UNP calls for talks with LTTE

destroys thousands of lives. Speaking to journalists in Colombo, opposition leader of the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council (SPC), Ranjan Ramanayake, commended UNP leader for starting a peace process with the Tigers at a time there was only minimal loss of life. The popular actor and the member of the UNP Working Committee accused the government of `taking revenge even from the battlehardened soldiers` for maintaining a view against the government policy. The remains of Maj Gen Janaka Perera were sent away from Ratmalana airport after keeping it for nearly four hours on Friday, he said. The government was earlier accused of not helping to airlift Gen Perera`s remains to Anuradhapura despite pledges from the Prime Minister. Maj Gen Perera, a... [read full story]