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‘LTTE had no interest in terminating conflict’:
Norway’s dual role led to CFA breakdown – LLRC
The Lessons Learnt and Reconcilliation Commission
(LLRC) in its final report to the President which was tabled in
Parliament last Friday criticised the role of Norway, that their
actions contributed significantly to breakdown of the CFA. It
observed that the Nordic peace makers’ dual role as the facilitator
and the monitor of the peace process did not synchronise well and
this decision to play two opposing roles led to a conflict of
interest and failed strong action by the Sri Lanka Monitoring
Mission (SLMM) in instances of grave violations of the CFA,
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Driver error, most common cause of accidents
Six persons die every day on Sri Lanka’s
highways as a result of motor accidents which adversely affect the
country’s economy as well, said Additional Secretary of the Ministry
of Health Dr. P. Mahipala addressing a media conference in Colombo.
He said when analysing the cause of accidents,
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National Cadet Corp, a steering force for leadership
The number of cadets at camps has increased from
8,736 in 2005 to 15,960 in 2011. The number of girls has increased
from 1,250 in 2005 to 2,650 in 2011. Under the instructions of the
Defence Ministry under which the NCC function, six new battalions
and seven provincial headquarters have been set up since 2005 ,
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Sunday CRIME
Did the love triangle lead to hanging?
It was a bright morning with sunlight filtering
through the foliage of tall trees in Kadigawa in the Eppawela area.
The leaves on trees rustled gently in the breeze as farmers went
about their business during the dawn break. Strangely some people
who gathered below a tall Margosa tree,
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