Waruna Karunatilake in Colombo,1946 slt 17.01.01.
The one hour power cut is to be extended up to two and half hours a day
from next week. The Minister for power and energy Karu Jayasuriya said this
could be extended to four hours. He said the Ceylon Electricity board was
loosing 20 million rupees a month because electricity meters have not been
fixed in a large number of house holds by the board.
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Small and medium level businesses to get bank loans relief Waruna Karunatilake in Colombo,1939 slt 17.01.01.
The government announced today a one time six month relief period to small
and medium scale businesses with loans to state banks of less than one
million rupees...
Former PA minister surrenders Gulf-News,18 January 2002.
A former deputy minister of tourism and civil aviation under the People's Alliance (PA)
regime surrendered to courts yesterday after he was wanted in connection of
threatening a Buddhist monk during the run up to the parliamentary elections held
last month, police said...
Sri Lankan president urges caution on talks Yahoo India,18 January 2002.
Sri Lankan
President Chandrika Kumaratunga said
on Thursday the government of political
rival Prime Minister Ranil
Wickremesinghe should get more
guarantees from Tamil Tiger separatists
before sitting down to peace talks...
Time to celebrate Murali's amazing exploits Age - Peter Roebuck,18 January 2002.
Muttiah Muralitharan has been dancing his jigs again. On the fourth
morning of a Test match played under the gaze of the ancient fortress in
Galle, this son of a sweet shop owner became the seventh man to take
400 wickets in Test cricket...
Tamil parties unite in Constitutional Council nomination Tamilnet,18 January 2002.
A retired High Court Judge Mr.T.Suntharalingam has been
nominated to the eleven member constitutional council which is to
be appointed under the 17th amendment to the constitution.
Leaders of Tamil political parties represented in the parliament
Thursday unanimously nominated Mr...
Sacred tree has 24-hour guard News24 ,18 January 2002.
Just before dawn in this city in northern Sri Lanka, Buddhist monks perform a chore reserved for a privileged few picking up leaves from what some believe to be one of the world's oldest and most-sacred trees...
No immediate re-opening of Colombo-Jaffna road Island,18 January 2002.
While ruling out the immediate re-opening of the main overland route to the
Jaffna peninsula, authoritative officials yesterday revealed that preparations
were underway to set up another entry and exit point to facilitate movement of
people and commodities to and from the LTTE held parts of the Wanni...
PAKISTAN'S STEEL PIPE EXPORTS TO SRI LANKA DECLINE Nothern Light,Thursday, January 17, 2002 8:10 PM EST .
Pakistan's steel pipe exports to Sri Lanka have declined to between US$1.5-2 million in the past year from US$5-$6 million, as a result of a free trade agreement signed by the Sri Lankan government with India in early 2001...
Unlimited Indian flights to Sri Lanka Island,18 January 2002.
Colombo is soon to embrace an open sky policy with no restrictions on the
number of Indian carriers flying to Sri Lanka, Arjuna Mahendran, chairman of
the Board of Investment said in India yesterday...
Man held for `bid'on Sai Baba's life The Hindu (Southern States),18-01-2002 .
The Bangalore Rural District Police have arrested the 26-year-old Somasundara who made an attempt to assassinate Sri Sathya Sai Baba at his ashram on Thursday...
Tamil Nadu Ex-allies on wrong path: Jayalalithaa The Hindu (Southern States),18-01-2002 .
Dismissing reports that the AIADMK was moving closer to the BJP, the party general secretary, Jayalalithaa, today said any confrontation with the Centre would only be counter-productive...
Balasingham as Machiavelli HT - P K Balachanddran,17 January 2002.
The LTTE's chief negotiator, Dr Anton Balasingham, who is now employing every ruse
to get New Delhi to allow him to move to India to hold talks with the Sri Lankan
government, had once forced Colombo to "expose" the "war crimes" of the Indian
Peace Keeping Force (IPKF), contributing to the escalation of the conflict between
India and Sri Lanka at that time...
Hope on the horizon Deccan Herald,17 January 2002.
The new Sri Lankan premier Ranil Wickremasinghe has expressed confidence that a final path to peace can be achieved,
despite the process being hazardous and difficult...
Too early to lift ban on LTTE: Colombo The Hindu (International),18-01-2002 .
Sri Lanka has said it is too early in the peace process to consider the LTTE's pre-condition that the ban on it has to be lifted before talks, and added that the Government will take it up at a time when substantive issues will be discussed...
Ratwatte boys stump cops Amantha Perera in Colombo,12.15 p.m. SLT Wednesday January 16.
Lohan and Chanuka Ratwatte wanted for the murder of ten Muslim youth at
Udathalawinna, Kandy on election day December 5th, 2001 have stumped local
cops who have so far been unsuccessful in locating the whereabouts of the
two murder suspects...
TNA to launch hartal in north and east Amantha Perera in Colombo,10.10 a. m. SLT Wednesday January 16.
The Tamil National Alliance plans to launch a hartal on Friday, January 18,
2002 in the north and east against the rising cost of essential items in
these areas...
Norway asks LTTE, Lanka to extend temporary truce Press Trust of India,Colombo,Wednesday, January 16, 2002.
Norwegian peace brokers have asked Sri Lanka and the LTTE to extend their temporary one-month truce to give time to them to hammer out a permanent ceasefire mechanism ahead of prospective direct talks...
SLA persists on restrictions in Batticaloa Tamilnet,17 January 2002.
The Sri Lanka army in Batticaloa said Wednesday that government
officials have to obtain due clearance from its brigade headquarters
in the eastern town to transport relief supplies to refugees and the
poor who receive assistance under the state's poverty alleviation
program...
In the Tamil Tiger heartland BBC South Asia,Wednesday, 16 January, 2002, 22:44 GMT .
The Tamil Tiger stronghold in northern Sri Lanka known as the Vanni is a region cut off from the rest of the country...
Slain LTTE leader remembered amid hopes of peace Indiainfo,17 January 2002.
Sri Lanka: Residents of this rebel-held town in Northern Sri Lanka on January 16
commemorated a senior Tiger guerrilla killed nine years ago as they hoped for a
lasting peace in the country...
Sri Lanka set to liberalise travel to Jaffna Yahoo/IANS,17 January 2002.
Sri Lanka will liberalise access to
Jaffna by allowing private companies to operate passenger
services to the embattled northern peninsula, the
government has announced...
Eight Jumbo babies to go wild CDN,17 January 2002.
Eight Jumbo babies, Thamali, Mihiri, Hema, Thrima, Madara, Padavi,
Jayendra, and Mahesh will be released to the wilds at a special ceremony at
the Elephant Transit Home (Ath Athuru Sevana) at Uda Walawe on Friday,
in keeping with the ideals of the Home when it was founded...
PSG Stresses pivotal importance of Human Rights Lanka Academic,16 January 2002.
Peace Support Group (PSG) welcome the efforts facilitated by Norway to formalize the
cessation of hostilities by the government and the LTTE in a cease fire agreement between them...
Construction of Sri Lanka's Presidential Complex Abandoned Nothern Light,Tuesday, January 15, 2002 11:41 PM EST .
The Sri Lankan government has decided to abandon the construction of presidential complex launched by the previous People's Alliance government of President Kumaratunga estimated to cost 4 billion rupees (about 43 million U...
Sri Lanka talks need to break new ground Asia Times,17 January 2002.
On the face of it, Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels are sporting new political stripes - those of peace...
Sri Lanka eases rebel embargo BBC,16 January 2002.
The Sri Lankan Government has eased its seven-year embargo on goods, food and medicines entering the
northern rebel-controlled area of the country, known as the Vanni...
Delhi Tiger silence foxes Jaya Yahoo India,17 January 2002.
ADMK chief Jayalalithaa is puzzled by the Centre’s silence over the LTTE’s request to permit its ideologue Anton Balasingham and his wife to stay in the city for renewing peace talks with Sri Lanka...
Onyango joins team for Sri Lanka tour Nothern Light,Wednesday, January 16, 2002 10:20 AM EST .
Sixteen players were picked for the Sri Lanka tour by the Kenya Cricket Association selectors on Monday...
Umma bashes Hakeem as Prabhakaran sycophant Daily Mirror,16 January 2002.
The JVP's Muslim representative Anjan Umma yesterday accused SLMC
leader Rauff Hakeem of going down on his knees before LTTE leader
Velupillai Prabhakaran whom she blasted as a "blood thirsty
barbarian"...
LTTE presence in TN will be harmful: Jaya Yahoo India,Wednesday January 16, 11:50 AM.
Former chief minister of Tamil Nadu Jayalalithaa on Tuesday opposed any proposal by the Union government to permit the LTTE negotiator Anton Balasingham to set up base in Chennai for conducting talks with Sri Lanka...
