Sri Lanka police say that Navy arrested 53 more persons off Nilaveli sea in the eastern coast as they were attempting to migrate illegally to Australia.
The arrested persons have been handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department for further investigations, police say.
Of the 53 persons, 41 are Tamils, five are Muslims...
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
23rd hour turn of events at the Eastern Provincial Council election of Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
Sri Lanka's major Muslim Party Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) has decided to contest the Eastern Provincial Council election alone under the symbol tree.
The reasons for the sudden change of SLMC stance is yet to reveal.
SLMC held discussions with all major political parties and by yesterday it was in a decision to contest under government coalition...
Strike of the Sri Lankan university teachers sees new turns
Sri Lanka Federation of University Teachers' Associations (FUTA) has decided to boycott duties pertaining to the evaluation of G.C.E. Advanced Level examination.
The boycott is to be enacted in relation to the 2012 Advanced Level examination sheduled to be held in August.
The FUTA has taken this decision at the executive committee meeting held yesterday,...
Monday, July 16, 2012
Why do public servants of Sri Lanka take to illegal migration?
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illegal migrants. Australia,
public servants
Police Media Spokesman Ajith Rohana said that 22 persons who were staying in various places hoping to migrate illegally to Australia were arrested yesterday morning from Chilaw.
Investigations have been started regarding the aspirant illegal...
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Sri Lanka Tamil and Muslim parties like to forma an alliance for the Eastern Provincial Council election
Sources close to Sri Lanka's major Tamil and Muslim parties point out that a Tamil Muslim coalition is likely to form at the Eastern Provincial Council election.
Sources say that the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) are likely to form a political alliance for the Eastern Provincial Council.
However, the SLMC Supreme...
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Public Health Inspectors (PHIs)of Sri Lanka strike to protest the killing of a colleague
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dengue,
PHI,
public health
Public Health Inspectors (PHIs)of Sri Lanka have launched a token strike today in protest of the death of a colleague PHI who was clubbed to death by a person suspected to be a mental patient.
Secretary of the Public Health Inspectors' Association of Sri Lanka , Senarath Bandara said that they have withdrawn from all duties pertaining to the Dengue...
Is Ranmihithenna tele cinema village another waste of public money?
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Ranmihithenna,
tele cinema village
Sri Lanka Ministry of Media and Information says it has decided to establish an international level tele cinema studio at Ranmihithenna tele cinema village in the Hambanthota district.
However, it is not clear if it is a new move or a part of the original programme.
Ranmihithenna has become yet another waste of public funds and there is reasonable...
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Cash strapped Sri Lanka government to earn money from three wheelers
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three wheeler,
trishaw
Sri Lanka government has reportedly decided to establish a bureau or a section to regulate the three wheeler taxi service.
I wonder why the government has not done this so far. There may be half a million three wheeler taxis in the country...
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Schools going, police stations coming in Sri Lanka
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defense,
education,
international schools,
police stations
Sri Lanka Minister of Higher Education S.B. Disanayaka recently argued that the closure of schools is a sign of development. Then what about opening police stations or prisons?
Sri Lanka Police Department sources say that President Mahinda Rajapaksa...
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Ceylon Teachers' Union protests delay in issue of Z-score result
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Ceylon Teachers' Union,
Joseph Stalin Fernando
Ceylon Teachers' Union Chairman Joseph Stalin Fernando says that the delay in issuing of the Z-score pertaining to the university entrance has caused further unrest among the student community.
He said that the steps have not been still taken to issue Z-score even a week after the Supreme Court ruling to annul the previous Z-score and compile a new...
Monday, July 2, 2012
Padeniya re-elected as the President of Sri Lanka doctors' union
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Anuruddha Padeniya,
GMOA
Specialist Children's Nuro-surgeon Anuruddha Padeniya has been reappointed as the President of Sri Lanka Government Medical Officers' Association (GMOA).
The election of office bearers of the GMOA was held on June 30th in Colombo in a highly competitive...
Buddhist extremists exchange fisticuffs in Sri Lanka
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fundamentalist Buddhism,
orthodox Buddhism
Sri Lanka' orthodox Buddhist extremists attacked a Fundamentalist Buddhist monk who who claims himself a superior at Baddegama town in the Galle district of Southern Province.
The monk was attacked as he was arriving for a sermon. His unarmed guards that attempted to make way to proceed with the planned sermon were brutally assaulted by orthodox...
Saturday, June 30, 2012
WEbsite offices sealed; journalists arrested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka government has become tough on media that is critical on it. The offices of two websites were raided and several journalists were arrested on June 29.
Police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) raided the offices of Sri Lanka Mirror and Sri Lanka X News websites by 11 a.m. yesterday and arrested eight persons, reports say.
The government...
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Sri Lanka suspends its small scale export of rice to regulate price
Sri Lanka Ministry of Trade says that the export of rice has been suspended until the next bounty harves is yielded. Sri Lanka recently had a surplus of rice stocks and they were exported in minor scale.
Accordingly, the country will not export rice until the first quarter of 2013 in which the Maha harvest is yielded.
The decision to suspend...
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Organizers of the Udith Narayan show of Colombo to be brought to books
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Udith Narayan
Colombo Municipal Council sources say that the municipality will take legal action against the organizers of the Udith Narayan musical show held in Colombo CH & FC grounds on June 16.
Colombo Municipal Council sources say that the organizers have...
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Fundamentalist Buddhist groups clash in Sri Lanka
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Buddhist fundamentalism
Siriwardhana
Sri Lanka police fired tear gas to disperse a crowd on June 24 at a remote town called Wanduramba in Galle district. Six persons were arrested in suspicion of violence, said the police later.
The crowd was attacking a religious center...
Minister S.B. Disanayaka argues closure of rural schools in Sri Lanka is a characteristic of development
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education,
S.B. Disanayake
Sri Lanka Minister of Higher Education S.B. Disanayaka argued that the closure of the rural schools is a characteristic of development.
The Minister addressing a meeting held in Udunuwara to mark distribution of school equipment to the children of...
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Former women's political wing leader of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE) sent for rehabilitation by Sri Lanka judiciary
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Subramaniam Shivathavi,
Thamilini
Colombo Chief Magistrate Rashmi Singappuli today ordered the Prisons Department to send former women's political wing leader of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE) for rehabilitation.
Accordingly, former women's political wing leader of LTTE Subramanium...
Witnesses identify the suspects of political murder of Sri Lanka
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G.G. Amarasiri,
Julampitiye Amare
hree out of the four witnesses of the political double murder of Katuwana, Sri Lanka identified the suspect G.G. Amarasena alias Julampitiye Amare at the identification parade held at Walasmulla court today.
Julampitiye Amare surrendered to court on June 19 after the witnesses of the political double murder gave evidence that he was present among...
Sri Lanka's senior Minister surrendered to court and granted bail
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Athauda Senevirathna
A Sri Lankan court granted bail today to a senior Minister who surrendered to courts.
The Senior Minister Athauda Senevirathna was granted bail of Rs. one million by Warakapola magistrate Awantha Lakmal Wikramasuriya.
Senior Minister Athauda Senevirathna...
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Sri Lnaka decided to bury recently discovered pre-historic skeleton for safety
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pahiyangala,
pre-historic,
skeleton
Sri Lanka Director General of Archaeology Dr. Shiran Deraniyagala said at pre-historic Pahiyangala cave in Kaluthara district yesterday that the Department of Archaeology has decided to bury the recently found human skeleton back for its safety.
The...
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Sri Lanka punishes persons who harmed an elephant at famous orphanage
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Pinnawala elephant orphanage
A Sri Lankan court yesterday punished four persons for torturing and killing an elephant at a state run orphanage.
The persons penalized were three mahouts and a security guard who were employed at Pinnawala elephant orphanage in Kegalle district.
Kegalle...
Monday, June 18, 2012
Pre-historic human skeleton recovered from Sri Lanka
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Balangoda human,
pahiyangala
Excavations conducted by the Archaeology Department of Sri Lanka has led to the recovery of a pre-historic human skeleton.
The skeleton has been recovered from a huge cave in Pahiyangala in Kaluthara district.
Two pre-historic human skulls were recovered...
Sri Lanka government in an attempt to undermine the killing of JVP activists
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Katuwana,
People's Liberation Front (JVP)
Propaganda secretary of Sri Lanka's major opposition United National Party (UNP) asked the Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa to resign since the police has failed to arrest the culprits of a shoot out in Katuwana in which two members of the opposition People's Liberation Front (JVP) died.
Samaraweera said that the police has so far not arrested...
Friday, June 15, 2012
Sri Lankans quarrel for land they love to leave for residency in West
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Benin,
deportation,
migration,
Sri Lankan Tamils
Benin, a country like a key - a key to open the doors to Canada
148 Sri Lankans that were deported from the Benin state of Africa returned to Sri Lanka to yesterday.
They arrived in the home country around 2.30 p.m. in a special flight.
They have...
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Many elders' homes in Sri Lanka likely to be closed making more elders destitute
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adult care,
adults' homes
Sri Lanka Secretariat for Elders say that the government has decided to penalize the persons who do not take care of the elders.
Secretariat for elders has opened a hotline with the number 011 2 824 082 for the public to lodge complaints regarding...
Monday, June 11, 2012
US Embassy of Sri Lanka stands for Ambassador-designate's statement
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Michele J. Sison
US Embassy of Sri Lanka said in a statement that the recent testimony of US Ambassador-designate to Sri Lanka Michele J. Sison is in complete accordance with U.S. policy as well as previous statements made by U.S. Officials on Sri Lanka.
The statement...
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Sri Lanka's murder suspect MP granted leave for three months by parliament
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Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra,
Duminda Silva
Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra
Sri Lanka parliament approved three months leave to the ruling United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) MP Duminda Silva.
This is the third consecutive three months leave approved to MP Duminda Silva and the leave is...
Many worried due to lack of transfer policy in public service of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Government Medical Officers' Association (GMOA) says that the doctors of the Northern and Eastern Provinces will hold a token strike on June 12 in protest of not granting appointments to the doctors who have completed their internship.
The new doctors have consented to go to service in difficult areas and around 200 doctors presently working...
High security zones minimized; problems persist
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high security zones,
HSZ,
Jaffna
Sri Lanka's Sinhala daily The Divaina newspaper reported yesterday quoting an unnamed senior government official that the government has taken steps to reduce the high security zone of the Jaffna peninsula in the Tamil dominated Northern Province by...
Friday, June 8, 2012
What is China not doing in Sri Lanka?
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China,
prostitution
Sri Lanka's Colombo Fort magistrate Kanishka Wijerathna fined three Chinese national women today for vagrancy.
The three Chinese women were arrested by police in the night as they were walking on streets in Colombo in the middle of the night.
Police...
Police officer who made junior officials his servants indicted in Sri Lanka
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corruption,
misappropriation,
police
A Sri Lankan court summoned a police Deputy Inspector General for misappropriation of public assets.
The relevant police official is Deputy Inspector General of Galle Hector Dharmasiri.
He was asked to appear in court for an offence he is charged of committing in 2007.
The police officer is charged by the Bribery or Corruption Commission that he...
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Is Sri Lanka's Hambanthota harbour becoming a worthy investment
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Hambanthota harbor,
transshipping
Sri Lanka government seems succeeded finally in making its white elephant Hambanthota Port a worthy place where business occurs.
The port is a massive corruption which swallowed public money due to craze of politicians who filled in it with water...
Why do people migrate out of Sri Lanka?
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civil administration,
corruption,
migration
Indian media reported that a group of more than 150 Sri Lankans have been arrested by Indian police at Kollam beach of coastal line of Kerala state of India.
They are suspected of attempting to migrate to Australia via sea.
The arrested group comprised of nineteen women and twenty two children. They have revealed that they paid Rs. 500,000 each for...
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
World governance should deal with all hooligan rulers of the world
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Charles Taylor,
governance,
Hosni Mubarak
Egyptian former President Hosni Mubarak was sentenced for life for killing his countrymen in protests against him in 2011. His Minister of Home Security also went to jail with him. His sons are yet to see their destiny after lavishly eating public...
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Sri Lanka's major Tamil alliance to have a supreme council
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Ilankai Thamil Arasu Kachchi,
Tamil National Alliance
Sri Lanka's major Tamil coalition Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has decided to form a supreme council as the governing body of the party.
TNA is not a registered political party yet. It was formed as a coalition of several Tamil political organizations in 2004 under the influence of the Tamil Tiger rebels. However, the party seems independent now...
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Unprecedented unity among educational sector trade unions of Sri Lanka
A newly formed Collective of Educational Administration, Principal and Teacher services of Sri Lanka holding a press conference yesterday protested the moves by the government to hand over the administrative work of the educational offices to the Sri...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
The statement of R. Sambanthan, the leader of the Ilankai Thamil Arasu Kachi (ITAK) after 14th convention
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IATK,
R. Sambanthan,
TNA
Photo: Sambanthan waving Sri Lanka flag at 2012 May Day of joint opposition in Jaffna. The incident caused controversy. Tamil nationalists say the flag was placed in the hand of the Tamil National Alliance leader's hand fraudulently.
The statement...
Monday, May 28, 2012
Over 100 young men fleeing 'Wonder of Asia' arrested by Sri Lanka police
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human smuggling,
trafficking
Sri Lanka police nabbed around 119 persons who attempted to migrate illegally to a foreign country.
Police say a set of racketeers who were involved in the trafficking have also been arrested.
The arrested persons included six who handled the trafficking...
Sri Lanka Minister slams UNHRC, US, EU and India while another blames Sinhala chauvinists for abetting Tamil Diaspora
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Champika Ranawaka,
Hiru FM
The Minister kissing an Iran official
Sri Lanka Minister of Power and Energy Champika Ranawaka said to a local Sinhala language radio, Hiru FM, that the service extension granted to UNHRC Chairman Navanithan Pillai was the next move of the actions...
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Sri Lanka opposition MP to be arrested for attacking a man
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MP. Dunesh Gankanda,
United National Party
Sri Lanka police say that they will arrest opposition MP of United National Party Dunesh Gankanda for allegedly injuring a persons.
The MP is alleged of assaulting an individual and biting his nose.
According to Police Media Spokesperson , the incident...
Sri Lanka Planetarium, an astronomical marvel in an astrology worshipping land
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Colombo,
show times,
visit planetarium
Still, school children visit Colombo planetarium as a regular place of their visit to the capital city. I visited it once when I was a school boy and due to nostalgia I went there once again as a young man. It was not as exciting as it was in...
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