OTHER NEWS Declare a general election- UNP Hizbullah to file court case against appointing Pillayan as CM Tissa passes 47 SLMC wants Independent Commission before next polls    Advertisement Print Version | Email to friend Mobile phone shut down alleged 09-05-2008 Former Posts and Telecommunications Minister and UNP Chief Candidate for Trincomalee Rauff Hakeem alleged that the government plans to shut down mobile service operations in the East tomorrow. Print Version | Email to friend

Declare a general election- UNP Sat, 17-05-2008 19:00:00 UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake, at a meeting in Kandy today, challenged the government to declare a general election if possible instead of holding ‘mini polls’ to evaluate the public opinion. ... |FULL STORY|

Hizbullah to file court case against appointing Pillayan as CM Sat, 17-05-2008 13:00:00 Lanka Dissent Claiming that Pillayan does not command a majority in the Eastern Provincial Council to be appointed as its’ Chief Minister, member of the Eastern PC, M.L.A.M. Hizbullah has decided to take legal action against the appointment, ‘Lanka Dissent’ reliably learns. In addition, United National Party and the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress members of the East PC are planning to bring a no-faith motion against the provincial Chief Minister at the council’s inaugural... |FULL STORY|

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Tissa passes 47 Sat, 17-05-2008 13:00:00 Kandy District MP and General Secretary, United National Party (UNP) Tissa Attanayake is 47 years old today (17). Born at Uduwawala near Katugastota in Kandy, on May 17, 1961, Tissa Attanayake received his schooling at Uduwawala, Handaganawa and Morayaya schools. He graduated with a Commerce Special degree from the University of Kelaniya and took to politics joining the UNP political activities as an assistant to Harsha Abeywardena and Ranjan Wijeratne, Chairman and Secretary respect... |FULL STORY|

SLMC wants Independent Commission before next polls Fri, 16-05-2008 04:00:00 By Kelum Bandara The SLMC yesterday decided to talk to other political parties including the JVP and the LSSP with a view to filing a petition in the Supreme Court seeking a ruling for the government’s full implementation of the 17th Amendment to the Constitution before another election is announced. The SLMC had obtained the consent of the UNP for this purpose and the party’s Deputy General Secretary Nizam Kariapper said the SLMC hoped to come to an agreement with the o... |FULL STORY|

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