Twenty two year old Arjunam Sivakumar receives the trophy for best recruit in physical efficiency at the passing out ceremony held at the Sri Lanka Air Force base in Katunayake yesterday. Air Vice Marshal O. D. N. L. Perera, Director, Aeronautical Engineering took the salute of the parade. Picture by Ravindra Seneviratne

SLMC rebels poised to end Parliament boycott

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress MPs yesterday edged closer to ending their boycott of Parliament following extensive discussions with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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STF action justified - Kanchirankudah report

by Sarath Malalasekera

The action taken by the Special Task Force to repel the mob which attacked the Kanchirankudah Camp was justified as there was an imminent danger to the camp being overrun by the attackers, the Committee that investigated the incident has said in its report.
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Ragging sparks J'pura campus rumpus

by Manjula Fernando

While two students of the Jayawardhanapura university who were critically injured in Thursday's clash struggled for life on the hospital bed, the Vice-Chancellor took action to evacuate the University by 11.00 am yesterday to defuse the tension and avert more clashes.
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