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PM to visit Maldives

COLOMBO, Wednesday (AFP) - Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is due to visit the Maldives for talks with President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, officials here said yesterday.

The Prime Minister will spend a day in the Maldives on Monday, a government official said.

DIGs-in-waiting

The advent of the Police Commission was expected to speed up matters related to the guardians of the law, but in the case of the filling of seven vacancies of Deputy Inspectors-General it appears that the new system is delaying the promotions. Some 35 Senior Superintendents of Police applied for the seven DIG vacancies and went before interview boards more than a month ago.

The results were sent to the Public Services Commission by the interviewers shortly afterwards. However in the meantime the PSC was dissolved and the Police Commission appointed.

And now for the 35 candidates....well they seem to be DIGs-in-waiting as their promotions have fallen between the cracks.

Police probe bomb attack

Kandy police is investigating Tuesday's bomb attack on the house of a well-known businessman at Peradeniya Road, Kandy.

Businessman A. M. Marikkar is said to be a close associate of Sri Lanka Muslim Congress leader Minister Rauff Hakeem.

The front compound of the house had minor damages as the bomb had first struck a tree before getting deflected.

Marikkar had been away during the attack, according to the complaint lodged at the Kandy Police by his watcher.

No arrests have been made. A police team led by Chief Inspector Edmund Mahendra, HQI Kandy Police is investigating, directed by DIG, Central Province Nimal Mediwaka.

supplement to mark govt's first anniversary

a free supplement is issued with today's daily news to mark the first anniversary of the unf government.

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