by:Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha

“The conditions prevailing in the Eastern Province are much better now than one year ago seemed to be the consensus of representative sections of the community in Batticaloa” said Professor Rajiva Wijesinha, Secretary General, Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP) at a press briefing held on Monday 7th July at (SCOPP). Mr. C.S. Poolokasingham, Deputy Secretary General of SCOPP, also participated in the briefing and addressed the media in Tamil and provided clarifications as needed.

by: Errol Alphonso

Next year it will be sixty years since Carol Reed's film masterpiece 'The Third Man' first appeared. It will also be sixty years since the mighty Orson Welles, filling the role of Harry Lime, that dreadful character who destroyed frightening numbers of men, women and children with his diluted, dated penicillin during World War II, first spoke the memorable words which he self-composed away from Graham Greene's script. Three hundred years of democracy, says Lime, and what did the Swiss come up with ? The cuckoo clock !

Gallant soldiers of Army 58 Division and Commando Brigade have liberated the strategically important Vidattaltivu town this morning (July 16), said the defence sources in the Mannar warfront.

Former cricket captain Hashan Tillakaratne has been appointed Sri Lanka's national cricket team manager for the upcoming test and limited-overs home series against India.The 41-year-old Tillakaratne played in 83 tests and scored 4,545 runs. In 200 one-day internationals Tillakaratne compiled 3,789 runs.