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 Sri Lanka's budget airline MIHIN AIR grounded indefinitely 04-05-2008 Sri Lanka's state-run budget carrier has suspended operations indefinitely because of a lack of planes, an aviation official said Sunday. The budget airline, Mihin Lanka, has been dogged with financial trouble since it began commercial operations last April. "They (Mihin) don't have an aircraft to fly passengers since the beginning of this month," Sri Lanka's civil aviation chief, Parakrama Dissanayake told AFP. Mihin's last aircraft, an Airbus A321 taken on lease, was reclaimed by its Bulgarian owners at the end of April, as the airline was unable to make payments, an airline industry source, who declined to be named, said. "Passengers booked to travel are now being transferred to other airlines until Mihin finds another aircraft," Dissanayake said. The cash-strapped airline, which began with a working capital of five million dollars, had scheduled services to the cities of Trivandrum, Tiruchirapalli in India, Dubai, Male, Bangkok and Singapore. Officials at the airline's call centre said they hoped to resume services in June. "All schedule flights for May have been temporarily suspended for technical reasons. We may start in June," an official said. Sri Lanka's national carrier SriLankan Airlines is partly owned by Dubai's Emirates Airlines. 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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