19:35:16 At the same time police protection will be provided to customs officer Athula Lankadeva who received death threats.The CID will conduct investigations into threats against Lankadeva.These details were unveiled today at a discussion held at Customs Head Office in Colombo.The discussion was chaired by Finance Minister Dr.Sarath Amunugama to .... | | |  | Sports | | | Sri Lankan skipper angry BBC Sports - March 12th 2004 Sri Lankan captain Hashan Tillakaratne pulled no punches as he tore into his side after their 197-run defeat by Australia in Galle.'I totally blame the batting for not saving this Test match,' he commented.'You can survive on this track but we were so casual in our approach and gave it to them on a platter.' | | |
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