Vol. 31 No. 05 ISSN: 1391 - 0531

7th July 1996

Housing Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva escaped with injuries in an attempt made by a women suicide bomber at the Stanley Road in Jaffna on Thursday (4th) afternoon. Brigadier A.S. Hamangoda (Jaffna Sector Commander), Ranjith Godamuna (Chairman, Lanka Cement) and 21 others were killed and more than 50 injured in this explotion. This incident took place minutes after the Minister declared open a branch of Building Materials Corporation (BMC) in Jaffna

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• Front Page News
  * Report proposes tough economic reforms * PM urges people to back the package * Lankan captain dies on ship: foul play, says family * Bribery Commission questions Health Sec. * Mihaly hauls govt. Over the coals * MP escapes attempt on life

• News/Comment
  * Nimal: I'm going back to Jaffna * He helped build a bridge of understanding * Clotilda was praying as bomb hit Carlyle * Miss World here this week * LSSP calls for urgent reorganization of public bus services * Lecture on South Asian security * Death of an Officer * Kolonnawa mess: no action taken * Baby Unit Closed * Donors attach strings * Don't dictate terms to me, says Fowzie * Analysts fly to Jaffna * PM visits Sai Baba under tight security * Power plans to face crisis * The collapsing mills * How right is our human rights? * Russia's search for status * Defamation: words and pix speak good things also * THE GOSSIP COLUMN - From Sir with lust

• Editorial / Opinion
  • Editorial - Responsible Media Role
  • The Political Column - Government is lying says Vasu
  • The Situation Report - How 2 brave soldiers saved minister
  • The Sunday Times Trial -1 - No intervention at this stage, says Court of Appeal
  • The Sunday Times Trial -2 - "The Court of Appeal has erred"
  • The Fifth Column - Movie time
  • Rajpal's Column - Literary landmark pushed out of British Council shelves
  • The Guest Column - Pakistan: a balancing force in South Asia

• Business News
  * Fag tax reaches limit * Labour can make or mar economy * Chamber briefs World Bank director * Mind Your Business * Bottomline * Futures market will curb monopolies * VTA purchases raise queries

• Plus
  *Drugs: A Queen for the cause * Beauty's Duty * Superstitions:Who would believe?* Evolution of devolution: from Gamini to Chandrika * Puppets in a game * Getting in touch with nature * A monsoon for Lionel Wendt * LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

• Sports News
  * Cricket Board wants former President to explain......