The remains of Venerable Bovatta Indraratana Thero, who succumbed to injuries after self-immolating himself in front of the Dalada Maligawa, have now been laid at the Sugathaaraama Temple at Poronuwa in Kahawatta, Ratnapura.

Thousands of residents in the area are attending the funeral to pay their last respect to deceased Thero, reports say.

Many scholars stated that Swarnavahini has violated media ethics by broadcasting the entire incident of the self-immolation of Bowaththe Indrarathana Thero, who engaged in the particular act in order to protest against cattle slaughter.
They condemned such disgraceful actions of certain media institutions which only attempts to increase their popularity by telecasting such news items.

United National Party (UNP) MP Ajith Perera has made a request from the Inspector General of Police to conduct an investigation regarding t

Colombo city coroner has questioned the Mawbima Kandy reporter who photographed the self immolation incident through Kandy police yesterday (24).
The coroner has asked the reporter why he did not try to prevent the monk from committing suicide by only thinking about covering the event, when he knew what is going to happen.

Coroner said that the reporter, by obliging his media duties, has deliberately made an omission of his civic duties. However, the journalist is still being questioned.

Ven Magalle Sudantha thero , the convener of Sinhala Rawaya organisation got a bottle of petrol from a vehicle parked in front of the Jayaratna funeral Parlour to ablaze  in a protesting campaign that they don’t allow to respect Ven. Indraratana thero who got ablaze in front of the gateway to the Dalada Maligawa .The police and army could avoid it.

The properties of those who are accused for rape cases and child abuses should be confiscated

The Minister of Child Development and Women Empowerment, Tissa Karaliyadda said that if the culprits of rape cases and child abuses cannot be sentenced to death, but their properties should be confiscated and the victims should be given reparation.

Sri Lanka’s government is investigating media who covered the death of a Buddhist monk who set himself on fire to protest the slaughter of cattle.

The Media Ministry website says the monk could have been saved had media personnel informed authorities about his intentions.

What we observe on our roads in and around Colombo today is disturbing. Sleek motor vehicles costing anything between ten and twenty million rupees have become commonplace; on the other hand, entire families ride on rickety motor bikes exposing even small children to dust, toxic fumes, scorching sun or heavy rain.

I really appreciate the critiques of my writing. I always welcome the constructive criticism. But such criticism should be an objective one not a subjective one. Of course my objective approach might be a subjective to you.   This occurs according to different perceptions of your understating.   But yet, we should all try to understand issues and problems in comprehensive ways. We should substantiate our arguments with evidence and logical reasoning.

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) yesterday threatened to resort to stern trade union action if the health authorities did not hold an inquiry into an incident at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital operating theatre, where a nurse allegedly hid a surgeon’s apron thereby preventing him from performing an urgent operation.

GMOA General Secretary Dr. Chandika Epitakaduwa said that the nurse had hidden the apron before the operation and the patient had waited two hours following the administrati

The self-immolation of a Buddhist monk in Kandy on Friday took a new turn with the latest police reports casting doubts as to what the monk actually attempted to do. Minutes before the incident, the monk had been heard making a statement to the effect saying his effort was not to take his life, but to sacrifice it, in a bid to end cattle-slaughter in the country.

Bowatte Indraratana Thera of the Porambe temple in Pelmadulla, who died of injuries last night, had been in the process of launching a major campaign towards putting