|
News
|
|
| Lanka loses
huge grant for CEB |
|
| By Shelani Perera |
| The Asian Development Bank
which was to give a Rs. 3,000 million (30 million US dollar)
grant to salvage the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) from
a financial crisis has withdrawn the offer following the
failure to pass the CEB Reforms Bill in Parliament. |
| |
| Anura awaits
letters to hit back |
| Tourism Minister Anura Bandaranaike
says he is awaiting letters from the President's Office
and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party calling for his explanation
over his recent conduct. He says he wants to give the
senders a “basic lesson in civics known even to
an O'Level student". |
| |
| New police
unit to deal with abductions |
| The Government has set up a separate
police unit under the charge of a Senior Superintendent
of Police and three Assistant Superintendents to deal
with all complaints of abductions. |
| |
| Britain
to send special peace envoy |
| From Neville de Silva
in London |
| Britain is expected
to appoint a special ‘envoy’ shortly to engage
in the Sri Lanka peace process as it seeks to play a bigger
role in the search for a political solution, highly placed
political sources said. |
| |
| MORE
NEWS |
