`Vol. 29 No. 101 Friday 12th March, 2010, 36 Pages Rs. 20 Registered in as a Newspaper – Late City Edition Suspect arrested at India aims to be Meteorites may Not so BIA leads cops world’s fastest have kick-started “PERFECT A growing economy to 40 kgs of heroin life on Earth BLUNDER ?” Acting on information elicited from 6 7 10 a suspect arrested in connection with the recent detection of a stock of hero- in by the Kalpitiya police, the police on Wednesday night recovered 40.832 kgs Lanka Two military courts constituted to try Fonseka of heroin with a street value of Rs. 240 million. receives by Shamindra Ferdinando would be two courts martial, though both ior most officer of the Sri Lanka Navy’s comprised same members holding the rank legal branch would function as the Judge Continued on page 4 NAM Former Army Chief Gen. (retd) Sarath of Major General. Advocate General. Fonseka will face seven separate charges Addressing the media at the Media Maj. Gen. Weeratunga is Director pertaining to his alleged involvement in Centre for National Security, he said that General of Budget and Financial support politics while being in active service and H. L. Weeratunga (President), A. L. R. Management. Wijetunga is the Quarter Sleep learning: Learn a irregularities in procurement of arms. Sri Lanka’s efforts Wijetunga (member) and B. A. R. B. Master General and Colonel Commandant Military spokesman Maj. Gen. Prasad to thwart a UN move Jayatilleke (member) would try Fonseka. of Mechanical Engineers while language a week Samarasinghe yesterday said that there Rear Admiral W. W. J. S. Fernando, the sen- to appoint an expert Prasad Continued on page 4 Suppose it were possible to learn a panel to advice UN new language, keep fit or stop smoking Secretary General by sleeping on it? Literally. Ban-ki moon has The theory of sleep learning or received the support “hypnopaedia” was kick-started by novels of the Non Aligned like Brave New World. Here, having been Movement. played a George Bernard Shaw broadcast Foreign Minister while asleep, a Polish-speaking boy is Rohitha Bogollagala able to repeat it verbatim (and, presum- House dissolution no bar ably, with an Irish lilt) following last night told The Island that Egypt, morning. which chairs the NAM (Full story had urged the UN P1 LeisureLand) Chief to drop his plan. Continued on page 4 to members’ privileges Deputy Chairman of Committees takes back two vehicles, including Prado by Shamindra Ferdinando after the dissolution of Parliament, all five vehicles, one laptop and three mobile eputy Chairman of Committees, phones belonging to him and his staff Ramalingam Chandrasekaran, MP had been handed over Dhas taken back to Parliament. three vehicles, According to him, in including a view of Parliament Prado he had MPs absent at March, April meeting again last handed over to Tuesday (March 9) to Parliament emergency debates will pass emergency regu- immediately after lations, the Office of the recent disso- receive their salaries, perks the Deputy lution of Contrary to reports, even those who had Chairman of Parliament. Committee could The JVP skipped last Tuesday’s vote on the Emergency will receive their March salary enjoy all privileges National List MP it had been entitled yesterday told The and all other perks and privileges. Former Speaker and UNP National List to before the disso- Island that he had lution. He said that the authority to Nominee Joseph Michael Perera yesterday his staff could take The Island that all MPs were entitled to use two vehicles as told back the two the Deputy their March and April salaries as wellpage 4 remaining vehicles. Chairman of Continued on Committees. Continued on page 4 Chandrasekeran, who is in the fray in the Nuwara Eliya electoral District at the upcoming parlia- Wijedasa submits First lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of State Hillary mentary election, said his private secre- tary, media secretary and the media offi- Rodham Clinton present the 2010 International Woman of cer were authorised to use a vehicle each. assets declaration Courage Award to Jansila Majeed of Sri Lanka, The JVP is contesting on the National List MP Wednesday, March 10, 2010, at the State Department in Democratic National Alliance (DNA) tick- Wijedasa Rajapakshe has Washington. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) et in all 22 electoral districts. submitted an assets declara- Responding to a query by The Island, tion to Election Chandrasekeran said that immediately Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake. He told The Island that he had declared Lankan woman honoured his assets and submitted rel- Dinesh won’t take evant documents to authori- Wijedasa by US State Dept. ties, including the Speaker Jansila Majeed of Puttalam on Wednesday received the 2010 since 1997. He contests on UNP ticket March, April salary from Colombo district. Woman of Courage award from US First Lady Michelle Obama Mahajana Eksath Peramuna and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at a function leader held at the US State Department in Washington. yesterday told The Island that The Woman of Courage award is given to women who have he wouldn’t take his salary for shown exceptional courage and leadership in advocating March and April. Gunawardena human rights and women’s equality. (Colombo District UPFA candi- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in her citation date) said that he had informed said: “Jansila Majeed of Sri Lanka is a woman who lived as an the Office of the Secretary internally displaced person for almost 20 years. General of Parliament of his Dinesh Continued on page 4 decision.