RSS feed for Daily Mirror Front Page http://www.dailymirror.lk http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:25:41 AM Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:25:41 AM Emodels Technologies (Pvt) Ltd Retired Chief of Defence Staff General Sarath Fonseka met US Ambassador Patricia Butenis last afternoon, sources close to the General told the Daily Mirror but the purpose behind the discussion was not known. -- Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:25:41 AM http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=68582 Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:25:41 AM Former Army Commander and Chief of Defence Staff Sarath Fonseka, who retired from service last week, in a letter to security forces personnel has said he would fight to restore ‘democracy, human rights, media freedom, social justice and ethnic harmony’ in Sri Lanka. -- Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:22:21 AM http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=68581 Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:22:21 AM SLFP general secretary and Minister Maithripala Sirisena said yesterday President Mahinda Rajapaksa would in all likelihood announce on Monday the date of the next presidential election -- a much awaited happening in political circles today. -- Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:19:18 AM http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=68579 Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:19:18 AM Media Centre for National Security Director General Lakshman Hulugalle yesterday said former CDS General Sarath Fonseka had not been given a date to leave the official residence and refuted claims that the Defence Ministry was obstructing General Fonseka in finding a suitable place of residence. -- Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:16:04 AM http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=68578 Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:16:04 AM The JVP said yesterday it would hold formal talks with former Army Commander and Chief of Defence Staff Sarath Fonseka if he expressed his willingness to become the common candidate for the next presidential election. -- Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:15:31 AM http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=68577 Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:15:31 AM The UPFA is ready with its policy statement, posters, leaflets and grassroots level organizations for the forthcoming Presidential election while the UNP and the JVP are struggling to choose their candidate to field against President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Transport Minister Dulles Alahapperuma said yesterday. -- Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:15:06 AM http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=68576 Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:15:06 AM A woman taking her child to school was hacked to death by five masked assailants who attacked her in broad day light and left her body at her mother-in-law’s yard. -- Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:14:34 AM http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=68575 Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:14:34 AM Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe told the UNF Ex co meeting that he had only had friendly discussions with the JVP on a common candidate and had reiterated that a final decision on the issue can be arrived at when the presidential election was announced. -- Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:12:56 AM http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=68574 Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:12:56 AM Nearly 60 passengers were injured yesterday in a head-on collision between a CTB bus travelling from Matara to Kataragama and a private bus coming towards Matara, police said. -- Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:12:32 AM http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=68573 Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:12:32 AM Central Provincial Council authorities yesterday also directed private educational institutions including international schools and private tuition classes in the Central Province to temporarily close as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of the AH1N1 virus. -- Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:12:11 AM http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=68572 Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:12:11 AM A day after the Central Provincial Council decided to close schools in the province amid fears of a possible spread of A/H1N1 virus, Education Minister Susil Premajayantha said yesterday it was the Education Ministry, which would decide whether to close these schools after obtaining a report from the Health Ministry. -- Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:11:45 AM http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=68571 Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:11:45 AM