Four, including principal and a student drown in Ekgal Oya

Sampanthan speaks to IGP on Jaffna situ

Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R. Sampanthan had a discussion today with IGP N.K Illangakoon on the situation in Jaffna involving the Jaffna university students. The Uthayan newspaper reported that Sampanthan had telephoned the IGP to discuss the?situation?which had arisen following the arrest of some students. A tense situation had?developed?in Jaffna last week after some students had attempted to commemorate the LTTE “heroes day”?anniversary. The IGP had informed Sampanthan that four

02 Dec, 2012

Four elephants electrocuted in Batti

Four elephants were found electrocuted in Batticaloa today, the police media unit said. The elephants were found dead in Valachenai this morning and it was believed they were?electrocuted last night.

30 Nov, 2012

UNP leader gets 6 years

The post of the UNP leader was given 6 years as opposed to the current one year term after the proposal was adopted at the UNP convention today. UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake announced at the conclusion of the convention at the UNP party headquarters Sirikotha that 4978 members voted in favor of the proposed amendments to the party constitution while 337 UNP members voted against it. Accordingly the UNP leader can remain in the post for 6 years while the other key positions in the par

01 Dec, 2012