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The funerals of Major General (Retd.) Janaka Perera and wife Vajira Perera were held at the Borella cemetery yesterday with full military honours. The hearses carrying the two bodies left the late Major General’s residence in Kirullapone at 2.45 p.m. At Polhengoda, UNP frontliners and members joined the procession. A large number of people also joined the procession as it made its way towards the cemetery along Baseline Road. Pic by Gemunu Wellage
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Janaka: The shock and the shame
Political Column |
Weeks ahead of the North Central Provincial Council elections in August, Major General (retired) Janaka Perera confided to a family member, that he met Basil Rajapaksa MP, Senior Presidential Advisor. |
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| Probe finds Palin abused power |
 An Alaska ethics inquiry has found that Gov. Sarah Palin, the U.S. Republican vice presidential candidate, abused her authority by pressuring subordinates to fire a state trooper involved in a feud with her family. |
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| Internet Security |
 Sri Lanka has over half a million estimated internet users. Since the shift of the web took place from being information oriented, to more user oriented and interactive, |
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| New rules for Australian Student Visas |
 Since September 1st DIAC (Department of Immigration and Citizenship) has raised the Assessment Level for Sri Lanka and a nine other countries. Sri Lanka has been classified as Assessment Level 4.
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More Education |
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| TNA seeks India’s intervention |
 The Tamil National Alliance has joined the Dravida Munnetra Kazhakam (DMK ) in Tamil Nadu to pressurize the central government in New Delhi to intervene on behalf of Sri Lanka Tamil civilians affected by the ongoing fighting in the north. |
| Police ignored Janaka’s plea for security |
Two weeks prior to Major General (Retd) Janaka Perera’s assassination he complained to the police that his life was under threat from the LTTE and sought additional police protection, but his plea was ignored, his lawyers said yesterday.. |
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EDITORIAL |
| Petty politics |
Neither the assassination of (Retired) Major-General Janaka Perera earlier this week, nor for that matter the deliberate scuttling of his funeral arrangements by the Government, really took the nation by surprise. |
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PLUS |
| Lessons learnt of love and life |
 Janaka and Vajira Perera are no more – killed by a suicide bomber in a blast that claimed so many innocent lives and left a nation in shock and sorrow. |
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FINANCIAL TIMES |
| Garment industry sees “really tough” 2009 |
The garment industry is to expect a “really tough” first half next year with the US, Sri Lanka’s single biggest buyer of garments, heading deeper into recession. “The impact of the US recession will hit us in the first half of next year. |
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SPORTS |
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| Shame, shame …shame |
 Can this be the biggest scam in the history in Sri Lankan sport? Since the arrest and remanding of Ranga Wimalawansa – an Asian Games relay gold medalist -- |
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| The prisoners who were released |
 Alakeshwara lost his temper. He decided to go to fight the Chinese. Everything needed for the battle was organized. A huge army was gathered. |
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Latest News October 12 - 18 |
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The inauguration of a Government campaign to cultivate abandoned paddy land at Bandaragama last Thursday morning saw an uninvited guest - the handler of a Tiger guerrilla suicide bomber.
Come back down memory lane and visit re-created Malay Street at the Mount Lavinia Hotel. Taste home cooked Malay specialties at the Governor's Rooftop, 
