VASANA SAMPATHA JAYODA MAHAJANA SAMPATHA …
1
Home News The Island Page Two 2 Tuesday 12th January, 2010 VASANA SAMPATHA Date 07-01-2010 Draw No.801 Bonus No. 19 Winning No: I- 36- 54- 60- 65 JAYODA Date:07-01-2010 Draw No. 612 Winning Nos. X- 08-21-27-59 MAHAJANA SAMPATHA Date: 08-01-2010 Draw No. 2196 Winning No: W-6-1-2-7-6-2 SUPIRI VASANA SAMPATHA Date:09-01-2009 Draw No. 531 Winning Nos : 04-32-48-53-63 JANA JAYA Date 07-1-2010 Draw No. 90 Super No 05 Winning Nos: 12- 23- 49- 58 GOVISETHA Date: 04-01-2010 Draw No. 736 Winning Nos. O- 11-47-66-67 DEVELOPMENT FORTUNE Draw No: 1155 Date 08-01-2010 Symbol - Virgo Winning Nos: 28 - 46 - 51 - 55 Are you a lucky winner? DEATH WEERASOORIYA - INDRANEE [nee Ranasinghe] (Retired Teacher Vidyakara Vidyalaya, Vishaka Vidyalaya and Ladies’ College). Beloved widow of the late Chandragupta Devapriya Weerasooriya (Steel Corporation), devoted mother of Anuja Salmalie (Common Wealth Secretariat, England) and Dr. Neluka (Tikiri), moth- er-in-law of Bandula de Silva and Roshan Guneratne, loving grandmother of Hareen, Kithmini and Anushka, sis- ter of Lakshmi, Chandra, late Asoka (Tissa), late Shanthi, Sujatha and Sarojini, passed away peacefully in London on Thursday 7th January 2010. Bana Preaching at No. 29/3, Jambugasmulla Mawatha, Nugegoda at 7 p.m. on Wednesday 13th January 2010. places such as SLTB depots, military camps and Local Government institutions. Altogether 458,154 applications for Postal vot- ing were received and of them 57,036 were reject- ed. The number of postal votes district-wise: Colombo - 19,488,Gampaha - 32,318, Kalutara - 20,382, Mahanuwara - 30,950, Matale - 13,237, Nuwara Eliya - 9,506, Galle- 24,151, Matara- 15,944, Hambantota - 12,959, Jaffna - 4,737, Vavuniya - 4,069, Batticaloa - 5,345, Amparai - 16,332, Trinco - 11,044, Kurunegala - 47,937, Puttalam - 5,635, Anuradhapura - 37,479, Polonnaruwa - 14,486, Badulla - 25,519, Moneragala - 13,070, Ratnapura - 13,856, and Kegalle - 21,674. Nearly... From page 1 All... From page 1 Sarath... From page 1 Tissainayagam... From page 1 Former Batticaloa District UNP parliamentarian Ali Sahir Moulana in the company of Eastern Provincial Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan and Minister Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Karuna, at the Presidential Election rally held at Gandhi Square in Batticaloa. (Photo - Jude Denzil Pathiraja) by Jayantha de Silva About 2000 fisher families of Modera, who lost their livelihood due to the restrictions on fishing near the harbour and who were on the brink of leaving their profession, now breathe a sigh of relief after Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa took steps to lift the restrictions on fish- ing, former UNP Parliamentarian and Colombo District UPFA Organiser Lilantha Perera, said. He was speaking at yesterday’s cer- emonial opening of the Colombo West Chief Organiser Attorney-at-Law Senerath Jayasundera’s office for the forthcoming Presidential Elections. “With me, 5000 UNP activists from Colombo North crossed over to the United Peoples Freedom Alliance,” he said. Colombo North UNP bastions would be soon converted to a Blue Regiment he added. “Karu Jayasuriya whom we much respected, was removed from UNP’s Deputy Leader post and in lieu Mangala Samaraweera was appoint- ed. Ironically today JVPers are wav- ing green flags”. Minister of Urban Development and Sacred Area Development, Dinesh Gunawardena said that the nation could be proud of President Mahinda Rajapaksa who was respon- sible for ushering freedom after 30 years of ethnic conflict. All religions and communities of the area now live in harmony, he said. The President awoke the people of Colombo West where all communities and religions co-exist. Minister of Education Susil Premjayanth said that the Tamil com- munity has reposed confidence on the President as evident from the pres- ence at the event of Pudiyathambi Murugaiya, former Chief SLFP organiser of KKS, who was marked for assassination by the LTTE. Ven. Akuraliye Nanda, Chief incumbent of Vidyodaya Pirivena, said that people are indebted to the incumbent President for freeing them from a 30 years curse of ethnic war. There are both internal and inter- national forces against this victory. People should be educated on this aspect. Justice and Law Reforms Minister Milinda Moragoda said an opportunity should be given to Sri Lankans living abroad to exercise their franchise at elec- tions. Moragoda, who heads the Sri Lanka National Congress, said that there were over a mil- lion Sri Lankans living overseas and they should be given a chance to vote at elections “This will help us to test as to how they feel and what they think about the political environ- ment back at home,” he said. “We should not forget the con- tribution made by them towards our economy. They earn the much needed foreign exchange for the country, hence they should be made part and parcel of the election process,” he said. This would also allow the Sri Lankan Diaspora to under- stand the priorities of their coun- try and thereby bring them closer to home, he said. He pointed out that the Indian Prime Minister had recently emphasised the need to allow Indian expatriates to cast their votes at the next General Elections. He said that the Congress would initiate a consultation process through the internet with a view to presenting a petition to the government calling for voting rights for the Diaspora. Milinda pushes for voting rights for Lankan Diaspora Room to Read recently donated 44,000 books for 22,000 children living in IDP camps in Vavuniya. On a request made by Prime Minister, Ratnasiri Wickramanayake, the Country Director of Room to Read, Glenfrey De Mel, ceremonially handed over these books to the PM at his office. The books include Tamil story books published by the Organization and English story books from a leading publisher ‘Scholastic’. The total value of the donation is Rs. 15 million. The books were distributed among children in Menik Farm camp at a ceremony where Room to Read Country Director accompanied the Prime Minister. The Colombo Grand Mosque appeals to the Muslim public to look out for the new moon on January 16, 2010 immedi- ately after Maghrib to decide on the beginning of the Islamic month of Safari Hijri 1431. ‘Insha Allah, if you sight the new moon, kindly telephone the Colombo Grand Mosque on any one of the follow- ing telephone numbers: 01 2390783, 2431110, 2434651 or 0777 366099”, the CGM said. Look out for Safar Hajir Moon – CGM Modera fisherfolk indebted to Defence Secy for lifting restrictions by Cyril Wimalasurendre KANDY - An attempt by vandals to enter the Kandy headquarters of the United National Party (UNP) on Sunday (10) night, had failed, UNP Central Provincial Council member Chanaka Ilapperuma said yesterday (11). It was discovered Monday (11) morning, that one of the two padlocks on the front door of the building was dam- aged and the damaged pad- lock was replaced by another. Council Member Chanaka Ilapperuma said that the van- dals even if they found access to the building, they would not be able to find any valu- able articles other than some election propaganda litera- ture of the common presiden- tial candidate Sarath Fonseka. However, Chanaka Ilapperuma has lodged a com- plaint at the Kandy police sta- tion. Attempt to enter UNP Headquarters by vandals fail by Zacki Jabbar Opposition Common Presidential Candidate Sarath Fonseka, has claimed damages in Rs. 1 billion each, from the ‘Silumina’ and ‘Sunday Observer’ newspa- pers, for publishing articles defamatory of him. Fonseka’s spokesman, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, MP, addressing a news confer- ence in Colombo, said that failure to pay the damages demanded within seven days, would result in legal action being instituted against both newspapers. Since the allegations of corruption against the Rajapaksa regime cannot be denied, they are trying to tar- nish the image of General Sarath Fonseka, who had a clean record during his 40 years of service in the Army, he said. “We challenge the govern- ment to prove that the American company owned by General Fonseka’s son-in-law, had supplied any equipment to the Sri Lankan Army.” The leader of the SLFP(M) Mangala Samaraweera said that the ‘Sunday Observer’ and the ‘Silumina’, were being sued, because unlike the other newspapers, they had carried the baseless accusations as a news item. Responding to govern- ment allegations that Fonseka had entered into written agreements with the parties backing him, includ- ing the TNA, he reiterated that their alliance was based on trust. The only binding factor was the common con- viction that the corrupt Rajapaksa dictatorship has to be ended for the good of the country and future genera- tions to come. “President Rajapaksa has got so scared of General Fonseka that he is seen carry- ing Soothsayas (religious stanzas) and wearing many religiously blessed arm bands,” Dissanayake said. “President Rajapaksa has become so superstitious, that even on nomination day, when all other candidates handed in their papers over the table to Elections Commissioner, Dayananda Dissanayake, he went around the table. We wonder if it was an act of superstition that he even signed his nomination paper that day. The majority of the people are with us and they will deliver a resounding victory for General Fonseka on January 26”. Fonseka claims Rs. 1 billion in damages each from ‘Sunday Observer’, ‘Silumina’ For making baseless allegations Moragoda Isfahani Sameen, former World President of Jaycees international and an Ex- Provincial Councillor of the Western Province, speaking at a function to donate 240 Wheelchairs to the disabled, said, the Special Commissioner of the Colombo Municipal Council Omar Kamil had refused to lend or hire some National Flags to be hoisted at the venue of the function in Wellawatte. He said that he had made this request in writing in his capacity as the 1989 World President of Jaycees International and followed it up talking to him over the phone. Kamil had said that he refused to release the flags belonging to the Colombo Municipal Council because if he did so he would be pulled up by others. Sameen said that he was shocked to hear that and said the National Flag was not the property of Hashim's fami- ly or anyone else and it belonged to every citizen in this country. He said if Kamil was so scared to release the flags for a function where the Chief Guest was Mrs Anoma Fonseka, what would be the position if General Fonseka was attending any function Sameen said that he was the first Sri Lankan to be elected to lead an International Voluntary Organization in 1989 and hav- ing finished his term as the World President of Jaycees International he had entered the political arena and served as a Provincial Councillor of the Western Province for ten years but he moved away from politics because he felt that pol- itics in this country had become dirty. He said that on January 26th when General Sarath Fonseka becomee the new President and creates an atmosphere for clean people to enter politics, he would make a come back to serve his mother- land. This function to donate 240 wheelchairs free to the disabled was a joint project by JC1, Sri Lanka, Wellawatte and the A. J. M. Muzammil Foundation. The cost of the wheelchairs was funded by Crocodile International, Singapore. Colombo Special Commissioner refused to give National Flags, says Sameen Sameen their early release. Maj. Gen. Ratnayake said that since last May, the government had released 805 ex-LTTE cadres in batches. Responding to our queries, he said that several hundred could be released shortly. He expressed the belief that congestion at detention facilities could be eased by accommodating some of the detainees at the former IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) facilities. He said that women cadres who had children less than five years of age were released on humanitarian grounds. A senior Army officer in charge of deten- tion facilities said that some detainees had made an abortive bid to produce infants in a bid to take advantage of the decision to release women with chil- dren under five years of age. (See P 6 Tissanayagam for hav- ing monetary transac- tions with the LTTE. The penalty imposed by the High Court was 20 years rigorous imprisonment. Anil Silva, appeared with M. A. Sumanthiran for Tissainayagam, to support to bail applica- tion in the Court of Appeal. Vijith Malalgoda Senior State Counsel appeared to for the Attorney General. The Court of Appeal Bench comprised Justice W. L. R. Silva and Justice D. S. L. Lekamwasam. He said that 80% the people of the country were with President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said that after Prabhakaran’s end his follow- ers here and abroad were slow- ly coming out. Chief Minister, Central Sarath Ekanayake also con- tributed to the press conference Sirisena The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) handed over the newly constructed OPD and operation theatre complex to the Badulla Teaching Hospital. The new building cost over one million rupees and was funded by the International Red Cross of Sweden, Cyprus and Germany. Health Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva accepts the main key of the new building from acting Head of Delegation ICRC, Barry Armstrong.
Transcript of VASANA SAMPATHA JAYODA MAHAJANA SAMPATHA …
Home NewsThe Island Page Two2 Tuesday 12th January, 2010
VASANA SAMPATHADate 07-01-2010
Draw No.801Bonus No. 19 Winning No:
I- 36- 54- 60- 65
JAYODADate:07-01-2010
Draw No. 612Winning Nos. X- 08-21-27-59
MAHAJANA SAMPATHADate: 08-01-2010Draw No. 2196Winning No:W-6-1-2-7-6-2
SUPIRI VASANA SAMPATHADate:09-01-2009
Draw No. 531Winning Nos :04-32-48-53-63
JANA JAYADate 07-1-2010
Draw No. 90Super No 05
Winning Nos: 12- 23- 49- 58
GOVISETHADate: 04-01-2010
Draw No. 736Winning Nos.O- 11-47-66-67
DEVELOPMENT FORTUNEDraw No: 1155
Date 08-01-2010 Symbol - Virgo
Winning Nos:28 - 46 - 51 - 55
Are you a lucky winner?
DEATHWEERASOORIYA - INDRANEE [neeRanasinghe] (Retired TeacherVidyakara Vidyalaya, VishakaVidyalaya and Ladies’ College). Belovedwidow of the late ChandraguptaDevapriya Weerasooriya (SteelCorporation), devoted mother of AnujaSalmalie (Common Wealth Secretariat,England) and Dr. Neluka (Tikiri), moth-er-in-law of Bandula de Silva andRoshan Guneratne, loving grandmotherof Hareen, Kithmini and Anushka, sis-ter of Lakshmi, Chandra, late Asoka(Tissa), late Shanthi, Sujatha andSarojini, passed away peacefully inLondon on Thursday 7th January 2010.Bana Preaching at No. 29/3,Jambugasmulla Mawatha,Nugegoda at 7 p.m. on Wednesday 13thJanuary 2010.
places such as SLTB depots, military camps andLocal Government institutions.
Altogether 458,154 applications for Postal vot-ing were received and of them 57,036 were reject-ed.
The number of postal votes district-wise:Colombo - 19,488,Gampaha - 32,318, Kalutara -
20,382, Mahanuwara - 30,950, Matale - 13,237,Nuwara Eliya - 9,506, Galle- 24,151, Matara-15,944, Hambantota - 12,959, Jaffna - 4,737,Vavuniya - 4,069, Batticaloa - 5,345, Amparai -16,332, Trinco - 11,044, Kurunegala - 47,937,Puttalam - 5,635, Anuradhapura - 37,479,Polonnaruwa - 14,486, Badulla - 25,519,Moneragala - 13,070, Ratnapura - 13,856, andKegalle - 21,674.
Nearly... From page 1
All... From page 1
Sarath... From page 1
Tissainayagam... From page 1
Former Batticaloa District UNP parliamentarian Ali Sahir Moulana in the company of Eastern ProvincialChief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan and Minister Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharanalias Karuna, at the Presidential Election rally held at Gandhi Square in Batticaloa.
(Photo - Jude Denzil Pathiraja)
by Jayantha de Silva
About 2000 fisher families ofModera, who lost their livelihood dueto the restrictions on fishing near theharbour and who were on the brinkof leaving their profession, nowbreathe a sigh of relief after DefenceSecretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa tooksteps to lift the restrictions on fish-ing, former UNP Parliamentarianand Colombo District UPFAOrganiser Lilantha Perera, said.
He was speaking at yesterday’s cer-emonial opening of the Colombo WestChief Organiser Attorney-at-LawSenerath Jayasundera’s office for theforthcoming Presidential Elections.
“With me, 5000 UNP activists fromColombo North crossed over to theUnited Peoples Freedom Alliance,” hesaid.
Colombo North UNP bastionswould be soon converted to a BlueRegiment he added.
“Karu Jayasuriya whom we muchrespected, was removed from UNP’sDeputy Leader post and in lieuMangala Samaraweera was appoint-ed. Ironically today JVPers are wav-ing green flags”.
Minister of Urban Developmentand Sacred Area Development,Dinesh Gunawardena said that thenation could be proud of PresidentMahinda Rajapaksa who was respon-sible for ushering freedom after 30years of ethnic conflict. All religionsand communities of the area now livein harmony, he said.
The President awoke the people ofColombo West where all communitiesand religions co-exist.
Minister of Education SusilPremjayanth said that the Tamil com-munity has reposed confidence on thePresident as evident from the pres-ence at the event of PudiyathambiMurugaiya, former Chief SLFPorganiser of KKS, who was markedfor assassination by the LTTE.
Ven. Akuraliye Nanda, Chiefincumbent of Vidyodaya Pirivena,said that people are indebted to theincumbent President for freeing themfrom a 30 years curse of ethnic war.
There are both internal and inter-national forces against this victory.People should be educated on thisaspect.
Justice and Law ReformsMinister Milinda Moragoda saidan opportunity should be given toSri Lankans living abroad toexercise their franchise at elec-tions.
Moragoda, who heads theSri Lanka National Congress,said that there were over a mil-lion Sri Lankans living overseasand they should be given a chanceto vote at elections
“This will help us to test asto how they feel and what theythink about the political environ-
ment back athome,” he said.
“We shouldnot forget the con-tribution made bythem towards oureconomy. Theyearn the muchneeded foreign
exchange for thecountry, hence they
should be made part and parcel ofthe election process,” he said.
This would also allow theSri Lankan Diaspora to under-
stand the priorities of their coun-try and thereby bring them closerto home, he said.
He pointed out that theIndian Prime Minister hadrecently emphasised the need toallow Indian expatriates to casttheir votes at the next GeneralElections.
He said that the Congresswould initiate a consultationprocess through the internet witha view to presenting a petition tothe government calling for votingrights for the Diaspora.
Milinda pushes forvoting rights forLankan DiasporaRoom to Read recently donated 44,000 books for 22,000 children
living in IDP camps in Vavuniya. On a request made by PrimeMinister, Ratnasiri Wickramanayake, the Country Director ofRoom to Read, Glenfrey De Mel, ceremonially handed over thesebooks to the PM at his office. The books include Tamil storybooks published by the Organization and English story booksfrom a leading publisher ‘Scholastic’. The total value of thedonation is Rs. 15 million. The books were distributed amongchildren in Menik Farm camp at a ceremony where Room toRead Country Director accompanied the Prime Minister.
The Colombo Grand Mosque appealsto the Muslim public to look out for thenew moon on January 16, 2010 immedi-ately after Maghrib to decide on thebeginning of the Islamic month ofSafari Hijri 1431.
‘Insha Allah, if you sight the newmoon, kindly telephone the ColomboGrand Mosque on any one of the follow-ing telephone numbers: 01 2390783,2431110, 2434651 or 0777 366099”, theCGM said.
Look out forSafar Hajir Moon
– CGM
Modera fisherfolk indebtedto Defence Secy for liftingrestrictions
by CyrilWimalasurendre
KANDY - An attempt byvandals to enter the Kandyheadquarters of the UnitedNational Party (UNP) onSunday (10) night, had failed,UNP Central ProvincialCouncil member ChanakaIlapperuma said yesterday(11).
It was discovered Monday(11) morning, that one of thetwo padlocks on the frontdoor of the building was dam-
aged and the damaged pad-lock was replaced by another.
Council Member ChanakaIlapperuma said that the van-dals even if they found accessto the building, they wouldnot be able to find any valu-able articles other than someelection propaganda litera-ture of the common presiden-tial candidate SarathFonseka.
However, ChanakaIlapperuma has lodged a com-plaint at the Kandy police sta-tion.
Attempt to enter UNPHeadquarters by vandals fail
by Zacki Jabbar
Opposition CommonPresidential CandidateSarath Fonseka, has claimeddamages in Rs. 1 billion each,from the ‘Silumina’ and‘Sunday Observer’ newspa-pers, for publishing articlesdefamatory of him.
Fonseka’s spokesman,Anura Kumara Dissanayake,MP, addressing a news confer-ence in Colombo, said thatfailure to pay the damagesdemanded within seven days,would result in legal actionbeing instituted against bothnewspapers.
Since the allegations ofcorruption against theRajapaksa regime cannot bedenied, they are trying to tar-nish the image of GeneralSarath Fonseka, who had aclean record during his 40years of service in the Army,he said.
“We challenge the govern-ment to prove that theAmerican company owned byGeneral Fonseka’s son-in-law,had supplied any equipmentto the Sri Lankan Army.”
The leader of theSLFP(M) MangalaSamaraweera said that the‘Sunday Observer’ and the‘Silumina’, were being sued,because unlike the other
newspapers, they had carriedthe baseless accusations as anews item.
Responding to govern-ment allegations thatFonseka had entered intowritten agreements with theparties backing him, includ-ing the TNA, he reiteratedthat their alliance was basedon trust. The only bindingfactor was the common con-viction that the corruptRajapaksa dictatorship has tobe ended for the good of thecountry and future genera-tions to come.
“President Rajapaksa hasgot so scared of GeneralFonseka that he is seen carry-ing Soothsayas (religiousstanzas) and wearing manyreligiously blessed armbands,” Dissanayake said.“President Rajapaksa hasbecome so superstitious, thateven on nomination day,when all other candidateshanded in their papers overthe table to ElectionsCommissioner, DayanandaDissanayake, he went aroundthe table. We wonder if it wasan act of superstition that heeven signed his nominationpaper that day. The majorityof the people are with us andthey will deliver a resoundingvictory for General Fonsekaon January 26”.
Fonseka claims Rs. 1 billion in damageseach from ‘Sunday Observer’, ‘Silumina’For making baseless allegations
Moragoda
Isfahani Sameen, formerWorld President of Jayceesinternational and an Ex-Provincial Councillor of theWestern Province, speaking at afunction to donate 240Wheelchairs to the disabled,said, the Special Commissionerof the Colombo MunicipalCouncil Omar Kamil hadrefused to lend or hire someNational Flags to be hoisted atthe venue of the function inWellawatte. He said that he hadmade this request in writing inhis capacity as the 1989 WorldPresident of JayceesInternational and followed it uptalking to him over the phone.
Kamil had said that herefused to release the flagsbelonging to the ColomboMunicipal Council because ifhe did so he would be pulled up
by others.Sameen said
that he wasshocked to hearthat and said theNational Flag wasnot the propertyof Hashim's fami-ly or anyone elseand it belonged toevery citizen in
this country.He said if Kamil was so
scared to release the flags for afunction where the Chief Guestwas Mrs Anoma Fonseka, whatwould be the position ifGeneral Fonseka was attendingany function
Sameen said that he was thefirst Sri Lankan to be elected tolead an International VoluntaryOrganization in 1989 and hav-ing finished his term as the
World President of JayceesInternational he had enteredthe political arena and servedas a Provincial Councillor ofthe Western Province for tenyears but he moved away frompolitics because he felt that pol-itics in this country hadbecome dirty. He said that onJanuary 26th when GeneralSarath Fonseka becomee thenew President and creates anatmosphere for clean people toenter politics, he would make acome back to serve his mother-land.
This function to donate 240wheelchairs free to the disabledwas a joint project by JC1, SriLanka, Wellawatte and the A. J.M. Muzammil Foundation. Thecost of the wheelchairs wasfunded by CrocodileInternational, Singapore.
Colombo Special Commissioner refusedto give National Flags, says Sameen
Sameen
their early release.Maj. Gen. Ratnayake said that since
last May, the government had released805 ex-LTTE cadres in batches.Responding to our queries, he said thatseveral hundred could be releasedshortly. He expressed the belief thatcongestion at detention facilities couldbe eased by accommodating some of thedetainees at the former IDP (InternallyDisplaced Persons) facilities.
He said that women cadres who hadchildren less than five years of age werereleased on humanitarian grounds. Asenior Army officer in charge of deten-tion facilities said that some detaineeshad made an abortive bid to produceinfants in a bid to take advantage of thedecision to release women with chil-dren under five years of age. (See P 6
Tissanayagam for hav-ing monetary transac-tions with the LTTE. Thepenalty imposed by theHigh Court was 20 yearsrigorous imprisonment.
Anil Silva, appearedwith M. A. Sumanthiranfor Tissainayagam, tosupport to bail applica-tion in the Court ofAppeal.
Vijith MalalgodaSenior State Counselappeared to for the
Attorney General.The Court of Appeal
Bench comprised JusticeW. L. R. Silva and JusticeD. S. L. Lekamwasam.
He said that80% the peopleof the countrywere withPresidentMahindaRajapaksa.
ForeignEmploymentPromotion andWelfareMinisterKeheliyaRambukwella said that afterPrabhakaran’s end his follow-ers here and abroad were slow-ly coming out.
Chief Minister, CentralSarath Ekanayake also con-tributed to the press conference
SirisenaThe International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) handedover the newly constructed OPD and operation theatre complexto the Badulla Teaching Hospital. The new building cost over onemillion rupees and was funded by the International Red Cross ofSweden, Cyprus and Germany. Health Minister Nimal Siripala deSilva accepts the main key of the new building from acting Headof Delegation ICRC, Barry Armstrong.
