The inaugural session of the Workshop on Public Private Partnerships for Skills Development in the SAARC region kicked off Tuesday morning in Colombo.

The workshop is jointly organized by the SAARC Human Resource Development Centre in Islamabad, Pakistan and the National Institute of Education.

The Keynote address for the three-day workshop was delivered by the Director of SHRDC Islamabad Dr. Riffat Aysha Anis.

Minister of Education Bandula Gunawardene states that education too should be held responsible for the war that ravaged the country.

 

The minister expressed this view at a function held in Polonnaruwa.

 

A programme to educate teachers in the Northern province was held Mondat under the auspices of the Minister Gunawardene.

“Stand with us in solidarity to show our dissent to this appointment. You can start by boycotting the senate meeting today as a symbolic gesture of your support.” the Executive Committee of the Colombo University Federation of Teachers Unions wrote to the members of the Colombo University Senate.

UGC Chairperson - Hirimburegama - (Center)

We publish below the letter in full;

From a long term perspective, cattle slaughter or animal slaughter in general is something that not only Sri Lanka but also the whole world should get rid of while finding sustainable alternatives for protein or nutrient intake in human diet. There is more awareness in the world today on the subject of animal rights or animal cruelty than any time in the past, for example two decades ago. Sri Lanka and India are best positioned to embrace this understanding than many other countries thanks to their Buddhist and Hindu religious trad

General Hospital of Colombo accused of neglecting patients . “Here we had a patient who was vomiting out blood and as far as the attendants, nurses and doctors were concerned, the soap opera on TV was far more important to attend to at this hour.” an eyewitness says. We give below a first-hand experience of a Sri Lankan citizen;

    Last night (28.05.2013), a young trainee nurse from Nawalapitiya was tossed out of a moving bus unto the bustling street in Kirulapone and fell right in front of my movin

Despite efforts of Australian authorities to deter Sri Lankan refugees from taking ferries from Indian shores to Australia, such illegal migrants have been on the rise, braving death and danger in the high seas.

Australian consul general in south India David Holly told reporters that since the country introduced its “no advantage policy” in August last year, 1, been sent back.

Is it possible to secure the dignity, rights and well-being of a conflict-affected population by incorporating them into a military juggernaut that has quickly grown to dominate all spheres of life?

The creeping militarization of Sri Lanka which followed the end of armed conflict in 2009 has now, four years later, become normalised and entrenched. During the years of the war the impact of militarization was felt mainly in the North and East. However, following the end of the war, systematic militarization has been taking place

Sivakami Rajamanoharan and Kumaravadivel Guruparan
Sri Lanka Army marking 'victory' in Kilinochchi-May 2013-pic courtesy of: Northern Provincial Council.lk
On the anniversary of the 26-year civil war, the Sri Lankan state celebrates its 2009 victory while Tamils mark the bloody nadir of the campaign to systematically dismantle the Tamil nation – one which continues today.

In May between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the government of Sri Lanka came to a har

The  Vesak Poya day has come and gone several times since May 2009 when the prolonged war with the LTTE ended. And we Sri Lankans are yet trapped in post-war rhetoric and caught up in punches and counter-punches arising from different visions of what post-war Sri Lanka ought to be. Some think that we should continue to celebrate, as the current government does, and even forever celebrate the military victory over the LTTE. Some think that the purpose of this kind of extravaganza is justified  for it gives the government the mea

The recommendations of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) have come to be accepted by the International Community judging from the repeated references to it both nationally and internationally, in complete disregard to the Government’s National Plan of Action that was developed by incorporating selected recommendations in the LLRC Report. In the meantime, India while supporting International Resolutions to implement LLRC Recommendations is also insistent that Sri Lanka implement the 13th Amendment evidently una