The Free Media Movement says that they are concerned about the statement made by UPFA Parliamentarian Arundhika Fernando that Journalist Manjula Wediwardena pointed out that journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda is residing in France.

A communique released by the movement states that Manjula Wediwardena rejected these claims during an inquiry made in this regard. The communique states that this is a cheap act done by the government using Parliamentarian Arundhika Fernando to put down the fight carried out internationally and in

An increasing number of Muslim Sri Lankans, who make up around 9 percent of the population, are feeling uneasy amid fears of growing sectarian tensions, say local people and observers.

“We just don’t feel we belong here any more,” Fadhil Ahamed, who works in a food store in Colombo, told IRIN. “I had a shop where I sold halal food, but several Buddhist monks who were aligned with a government politician told me not to sell halal food as this was a Sinhalese Buddhist country.”

A family of five Tamil refugees – including a toddler born in detention almost three years ago – have been cleared for release by the Gillard government, averting a potentially damaging High Court challenge next week, The Australian newspaper reported.

The Rahavan family, who were detained after arriving from Sri Lanka, had been held indefinitely following secret ASIO assessments that deemed the parents a risk to national security.

The government’s reversal followed an independent review of the fam

An underhand move is to occur to oust incumbent Prison Commissioner General Chandraratne Pallegama from his post, has been revealed by Sri Lanka Administrative Service Union.

The Union has already informed the Secretary to the President through a letter that Prison Chief has taken some effort to make positive changes for the Prison.

The Commissioner General had already taken measures to control many illegal practices in the Prison, Union said
 

The teachers' union at Sri Jayewardenepura University has decided to initiate a trade union action demanding the reinstatement of a dismissed colleague, local media reported.

The teachers' union which is affiliated to the Federation of University Teachers' Associations (FUTA), and it is reported that the  Senate of Sri Jayewardenepura University  which will meet today need to  reinstate the sacked lecturer Anuruddha Pradeep Karnasooriya.

Central Province Chief Minister Sarath Ekanayake said today all school in the Nuwara Eliya and Hatton educational zones would be closed tomorrow because of the adverse weather in the area.

He said an upcoming holiday would be used to make good the disrupted schoolwork.

All private buses operating from Aluthgama and Matugama have halted operations in protest, the Private Bus Owners Association President Gemunu Wijeratne stated.

The bus operators are protesting the unsuitable manner in which route permits are issued while demanding that route permits issued in that manner are cancelled immediately.

Yesterday (June 12) buses operators on the Aluthgama-Aviththawa and Matugama-Aviththtawa roads halted their operations.

The police arrested 11 people including 10 who were preparing to go overseas through illegal means from Kattankudy.

According to the police media unit, the would-be asylum seekers were arrested near the beach in Kattankudy.

Of the 11 people arrested one person was believed to have been a people smuggler, the police media unit said today.

The 13th Amendment to the of much criticism ever since it was introduced in 1987. Different political parties turned the amendment into a political slogan, both for and against it, and Sri Lanka's age-old relations with its giant neighbour India hang precariously in the balance, on the future of the amendment.

The latest catalyst that seems to have brought the arguments, both for and against the amendment, back into the debate table is the upcoming Northern Provincial Council polls. Wit

Every media institution has the right to project its own political policy without overstepping the laws of libel (AFP) Every media institution has the right to project its own political policy without overstepping the laws of libel (AFP)

I believe there are few among the old guard of the journalistic fraternity who are appalled over the biased coverage of the majority of our media institutions. No, I am not only talking only about the lapdog state-controlled press and its twittering electronic media magpies. I am also re