The Sundaytimes Sri lanka || 21.03.2010

Intra-party rivalry and inter-party rivalry

With the battle for preference votes in the UPFA intensifying, President Mahinda Rajapaksa at a meeting in Nuwara Eliya yesterday is seen trying to settle a dispute between two party rivals.Below: Opposition UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe who yesterday launched his party’s third manifesto especially relating to issues in the north-east is seen at a rally in Vavuniya. Pic by Shantha Ratnayake.

TOP NEWS

Ban going ahead with Lanka probe

United Nations Secretary General Ban ki-Moon this week contradicted his spokespersons and declared that a panel would be appointed to advise him on accountability issues during the final stages of the separatist war in Sri Lanka in May last year. UN spokesman Martin Nesirky and his assistant Farhan Haq had earlier declared that such a panel would not be named “very soon.”

LTTE political wing is a political party in Britain

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) political wing has been registered as a political party with the Commissioner of Elections in Britain. The party has been registered under the People’s Front of Liberation Tigers with the Tiger emblem on the red flag – the same logo and flag the organization used in Sri Lanka.

Piano diplomat faces FM music

CID to question Anoma today

Tax sleuths go after opposition candidates

State TV guilty of contempt of SC, says Gen. Fonseka

Candidates get a rapping after Kandy booing incident

Misuse of state property rampant: Election monitors

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MAGAZINE

To Horton Plains from Maratenna, Balangoda

Fascinated by the abundance of nature’s splendour we had seen in the Peak Wilderness reservation on our abortive hike, we decided to see it through with the help of an experienced hand- in this case an officer of the Forest Department.

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BUSINESS TIMES

Over a million senior citizens eligible for 20 % bonus interest

Over a million Sri Lankan senior citizens, hurt by the recent interest rates cut by the government, will benefit from a 20 % bonus interest payment on their bank accounts for which a state subsidy of Rs 1.2 billion per annum has been allocated by the Treasury.

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INTERNATIONAL

Bhagat Singh: Is he merely a memory?

The martyrdom of Bhagat Singh and the Pakistan National Day fall on the same date, March 23. But hardly does any one remember him in Pakistan. There is no arch, no plaque, not even a stone to commemorate the execution of Bhagat Singh and his two comrades, Sukhdev and Rajguru.

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EDUCATION

University lends expertise to develop student, teacher education

At present Sri Lanka provides free education starting from primary level all the way up to tertiary education. As a means of giving more value to students benefiting from the system .......

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SPORTS

The Brendon files

This could be more interesting than the Bollywood narration of the ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ as this occurred in reality and shaped some of the incidents towards the country’s cricketing future that is today. Brendon was always a good bat.

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EDITORIAL

Blank cheques and no balances

Our news pages report today that President Mahinda Rajapaksa lost his composure on Friday while addressing a ruling coalition rally in the central highlands of Kandy.

COLUMNS

Fonseka's legal war overshadows polls -- Political Column

The two war heroes marched in shoulder-to-shoulder. Alas, they were not going to receive their medals for valour, but one of them was to face a Military Court Martial; the other was only accompanying him to his seat as is customary in such matters.

Mooning over paradise isle -- 5th Column

I thought I must write to you when I heard that you had decided to appoint a panel of ‘experts’ to advise you on what should be done about the ‘situation’ in our lovely paradise island. Although not totally unexpected, I must say I was a bit surprised at the timing of your decision, Moon.

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PLUS

The “Duchess of Colombo” had done it all and seen it all

Ira, whose story I told in this newspaper four years ago, passed away in London on March 2, aged 92. As Iranganee Lynette Dias, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Lambert Dias of Panadura, she was born to great wealth and status.

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FUNDAY

The sudden change of the King of Kandy

The envoy who came to Jaffna, from Kandy met Souza. He requested Souza to go to Kandy to meet the king. Souza sent half of his crowd to Kandy and he stayed back in Jaffna. He rested for a few days. Later on, he felt he should go to Kandy.

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MEDISCENE

The lump and I

It may be that scores of women around Sri Lanka are fingering their breasts nervously at this moment to ascertain whether they can feel any unwelcome lumps.

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