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| Playing A Game Of Smoke And Mirrors Again |
| 2013-07-15 |
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At first blush, recent actions of the Mahinda Rajapaksa administration on Sri Lanka’s abysmal governance front may cause some who are apt, (or at least pretend thereto), to wear rose coloured lenses to proclaim that there appears to be glimmerings of hope on the horizon.
A misplaced optimism
One specific development cited in that regard is the indictment of twelve Special Task Force (STF) personnel for the crime of extra-judicial executions of five students in Trincomalee in 2006. Another oft quoted reason is
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| France explains about the film fest halt |
| 2013-07-15 |
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LEF logo 410pxThe Embassy of France has provided a press release with a clarification about the suspension of the French Film Festival on July 13th
- The French Film Festival has been organised by the Embassy of France between June 18th and July 14th, with the support of the Ministry of Culture and the Arts, the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall and many others partners and sponsors.
- This Festival provides opportunities for artists from the two countries to perform on a common stage and/or to sha
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| Rescue our children from Norwegian foster care |
| 2013-07-15 |
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As the struggle launched by the Sri Lankan parents of Tamil origin in Norway, to get their children released from foster care, reaches its third year, international rights groups are now coming forward to extend their support.
Relatives of the parents, who are originally from Sri Lanka’s North, held a protest near the Parliament roundabout last Wednesday (10) seeking the intervention of parliamentarians and diplomats, to negotiate with the Norwegian Government to help their relatives in Norway, to get their children back
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| CTU objects for elections in exam time |
| 2013-07-15 |
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Ceylon teachers union objects the decision of the Govt to hold its elections at a time Crucial GCE examinations are held.
It is mentioned in a media announcement issued by the secretary of CTU Mr. Joseph Stalin.
He further states that holding elections in August, in which Advanced Level examinations and Grade 5 scholarship exams are held, is heavily unfair for the students.
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| CHOGM: Colombo, London in war of words |
| 2013-07-15 |
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What’s good for Perth not good for Colombo?
A war of words has erupted between the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Task Force Secretariat for CHOGM 2013 scheduled in Colombo. In an unprecedented move, Official Spokesperson and Director of Communications and Public Affairs at the Commonwealth Secretariat Richard Uku has issued a ‘clarification’ regarding media accreditation, reiterating relevant Secretariat guidelines and emphasizing that ‘the Commonwealth Secretariat is the final authority for al
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| A woman is raped every 90 minutes – WfR |
| 2013-07-15 |
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A woman is raped every 90 minutes and politicians are behind all crimes states ‘Women for Rights’ organization.
The Co-President of ‘Women for Rights’ Saroja Savithri Paulraj speaking at a media conference held at Hotel Nippon today (14th) said, “The crime wave, murders, frauds and corruption as well as crime against women are escalating in the country. Sex violence targeting women and children have increased in many folds. This is a very serious state. This crime wave has developed from the
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| Lack of funding for post-war housing in northern Sri Lanka |
| 2013-07-15 |
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Thousands of permanent homes needed for returnees to northern Sri Lanka in the aftermath of a 26-year civil war which ended in 2009, are not being built because of a lack of donor funding.
“Although the remaining gap in the housing sector in the north keeps changing due to new returnees, there is a serious funding gap for at least another 30,000 houses immediately,” said Laxman Perera, programme manager for the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) in Sri Lanka.
“How we’ll finance the r
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| Foreign docs win extended right to practise |
| 2013-07-15 |
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Foreign doctors were granted continued registration in Sri Lanka until March 30, to extend registration by one year. In their petition, Durdan’s Hospital senior resident consultant cardiac surgeon Dr. K. Kesava Dev and anaesthesist Dr. Madhur Malik, and Nawaloka Hospital’s Dr. Hemant Digambar Waikan, Dr. Landeep Krishan Dutta Sharma and Dr. Padmanabh Gajanan Thakar cited SLMC, Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena, Ministry Secretary Dr. Nihal Jayathilake, Health Services
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| Kudankulam goes critical, set for August-end commissioning |
| 2013-07-15 |
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The first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu attained first criticality late Saturday night, setting the stage for its commissioning before August-end.
Our (The Hindru) Tirunelveli Special Correspondent P. Sudhakar reports that the plant attained criticality at 11.05 p.m. Plant sources said the operation was very smooth.)
Plant Director R.S. Sundar said earlier that power production would now be increased in stages. In the first stage, the 1,000-MWe plant would be synchronised with
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| Education sector found to feature prominently in Bribery Commission complaints |
| 2013-07-15 |
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The Commissions to Investigate Allegation of Bribery or Corruption says that the highest number of complaints have been received on the education sector, this year so far.
Director General of the Commission Lakshmi Jayawickrama said that a considerable amount of complaints too have been received on politicians.
Chairman of the Yatiyanthota Pradeshiya Sabha was arrested on charges of bribery on Friday.
The Commission said the suspect was arrested while soliciting a bribe of Rs.15,000 from a businessman to provide a lic
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