A worried looking handcuffed S.B. Dissanayake being escorted to the Prison vehicle yesterday morning. Picture by Sarath Weerasinghe

Five Judge Supreme Court Bench sentences former minister to two years' RI :

SB jailed

by Sarath Malalasekera and Wasantha Ramanayake

UNP Parliamentarian and former Minister S.B. Dissanayake was yesterday sentenced to two years' Rigorous Imprisonment for contempt of Court.
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Lanka welcomes SAARC progress : President

Sri Lanka welcomes the progress SAARC has achieved through the decision to create a Free Trade Area in South Asia, states President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga in a message to mark SAARC Charter Day today.
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Pandemonium in House as maverick UNP MP flings Opposition Chief Whip's glass and saucer

Pandemonium reigned in Parliament, when the UNP's maverick member T. Maheshwaran, went berserk, seizing the glass and saucer in front of Chief Opposition Whip. Mahinda Samarasinghe and flinging them towards the Mace and the Speaker. Fortunately, the missiles hit the wooden stand where the Mace, the symbol of authority of the Speaker was placed.
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