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Blast heard from Borelasgamuwa
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"This will be the end of LTTE terrorism" – President Rajapaksa
A confident President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that this is the end of the LTTE terrorists' battle for a separate homeland and added that the terrorists should surrender to the military.President Rajapaksa made this announcement at an interview with the AL- Jazeera station today (08).He noted that the LTTE cadres are willing to surrender to the security forces and that many have done so. He went on to say that successive governments in Sri Lanka had tried to persuade the LTTE to negotiate a political solution and failed, and that under the circumstances, the Government could not offer anything else, especially to a terrorist group. When asked whether it will take some time to convince people that the peace process will bear fruit following what is acknowledged by many to be an inevitable military defeat of the LTTE, the President said that within a short span of time the Government was able to change the minds of the people of East Province as the Government is familiar with their aspirations and culture.President Rajapaksa said that he believes in a political solution to the national issue and was confident that this would be best addressed after defeating the terrorists militarily. He insisted that a political solution would be the answer to address the grievances of the Tamil people not the terrorists.He reiterated the Government's commitment to a political solution, but pointed out that the most important task at the moment is to defeat terrorism comprehensively.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will arrive today
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas showers rose petals as he pays tribute at Rajghat, the memorial for Mahatma Gandhi in New Delhi on Tuesday. Abbas will arrive here today for talks with President Mahinda Rajapaksa. (Daily News)
COPE second report forwarded to Bribery Commission - Speaker
Speaker W. J. M. Lokubandara told Parliament that the second report of the Committee on Public Enterprise (COPE) consisting of fraud and corrupt practices in 20 public institutions has been forwarded to the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption.
The Speaker was responding yesterday to a request by JVP member Anura Kumara Dissanayake to submit the second report of COPE to the Bribery Commission.
Dissanayake reminded the Speaker that the first COPE report was forwarded to the Bribery Commission and he is receiving a progress report in this regard every fortnight.
Dissanayake said there were reports in the media that investigations into several institutions have been concluded.
Speaker Lokubandara said the Bribery Commission had sent its reports in that regard and those reports have been forwarded back to COPE.(Daily News)
The Speaker was responding yesterday to a request by JVP member Anura Kumara Dissanayake to submit the second report of COPE to the Bribery Commission.
Dissanayake reminded the Speaker that the first COPE report was forwarded to the Bribery Commission and he is receiving a progress report in this regard every fortnight.
Dissanayake said there were reports in the media that investigations into several institutions have been concluded.
Speaker Lokubandara said the Bribery Commission had sent its reports in that regard and those reports have been forwarded back to COPE.(Daily News)
Stay order preventing Danduwam Mudalali from leaving country
Hambantota Magistrate Nishantha Peiris imposed a stay order preventing Piyadasa Ratnayake alias Danduwam Mudalali from leaving the country.
Ratnayake is among the six institutions and persons named by the Central Bank as being engaged in alleged unauthorised financial transactions with depositors.
The Judge delivered this order having taken into consideration a report directed to the Magistrate Court by the Central Bank. Based on the report the Southern Provincial Crime Detection Bureau produced the report to the Magistrate and said there is a possibility of Ratnayake migrating to another country.
The order has been passed on to the Department of Immigration and Emigration.
Ratnayake is among the six institutions and persons named by the Central Bank as being engaged in alleged unauthorised financial transactions with depositors.
The Judge delivered this order having taken into consideration a report directed to the Magistrate Court by the Central Bank. Based on the report the Southern Provincial Crime Detection Bureau produced the report to the Magistrate and said there is a possibility of Ratnayake migrating to another country.
The order has been passed on to the Department of Immigration and Emigration.
Disregarding Air Force Chief’s instructions created the problem - Prime Minister
Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka yesterday told Parliament that the problem created regarding the carrying of Major General Janaka Perera’s remains by Air was due to disregarding the instructions provided by the Air Force Commander. The Prime Minister said that UNP Secretary General Tissa Aththanayaka spoke to him yesterday regarding the making of arrangements to carry the remains of Major General Perera by air to Anuradhapura, “I said I would talk to the Air Force Chief”. The Air Force Chief agreed to make arrangements. Thereafter I told UNP MP Tissa Aththanayaka to deal with the Air Force Chief and make arrangements.
The Prime Minister said the Air Force Commander informed him that the UNP has not followed the necessary guidelines given by the Air Force. The Air Force Commander has told the UNP to hand over the remains to the Air Force from the funeral parlour due to some security arrangements. However the remains had been brought to the Ratmalana Air Force camp without following these instructions given by the Air Force. Therefore some problems had arisen regarding this.
The Prime Minister said that he really wanted to help. But he was blamed by the Opposition regarding this incident. “However, if we have done some mistake I’m ready to accept the blame. But this situation was created unnecessarily due to the disregarding of instructions provided by the Air Force Chief.(Daily News)
The Prime Minister said the Air Force Commander informed him that the UNP has not followed the necessary guidelines given by the Air Force. The Air Force Commander has told the UNP to hand over the remains to the Air Force from the funeral parlour due to some security arrangements. However the remains had been brought to the Ratmalana Air Force camp without following these instructions given by the Air Force. Therefore some problems had arisen regarding this.
The Prime Minister said that he really wanted to help. But he was blamed by the Opposition regarding this incident. “However, if we have done some mistake I’m ready to accept the blame. But this situation was created unnecessarily due to the disregarding of instructions provided by the Air Force Chief.(Daily News)
LTTE gathering point attacked
The SLAF's MI 24 helicopters attacked 3 gathering points of the LTTE west of the Nayaru Lagoon in Kumalamunai at 5:40 pm yesterday in support of the 59th army division.
Cho Ramaswamy claims Tamil Nadu campaigns are just political posturing
Veteran Indian Political Commentator Cho Ramaswamy speaking to BBC Tamil Service on Tuesday October 7th said the present campaigns by all Tamil Nadu (TN) parties on Sri Lanka Tamils is nothing but ‘just talk’.
Replying to a question, if the activities mounted by the Indian parties appear to be “critical of the appearance of India helping Sri Lanka on the military drive”, he said a meaningful stand is any of the party truly coming forward to contest the election on this issue.
Several Tamil Nadu political parties have ratcheted up their campaigns, calling for a halt to military campaign by Sri Lanka and seek a political settlement.
Commenting on the fast organized by the State Communist Party of India (CPI) on October 2nd, Cho Ramaswamy stated this party never raised the Tamil issue with any seriousness with the Indian Government while they were in a position to do so. He added CPI raised several other critical matters time to time with the centre while they were influential. But CPI never talked about Sri Lankan Tamils during that period, he pointed out.
Cho S. Ramaswamy is best known for his political comments that irk all Indian parties, particularly of those Dravidian parties in Tamil Nadu. His popular satirical magazine ‘Thuglak’ celebrated 38th anniversary of publication in January 2008.
Not only the Dravidian parties, he quipped even the recent Bharathiya Janatha Party (BJP) statements on the Sri Lankan issue too are just ‘pure talk’, geared to appear as ‘pro-Tamil’ amidst similar chorus.
Cho Ramaswamy however asserted there is “full support among the people (of Tamil Nadu) for Tamils to live with equal rights like the Sinhalese (within a united Sri Lanka)”.
Replying to a question, if the activities mounted by the Indian parties appear to be “critical of the appearance of India helping Sri Lanka on the military drive”, he said a meaningful stand is any of the party truly coming forward to contest the election on this issue.
Several Tamil Nadu political parties have ratcheted up their campaigns, calling for a halt to military campaign by Sri Lanka and seek a political settlement.
Commenting on the fast organized by the State Communist Party of India (CPI) on October 2nd, Cho Ramaswamy stated this party never raised the Tamil issue with any seriousness with the Indian Government while they were in a position to do so. He added CPI raised several other critical matters time to time with the centre while they were influential. But CPI never talked about Sri Lankan Tamils during that period, he pointed out.
Cho S. Ramaswamy is best known for his political comments that irk all Indian parties, particularly of those Dravidian parties in Tamil Nadu. His popular satirical magazine ‘Thuglak’ celebrated 38th anniversary of publication in January 2008.
Not only the Dravidian parties, he quipped even the recent Bharathiya Janatha Party (BJP) statements on the Sri Lankan issue too are just ‘pure talk’, geared to appear as ‘pro-Tamil’ amidst similar chorus.
Cho Ramaswamy however asserted there is “full support among the people (of Tamil Nadu) for Tamils to live with equal rights like the Sinhalese (within a united Sri Lanka)”.
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