OTHER NEWS Pillayan - new CM EP Police begins investigations Pillayan�s oath taking unconstitutional � Hizbullah President condemns LTTE bomb attack    Advertisement Print Version | Email to friend Highly trained security personnel for Sri Lankan VIPs 02-05-2008 The Defence Ministry’s research division has recommended the use of extensively trained security personnel for the protection of the country’s VIPs. The recommendation comes amidst reports that the government was looking at getting assistance from India’s Gurkhas or Black Cat commandos to provide protection for VIPs in Sri Lanka. However according to a spokesman attached to the Indian High Commission in Colombo, no official request has so far been made by the Sri Lankan government via the mission in Colombo, but it was possible that a direct government to government request may have been made. Meanwhile, the government’s defence spokesman minister Keheliya Rambukwella said that the Defence Ministry’s research unit was studying various aspects on how to upgrade the security provided to VIPs, and getting assistance from India was one option. “Terrorists invent new methods, and we must also have the capability to fight it and so we are exploring new means to fight the terrorists,” Rambukwella said. Print Version | Email to friend

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|

Police begins investigations Fri, 16-05-2008 14:00:00 Extensive investigations are now being held on the suicide bomb attack occurred at Colombo Fort this morning. Police Media spokesperson Senior DIG N.K. Ilangakoon said the Colombo Crime Investigation Division and the Fort Police conduct investigations according to the instructions of CID. The Government Analyst has also concluded his investigation. It is being identified the motorbike which the suicide bomber had travelled has been registered in the Eastern Province. The registered numbe... |FULL STORY|

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Pillayan�s oath taking unconstitutional � Hizbullah Fri, 16-05-2008 13:00:00 Hours before the installation of Pillayan as the Chief Minister of the East M.L.A.M Hizbullah along with two other elected Muslim members from Batticaloa to the Eastern Provincial Council have informed the Governor-East that they would not support Pillayan in the council and would function as a separate group. Chief Minister aspirant and Batticaloa strongman He said that it's illegal for Pillayan to take oaths as CM since he doesn�t command a majority in the UPFA team. ... |FULL STORY|

President condemns LTTE bomb attack Fri, 16-05-2008 13:00:00 The LTTE has once again demonstrated to the world its total commitment to violence and terror to achieve its separatist goals in Sri Lanka, and its absolute contempt for democracy and human rights, The President stated while expressing his condolence to the families of those many killed and wounded in the LTTE's latest carnage today. He also requested all the citizens to remain clam and to be provoked by this display of its unmitigated terror. Full text of the communiqu� issued b... |FULL STORY|

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