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The Democratic National Alliance (DNA) plans to inform the Commonwealth Parliamentary Union (CPU) Secretary General about the government’s attempts to prevent General Sarath Fonseka from attending the CPU conference to be held in Kenya. Continue Reading

• ‘Kidnapped by a third party’
• Police comb East

An organized group abducted journalist of Lanka e News website, Pradeep Eknaligoda on a contract given by certain individuals, a senior police official said referring to primary police investigations.
The Colombo Crime Investigation Division has begun operations to arrest the suspects responsible for the disappearance of journalist Eknaligoda. Continue Reading

Director General of the Telecom Regulatory Commission (TRC) Anusha Pelpita quelled rumours spread by an SMS which warned mobile users to beware of calls from some mobile numbers saying answering the calls received from the numbers would cause serious brain damage.
“A text message was circulating yesterday creating panic among mobile users. The text message warned people not to answer calls from some numbers because those numbers would emit a high frequency sound wave and cause brain haemorrhage. Continue Reading

Lawyers representing veteran journalist J. S Tissainayagam who was pardoned by the president on May 3rd will meet officials of the Attorney General’s (AGs) department in the coming week to discuss his pardon said lawyer and Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP M. A Sumanthiran
“The pardon was an announcement by Minister of External Affairs Prof G. L Peiris but so far the pardon has not been granted. I don’t think that the government will go back on its word after making a public announcement,” Sumanthiran said. Continue Reading

The term of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery and Corruption will expire midnight tonight leaving the appointment of new commissioners at the discretion of President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, due to the non-appointment of the Constitutional Council by the president himself.
In the absence of the Constitutional Council which is empowered to appoint members to the Bribery Commission, the president has powers to make direct appointments to the Bribery Commission akin to his previous appointments to the National Human Rights Commission.

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There will be no Common Humanitarian Action Plan for 2010, said Prof Rajiva Wijesinghe last week. The CHAP had fallen within his purview while he was secretary to the ministry of disaster management and human rights.
“The government’s position is that we don’t need a CHAP and we’re not going to have a CHAP,” he told LAKBIMAnEWS. “It is a coordinating mechanism introduced at a time when it was felt the government wasn’t coordinating as the LTTE controlled certain areas. The government now has control of all areas and the coordination mechanism is provided by the presidential task force. This is a very simple statement by the government that we don’t need external coordination because the internal mechanisms of the government are quite adequate.”

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Underworld gangsters are operating freely without a problem, due to lavish political patronage afforded to them.

According to police headquarters, underworld gangs are coming out in the open as the election is around the corner, and campaigns are in full swing. Continue Reading