TNA parliamentarians R. Sampanthan and Suresh Premachandran offering Atapirikara to the Most Ven. Thibbotuwawe Sri Siddhartha Sumangala Mahanayake Thera of the Malwatte Chapter .Picture by Gamini Ranasinghe

TNA, UNP should participate in Peace Advisory Council

by L.B.Wijayasiri in Kandy

The Mahanayake Thera of the Malwatte Chapter, the Most Ven. Thibbotuwawe Sri Siddhartha Sumangala Thera yesterday advised the Tamil National Alliance to participate in the National Advisory Council for Peace and Reconciliation Council together with the UNP.
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UPFA WPC member shot dead in Kollupitiya

by Mahinda Kulatunga

UPFA Western Provincial Council member Namal Gunawardena was found shot dead inside his vehicle at Dharmaraja Mawatha in Kollupitiya last night. According to Kollupitiya police the victim had nine pistol shot wounds on his body. The weapon used was a .38 revolver.
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President to appoint National Commission on Firearms

by Rajmi Manatunga

A National Commission on Firearms entrusted with the task of formulating a national policy on the regulation of small firearms in the country will be appointed by President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga this week.
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