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JVP-backed union secretary under arrest by Sarath Malalasekera, Manjula Fernando and Ranga Jayasuriya The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna yesterday denied the party's involvement
in the killing of a third year management student of Sri Jayawardhanapura
university but hinted that individual party members could be responsible. Settle core issues before Interim Council - President by Uditha Kumarasinghe President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga yesterday reiterated her
position that any demand for an Interim Council for the North-East should
follow the settlement of core issues and with the LTTE agreeing to lay
down arms and enter the democratic process. MPs condemn campus violence, urge tough action by Jayantha Sri Nissanka and Bharatha Malawaraarachchi Initial Police investigations have revealed that members of the Inter-
University Students Federation had been directly involved in the killing
of the Sri Jayawardenapura university student Ovitigala Vithanage
Samantha, Interior Minister John Amaratunga told Parliament yesterday. Mahapola grants to be withdrawn if students' found guilty of misconduct - Minister Karunanayake Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Ravi Karunanayke who is also
in-charge of Mahapola Trust Fund yesterday announced that with immediate
effect the Conditions of the Mahapola Higher Education Scholarship Trust
Fund will be put in to full force leading to the withdrawal of grant to
any student found guilty on act of misconduct. Explosion aboard S.Korean ship kills one crewman COLOMBO, Tuesday (AFP) At least one crew member was killed and another
missing following an explosion aboard a South Korean container vessel near
Sri Lanka, a rescue coordinating centre here said Tuesday. Other Stories
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