OTHER NEWS LTTE aircraft sighted A series of protest campaigns against recent EP polls Pillayan- first chief minister for Eastern Province Pillayan - new CM EP    Advertisement Print Version | Email to friend Colombo in nuclear cover-up Munza Mushtaq 02-05-2008 In a desperate attempt to prevent a massive diplomatic row, the Sri Lankan Government took speedy action to camouflage a seemingly innocent energy advertisement which could have resulted in a fallout between Colombo and super power United States. “Just days after the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) put up an advertisement on nuclear power generation, the government was compelled to rebut certain statements made by high-ranking government appointed officials after the Sri Lankan Government was warned that the impending visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the advertisement could lead to a major fall-out between Sri Lanka and the United States,” sources said. With the US openly expressing apprehension over Iran and Sri Lanka’s growing relationship, the advertisement, which called for an input from energy experts both based in Sri Lanka and overseas, gave the indication that the country was teaming up with Iran to develop nuclear power. “The statement by CEB Chairman Udaya Kariyawasam who claimed that the CEB would be getting Iranian expertise on the matter had led to the US expressing its antagonism over the matter,” a source said. “This prompted the government, which took up the matter at the highest level, to quickly rebut the story, fearing a backlash from the US and to quell any anxiety,” the source said. Meanwhile, when members of the CEB Engineers’ Union (CEBEU) met with Power and Energy Minister John Seneviratne on Friday evening, the Minister had expressed his anger over the advertisement which was carried in newspapers, allegedly at the CEB Chairman’s sole discretion. “The government has still not taken a policy decision to look into nuclear power as an energy option and nuclear power is not in the CEB’s long-term generation plan either, Minister Seneviratne informed us,” CEBEU President J. Meegoda said. Courtesy Lanka Tribune - UK SriLankan Newspaper Print Version | Email to friend

LTTE aircraft sighted Fri, 16-05-2008 04:00:00 An LTTE air craft was detected by the air defence system yesterday evening over the LTTE built Iranamadu runway, military sources said. A senior Air Force official told media that the air defence system had detected the LTTE aircraft soon after, it was airborne. �However it immediately disappeared from the radar system, as it went down,� the official said. ... |FULL STORY|

A series of protest campaigns against recent EP polls Fri, 16-05-2008 19:00:00 UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake , said , this Govt. has no capacity to do anything legal and honest ,whether it is administration, development or in the conduct of elections. It thrives only on murder, mayhem, corruption and malpractices. The Eastern Provincial Council elections bore all those hallmarks, he added. At the last Presidential elections it entered into a pact with the LTTE paying them billions of rupees betraying the country, and won. This time it entered into an allianc... |FULL STORY|

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Pillayan- first chief minister for Eastern Province Fri, 16-05-2008 18:00:00 Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan was sworn-in as the Chief Minister for the Eastern Province before President Mahinda Rajapaksa this evening. Three other provincial councilors also took their oaths, as cabinet of ministers despite M.L.A.M Hisbullah was absent. They are T.Navaratnarajah, Wimalaweera Dissanayake and M.Uduma . After swearing in ceremony Minister Athaullah welcomed the newly appointed Chief Minister. Chandrakantha obtained the highest number of preferential vo... |FULL STORY|

Pillayan - new CM EP Fri, 16-05-2008 14:00:00 Mr.Pillayan took oaths as the Chief Minister of the Eastern Provincial Council in a short while ago.... |FULL STORY|

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