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PM
orders crackdown in east
Govt., SLMC see hidden hand behind violence; speedy action
taken to restore normalcy In a bid to restore normalcy in
the violence-hit Eastern Province, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe
has ordered tough action against those provoking violence.
Not
abroad, but villages
Amidst growing criticism over excessive globe-trotting by
ministers, the Prime Minister has reportedly stopped Tourism
Minister Gamini Lokuge from going to London for a tourism
promotion campaign, including a hotel dance for the Sri Lankan
cricketers.
LTTE
assures support to defuse crisis
The LTTE has assured the Government that it would extend its
fullest support to ease the violence in the Eastern Province,
a spokesman for the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission said yesterday.
Scrap
iron probe: CID to dig deeper
Mystery still hangs over a consignment of aircraft spare parts
detected by the Customs last week and CID detectives are going
to India for further investigations.
Guns
mounted for no-faith debates
The Opposition and the Government are mounting their guns
for a full-scale battle in parliament, with several no-confidence
motions lined up for the coming weeks.
Tiger
'no' but AI shows 26
Twenty-six individual cases of child recruitment have
been placed before the LTTE for clarification after its political
wing leader S. P. Thamilchelvan denied recruitment of children
under 18 years, Amnesty International said.
CID
to hand over PSD files to Attorney General
The CID will hand over files of investigations into three
cases involving the Presidential Security Division personnel,
including its former boss Nihal Karunaratne, to the Attorney
General soon, detectives said yesterday.
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