The day after the controversial speech made by Vijayakala Maheswaran in Jaffna on the need for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for a ‘violence free’ region, Jaffna District Secretary N. Vedanayahan sent letters to senior government officials seeking answers to what he calls “unruly behaviour” among those who cheered when the former State Minister made the claim.
Senior state employees including Divisional Secretaries, Samurdhi officers, Grama Niladharis were among the audience where there were cheering and whistling when the emotional speech was made by the former State Minister of Children and Women’s Affairs. Two cabinet ministers, Tilak Marapana and Vajira Abeygunawardena and Chief Minister C. V. Wigneswaran were present at the event.
Ajith Gallage, the owner of a Bird Park in Nagarawawa, Hambantota, has been remanded over allegations of concealing illegally imported motorcycles, in a warehouse owned by him.
The final rites of veteran broadcaster, writer, and lyricist Nirmala de Alwis will be held today at Peradeniya.
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