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National Peace day on 22 February
Bandula Jayasekara in Colombo,
SLT 10.10 p.m Tuesday 11 February.
The government has declared the 22 of February as the national peace day
with special religious festivals organized at all places of worship around
the country. Minister SB Dissananyaka, a member of the organizing committee
told a media briefing today that religious ceremonies would be held in
memory of all those who lost their lives during the civil war and to
celebrate one year of the ceasefire agreement signed between the government
and the LTTE. Dissanayake called upon all Sri Lankans to light a lamp at
6.50 in the evening on the 22nd. The main celebrations will be held at the
independence square with religious leaders called upon to light a lamp at
6.50pm with artist, sportsmen, university lectures, students and politicians
joining them at the ceremony. Dissanayaka said the LTTE had been informed
of the ceremonies through the peace secretariat and the LTTE was fully
supportive of the event. The Police also have joined hands with the
government to organize a special program, with the participation of
injured policemen and families of policemen killed in action. The
government also have arranged a series of seminars on the ethnic conflict
and the peace process in schools around the island the on the 21 with
schoolteachers requested to speak on the history of the ethnic conflict and
the peace process.
Published: Tue Feb 11 11:18:11 EST 2003
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ASK DR. SWAMY!
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Dr. Subramanian Swamy
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ANSWERS 1-24 NOW AVAILABLE
[HERE]
The Lanka Academic is delighted to announce its next guest in its
series of Q & A sessions: Dr. Subramanian Swamy, President,
Janata Party, India. We are indeed gratified by his appearence at The
Lanka Academic to answer questions from our readers.
We hope our readers would avail themselves of this opportunity to
educate themselves on the Indian perspective on the on-going peace
process and the other developments in all spheres of politics
with respect to India and Sri Lanka.
Submit your questions for Dr. Swamy and view his answers here. As usual, we will forward your questions to him
in batches and will post the answers as they arrive.
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Sri Lanka president miffed by Japanese envoy
ProLog,
COLOMBO, Feb 11 (AFP) .
Sri Lanka President Chandrika Kumaratunga has taken serious exception to a press reports that Japan's special peace envoy Yasushi Akashi had been named an advisor to the government, a spokesman said. Spokesman Harim Peiris said Kumaratunga wrote to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe seeking clarification on a Sunday newspaper report which described Akashi as an international affairs advisor to the government.
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Published: Tue Feb 11 10:29:29 EST 2003
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Defence Minister and ministry lied- President Kumaratunge
Bandula Jayasekara in Colombo,
SLT 1.45 p.m Tuesday 11 February.
President Chandrika Kumaratunge charged today that the minister of defence
Thilak Marapona and the ministry lied and indulged in deliberate deception
on the recent incident where three LTTE sea tigers committed suicide after
having set fire to the trawler carrying arms in the island of Delft.
Presidential Spokesman Harim Pieris said that defence Minister Marapona
vacillated for a long time in taking any decision against the sea tigers
after it was established that they had violated the cease-fire agreement
between the government and the LTTE. Pieris said that President Kumaratunge
will not hesitate to use her constitutional powers if her orders were not
properly implemented. She wanted the ceasefire agreement strictly
implemented. Pieris said that President Kumaratunge demands that
international agencies such as UNICEF be given unfettered access to the LTTE
camps to secure the release of child soldiers.
Published: Tue Feb 11 02:45:16 EST 2003
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