OTHER NEWS Rathnapriya calls on Unions to be stronger, better organised Colombo beggars marched out India said “CEPA or interference?” India summons Lankan envoy    Advertisement Print Version | Email to friend SB calls for national PC 12-05-2008 UNP National Organiser S. B. Dissanayake has proposed a National Provincial Council for the Eastern Province. Addressing the press in Kandy on Sunday the outspoken politician said that he was happy with the government’s victory at the just concluded election but regretted the way the ruling coalition had secured the first Eastern Provincial Council. After a lapse of twenty years the people of the Eastern Province had enjoyed their right to vote, the former SLFP heavyweight said. He called for the establishment of a National Provincial Council to run the province. Such an arrangement would involve people of all three communities, he said, expressing the belief all parties would take advantage of the current situation to encourage unity among the communities. He has stressed the need for a power sharing arrangement to ensure the people would receive full benefits of the newly elected EPC. Dissanayake severely criticised the government for allowing the breakaway LTTE faction the TMVP to engage in violence in the run up to Saturday’s poll. The abuse of public property and an organised campaign of terror had facilitated the government victory, he said. He was in Kandy to attend a function organised by the Dumbara Lions to gift school books and other material to children at the Kandyan Cultural Centre under the patronage of the president of the Lions Club, Kandy Municipal Council Member Raja Pushpakumara yesterday. Print Version | Email to friend

Rathnapriya calls on Unions to be stronger, better organised Sun, 20-07-2008 08:00:00 The trade union movement of Sri Lanka should unite to launch a successful general strike against the government and make it adhere to its promises regarding the salary increments, and reducing the bus and train fares. So said the Convenor of August 4 Trade Union Movement (A4TUM), Saman Rathnapriya. Speaking at the meeting yesterday, he said that all the trade union should be very well organised and efficient if they want to make an impact on the government. “We can’t say whet... |FULL STORY|

Colombo beggars marched out Sun, 20-07-2008 08:00:00 LAKBIMANEWS Based on intelligence reports, police are to remove all “unwanted persons” from the city with a view to assuring security in Colombo for the forthcoming SAARC summit. They said only people who have “solid reasons to be there” will be authorized to enter high security zones while the SAARC summit was underway. “All unnecessary persons from the high security zones will be removed due to security reasons,” clarified SSP Ranjith Gunasekera, police spokesman. “This will incl... |FULL STORY|

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India said “CEPA or interference?” Sun, 20-07-2008 08:00:00 Mystery and talk of intrigue surrounds the CEPA (Comprehensive Economic Partnership) agreement that was to be signed during the forthcoming SAARC summit. The government has now decided to postpone the signing or to call it off. What’s definite is that there will be no signing of CEPA during SAARC. Reports are that the government’s coalition partners were angered that “India was trying to use CEPA as a bargaining chip to ensure Indian non-interference in the government’s forward march in the... |FULL STORY|

India summons Lankan envoy Sun, 20-07-2008 08:00:00 In the backdrop of rising incidents of alleged firing by Sri Lankan Navy on Indian fishermen, India today summoned the island nation's envoy C R Jayasinghe and lodged a protest against them. New Delhi asked Colombo to share the result of the inquiry it has set up into the July 12 incident in which two Indian fishermen were killed. ... |FULL STORY|

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