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Hartal in Batticaloa today
Frederica Jansz in Colombo,
9 p.m. SLT Wednesday February 19.
A hartal was called in Batticaloa today, demanding that all shops and
schools remain closed.
Batticaloa police said the hartal did not bring about a complete stoppage
of all public administration but admitted that most shops and all schools
were closed for the day.
The hartal was enforced by the LTTE following the recent clash between
female tiger cadres and the army at Manipay over the wearing of belts by
the LTTE female cadre.
Published: Wed Feb 19 10:25:46 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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World Bank releases more money for Sri Lanka de-mining
ProLog,
COLOMBO, Feb 19 (AFP) .
The World Bank Wednesday announced the release of 500,000 dollars to help clear land mines in Sri Lanka's embattled regions and help civilians return to their homes. The bank said the money, the second tranche of a million-dollar project undertaken by the United Nations Development Program, will go towards training de-miners, mapping mine-infested areas and related administrative work.
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Published: Wed Feb 19 19:39:05 EST 2003
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JVP accuses government of granting tax concessions to cronies
Frederica Jansz in Colombo,
7.35 p.m. SLT Wednesday February 19.
The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna today accused the government of amending the
inland revenue act in order to grant tax concessions to capitalist cronies.
The concessions are expected to be effected later this month following the
passing of the bill in Parliament.
The JVP's Sunil Handunetti said in parliament today that the government is
allowing large scale tax defaulters to wipe the slate clean and begin
afresh, thus avoiding charges under the existing laws of the country.
Published: Wed Feb 19 10:25:45 EST 2003
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