Sunday, June 19, 2011

Fears Over Jaffna Polls

http://www.thesundayleader.lk/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/sunday-leader-masthead.gifSunday, June 19, 2011

By Easwaran Rutnam
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has written to Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya expressing fears over the conduct of a free and fair election in Jaffna next month.
The TNA said it has raised concerns with the elections chief after the first election rally to be staged by the TNA for the upcoming local government polls came under an attack last week.
According to the TNA, a similar letter was also sent to the Parliament Speaker as five TNA MPs were among those attending the rally when the attack took place.
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Hambantota 2018 – A Multi-Billion Rupees Gamble

By Dinouk Colombage
The master plan for Hambantota’s transformation for the Commonwealth games
Hambantota prepares to rival the cost of Delhi’s hundred billion Indian rupee (INR. 100,000,000,000) Commonwealth Games with its own two hundred and sixty five billion (Rs. 265,000,000,000) rupee games in 2018. The Games will be the catalyst for the development of Hambantota according to Nalin Attygalle.
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