Senior leaders of Ilankai Thamil Arasku Katchchi (ITAK), the main constituent party of its electoral alliance Tamil National Alliance (TNA) met the National Peoples’ Power (NPP) delegation led by Anura Kumara Dissanayake today at the party office in Jaffna.
The meeting with the NPP, the electoral alliance of Peoples’ Liberation Front (JVP) came a day after the ITAK meeting with the Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday in Jaffna.
During the meeting, Mr Premadasa assured ITAK leadership that the 13th Amendment to the Constitution will be implemented in full under a future SJB government led by him.
ITAK was represented by Jaffna district MP M. A. Sumanthiran, leader Mavai Senathirajah and former Chair of Northern Provincial Council C.V.K. Sivagnanam while NPP was represented by Bimal Rathnayaka, R. Chandrasekaran along with its leader Mr Dissanayake. (Pix by N. Lohathayalan)
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Minister of Power, Kumara Jayakody, stated that in the future, internationally funded projects, such as power projects, will only be carried out through government-to-government (G2G) agreements and competitive procurement.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Three persons arrested on Saturday close to the Thalawila St Anne’s Church have been held under detention orders for questioning.
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