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...
Saturday, June 30, 2012
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...
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