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Trinco pretty quiet
Thursday, 2 December 2004 - 12:06 A SL Time
Police yesterday reported Trincomalee was quiet following Monday`s grenade blast which killed a bus passenger and injured three others.
Eastern Province North DIG Neville Wijesinghe told the Daily News yesterday that the Police curfew imposed on Monday night was lifted yesterday morning with no major incidents reported overnight.
`The security in the area was stepped up with the assistance of the Army and Navy to prevent any outbreak of violence,` the DIG said. Police also have deployed additional troops in the area, the DIG said.
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Curfew re-imposed in Trincomalee
Thursday, 2 December 2004 - 12:06 A SL Time
Speaking to religious leaders of all faiths and civil leaders representing all communities in Trincomalee town Rear Admiral Sandagiri said ?this is not a time to give into emotions.?
Daya Sandagiri accompanied by Army Commander Shantha Kottegoada arrived on Monday in troubled Trincomalee after tension heightened between the Sinhala and Tamil communities.
The police have decided to declare curfew again on Tuesday after a number of sporadic incidents of violence.
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Ready to discuss interim authority - SL Govt
Thursday, 2 December 2004 - 12:06 A SL Time
The statement was issued as a Response to the LTTE leader`s Heroes` Day speech which cautioned the Sri Lanka government on the concerns of the Tamil Tigers about the stagnation of the peace talks.
`Following their election to office this year, the UPFA Government has made serious, sincere and consistent efforts to reopen talks with the LTTE, and the Government recognises that there has been an absence of direct negotiations since April 2003,` says the government statement.
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LTTE wants to disturb normalcy in Jaffna - Army
Tuesday, 23 November 2004 - 1:04 AM SL Time
Nov 22, Colombo: Army Headquarters yesterday said the LTTE instigated a deliberate attempt to provoke Security Forces and disrupt normalcy in the Jaffna peninsula following the murder of two innocent Tamil youth in Velvetithurai.
Protests launched by LTTE-backed groups censored down stores and transportation services over the weekend. The LTTE meanwhile accused Security Forces for the deaths, Army Spokesperson Brigadier Daya Ratnayake said.
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LTTE hit squad nabbed near Parliament
Wednesday, 24 November 2004 - 12:07 SL Time
its way to hitting a target. Their arrest on the road leading to the Parliament fuelled speculation that they were targeting a ruling party politician.
Senior security officials said that they were unable to confirm whether the hit squad was targeting a politician.
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The reintroduction of capital punishment
Wednesday, 24 November 2004 - 12:07 SL Time
An year ago after the horrific killing of the Harmer family many in this country, including editorial writers, deeply concerned with the frightening rise of serious crime, called for the reintroduction of the death penalty.
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Justice Ambepitiya was a fearless and upright Judge
Tuesday, 23 November 2004 - 3:17 AM SL Time
The late Justice Sarath Ambepitiya was a courageous Judicial officer who sacrificed his life in the course of discharging his duties as a fearless and upright judge in Sri Lanka`s judiciary, said President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga in a message to Vajira Ambepitiya, widow of the late Justice Ambepitiya.
The President`s message yesterday read at the funeral by Justice Minister John Seneviratne stated that the demise of Justice Ambepitiya was a blow to the independence of the judiciary. Members of the Judiciary could not be intimidated by cowardly acts of this nature.
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Rs.2750 million for Jana Pubuduwa, Gam Pubuduwa
Tuesday, 23 November 2004 - 9:05 PM SL Time
The Government has allocated Rs.2750 million to implement the Jana Pubuduwa and Gam Pubuduwa programs next year under the new development drive titled Suwahas Jana Pubuduwa launched recently by the Samurdhi and Poverty Alleviation Ministry to uplift the socio-economic conditions of low income groups.
These two programs are an integral part of the Sanwardhana Sangramaya initiated by President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga.
Under the Jana Pubuduwa programme, 100,000 Samurdhi beneficiary families and other low income families will be economically empowered during 2005 by introducing self employment ventures in agriculture, animal husbandry, fisheries, sales, industries and other services to augment their income levels, Samurdhi and Poverty Alleviation Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi told the Daily News.
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Verdict reserved on woman`s death
Tuesday, 23 November 2004 - 9:05 PM SL Time
A 53 year old woman who was operated on at the Colombo National Hospital on four occasions to remove a stone in the stomach came by her death, allegedly due to leakage of electricity from a surgical instrument used in the operation.
This was revealed at the inquest held in respect of the death of Sammuth Husena Kaleel of Jinthupitiya, Kotahena, who was warded in Ward No. 63 of the Colombo National Hospital with a history of a stone in the stomach.
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