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The CID continues to protect the main suspect in the Bharatha Lakshman Premachnadra murder case, MP Duminda Silva after informing court that he has made a statement saying he did not have any memory of Premachandra’s murder.

The Presidential Secretary it is learnt has inquired for recommendations from the Justice Ministry to make the necessary arrangements to grant a Presidential pardon to the two persons who have appealed against the death penalty issued on them for murdering three members of one family.

Sajith Premadasa’s mother, Hema Premadasa has had a secret discussion with President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees on the 9th evening, sources from Temple Trees said.

A two acre land high in commercial value located on Muttaiah Road in Slave Island has been given to Abans Investments Private Limited for a 99 year lease on a Presidential directive.

Over 60 representatives from the Government, development partners, UN agencies and civil society participated at the stakeholders’ workshop deliberating on the findings of the Assessment of Development Results (ADR), a key report of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

COLOMBO: Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy met Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa here and requested him to mobilise other Tamil parties in the northern province besides the dominant TNA to achieve political reconciliation.

The Sri Lankan government on Friday said it will seek a fair assessment of its human rights record when the UN Human Rights Council holds the Universal Periodic Review in November.

Sri Lanka is not only refusing to bring about reconciliation in the north of the island, where tens of thousands of civilians were killed in the last phase of the war against ethnic Tamil rebels in 2009, it is also fast descending towards dictatorship.

Sri Lanka's leading trade unionist, Joint Secretary of the Free Trade Zones & General Services Employees' Union (FTZGSEU) Anton Marcus was last evening admitted to Nawaloka Hospital with a heart complaint, say union sources.

DMK president M. Karunanidhi on Wednesday asked Tamils across the world not to fall a prey to the campaign of the Sri Lankan government that the Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation (TESO) conference was against that country and that the participation of the Sri Lankans in the conference would be monitored.

In just a few days time, delegates from 19 countries, including the UK and USA, will take part in a public relations stunt organised by the brutal autocrat Gotabhaya (Gota) Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka's Defence Minister.

Following its strategic objective to contribute to the safe return and resettlement of IDPs, SDC supports the Swiss Foundation for Mine Action (FSD) to demine and clear land for resettlement and to clear common wells of explosives and hazardous materials. Since April 2011, approximately 19,000 IDPs have returned and resettled in land released as safe by FSD.

Tragedy struck a young Sri Lankan-Canadian family from Toronto, last Sunday morning. Jayantha Neil Wijeratne, 49, his wife Antonette, 50, and only daughter Eleesha, 16, were returning home from a road trip and holiday to Florida when a suspected drunk driver going the wrong way on Highway 427 slammed head-on into their Dodge mini-van killing father and daughter.

An active member of Sajith Premadasa’s group, UNP Colombo District parliamentarian Rosy Senanayake is once again engaged in political activities with party leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, party sources said.