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A maniac and a thief close to the leader demolishing the party, S.B. United national Party (UNP) National Organizer S. B. Disanayaka says that close associates of the party leader are destroying the party. He named one person as a maniac who earned millions from quotas and another as a person who swindled millions during the UNP government was in power. They, together with several more in higher party positions, are contracted by the government to destroy the party.

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Sri Lanka stands firm in row over British envoy

Sri Lanka's cabinet refused to withdraw its opposition to a British special envoy despite fresh talks between the two sides on the island's growing humanitarian crisis, a minister said Thursday.

Mischievous media reports distorted international perception of developments in Northern Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the EU Ravinatha Aryasinha has said, a series of mischievous reports filed over the past two weeks based on LTTE propaganda, had distorted the international perception of the ground situation in Northern Sri Lanka. This had detracted from sufficient attention being paid to the difficult task being accomplished by the government and the security forces, as well as the atrocities committed against civilians by the LTTE. Read more...

Political

JVP refuses to support power devolution based on 13th Amendment Throwing a fresh spanner in the works the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) yesterday refused to support the power division package based on the 13th Amendment currently being drafted by the government to be implemented in the north insisting that it would divide rather than unite the people. Read more...

Govt not prepared to reverse ongoing operations - President The Government is not prepared in any way to reverse the ongoing action against terrorists till they disarm themselves, said President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Kurunegala on Saturday. Read more...

Defence

Army suffers temporary setback

The Army suffered a setback last weekend when around 600 hardcore LTTE cadres infiltrated the FDL of the Army's 58 Division from the general area Puthukudirippu North. A group of around 200 cadres who attempted to flank the 55 and 58 were massacred by 3 Special Forces and 2 Commandos after the 55 Division spotted them early on.

New security system all over the Country The Government is to implement a new security system in the south following the suicide attack in Akuressa which left Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mahinda Wijesekara severely injured, sources said yesterday. Read more...

Busniess

Deshamanya Lalith attacked by Golden Key depositors Depositors of Golden Key Credit Card Company have attacked the head office of the Ceylinco Group Chairman Deshamanya Lalith Kotalawala situated at No. 13, Dickmons Raod Bambalapitiya. Read more...

Airtel commence operations in Sri Lanka on Monday

Colombo (PTI): Ending its long wait, Indian telecom giant Airtel is commencing its Sri Lankan operations on Monday after days of aggressive marketing featuring advertisements of bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan.

World

Powerful earthquake hits Indonesia, 42 injured JAKARTA, Indonesia – A powerful earthquake off eastern

Indonesia

briefly triggered a tsunami warning Thursday, causing a stampede of residents to higher ground. Hundreds of building were damaged and at least 42 people were injured, some seriously. Read more...

Pakistan cracks down on Mumbai accused The Pakistan military said on Monday it had mounted an “intelligence-led operation” against a banned militant organisation in Pakistan-adminstered Kashmir and made several arrests. Military spokesman Major-General Athar Abbas did not specify that the target of the operation was the Laskhar-e-Taiba, nor would he confirm if Lashkar commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi Read more...

Sports

Mahela resigns In a surprise move, Mahela Jayawardene has announced that he will resign as Sri Lanka captain after the upcoming two-Test series against Pakistan. The decision, announced on Wednesday, comes three days after Sri Lanka lost 4-1 to India in their home ODI series. Read more...

Murali equals world record Sri Lanka's ace spinner Muttiah Muralitharan yesterday equalled the world record for One Day International wickets during the match against India at R. Premadasa Stadium. Read more...