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 parliament suspended 07-05-2008 Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa has suspended parliament sessions for a month, an official has said. The move was criticised by the opposition as an attempt to disrupt ongoing investigations into corruption allegations. A decree announcing the suspension will be issued early on Wednesday, a government official said. He did not give a reason for the suspension. Tissa Attanayake, the general secretary of Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party, said Mr Rajapaksa's action was an attempt to disrupt a parliamentary probe into corruption allegations against his government because all committees appointed for the purpose will be dissolved with the decree. "There is no justification for this. We will protest against it," Mr Attanayake said. In 2001 then President Chandrika Kumaratunga suspended parliament amid opposition threats to bring a no-confidence motion against her government. However, her government lost its parliamentary majority a few months later and also lost the subsequent election. 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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