A hurriedly dug up bund and thousands of trapped civilians have now become the 'fortress' for Tiger guerrilla leader Velupillai Prabhakaran and his senior cadres.
Economic growth has been on a declining trend since about the middle of last year and has reached a steep decline. The Annual Report of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka clearly indicates that it expects economic growth to drop drastically in 2009. According to the Bank economic growth would drop from the 6 percent achieved in 2008 to 2.5 percent this year. This the Bank has called a pessimistic scenario.
When it comes to getting the state of emergency extended by another month, the government has no problem in securing the support of the majority of MPs. Except for the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), others have been supportive of the motion, However, the UNP and the JVP have begun to show serious reservations regarding the manner in which the government uses or misuses emergency regulations.
