FLASH:
LTTE attacks passenger bus; 4 civilians killed, 25 wounded
At least 4 civilians were killed and 25 others reported wounded when
LTTE terrorists opened fire at a passenger bus plying from Monaragala
towards Kataragama, at the 49th mile post along the Buttala-Kataragama
main road, Friday (July 11), at around 10:15 a.m.
Updated on: 12:10 PM
7/11/2008
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All essential services run smoothly; Satisfactory
attendance in offices, schools:
Workers defy strike call
All essential services ran smoothly yesterday as
a majority of workers reported for duty defying calls by the JVP and
the UNP for an islandwide General Strike. The strike call by the
JVP’s National Trade Union Centre and the UNP had little impact as
almost all Government and private services
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President lauds working class for thwarting strike
President Mahinda Rajapaksa lauded and thanked
the working class for their cooperation in thwarting the strike
organised by reactionary indigenous and alien conspirators, at a
decisive moment for the Motherland.
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Strike a dismal failure - Information and Media Minister
The islandwide JVP led strike organised by the
UNP-JVP-TNA alliance was an utter failure and the greatest betrayal
of the ‘working class’ by the UNP since 1980, observed Media and
Information Minister and Cabinet Spokesman Anura Priyadarshana Yapa
yesterday.
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Bus, train services better than normal
Public transport services operated smoothly
yesterday despite the much-publicised threats by the National Trade
Union Centre (NTUC) to cripple passenger transport through an
islandwide token strike.
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