Leader of the breakaway 'Karuna faction', Vinayagamoorthi Muralidaran, alias 'Colonel Karuna' has been “nominated” as a Member of Parliament from the quota of the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Archive for October, 2008
A suicide bomb blast in Anuradhapura kills at least 27 people, including Major General Janaka Perera, a former military commander in the 1990s.
The remaining United Nations (UN) staff leave the Wanni following a government statement that it could not guarantee the safety of aid workers because of increased fighting.
President Chandrika Kumaratunga offers a 'national apology' to all victims of 'Black July' in a speech commemorating its 21st anniversary.
President Chandrika establishes the ‘Presidential Truth Commission on Ethnic Violence’, looking at ethnic violence that took place between 1981-1984. The Commission reports in September 2002.
