Elections switching taboo: Commissioner issues guidelines

Political parties and independent groups contesting the local polls cannot canvass for votes in the name of another political party or independent group, Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake declared yesterday.

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US encouraging EU to ban Tigers

The US has encouraged the European Union to list the LTTE as a banned organisation, US State Department's Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Camp stated yesterday.

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President to look into grievances of detainees

President Mahinda Rajapaksa, has come forward to look into the grievances of more than 370 detainees now under remand custody for violating the Immigration and Emigration laws.

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Monorail system could boost Lanka as IT hub

Sri Lanka could be an Information Technology hub in the region if the country has a good transport system especially an efficient monorail electricity train system, Former Minister of Transport- Karnataka State, R. V. Devaraj said.

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