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| Worries Of Bodu Bala Sena: Religious Jealousy Of BBS |
| 2013-05-23 |
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In this part of our series we shall try to expose some aspects of religious jealousy of Bodu Bala Sena. It is against the very teaching of Lord Buddha to show resentment and envy to the people of any other faith. This is one of basic teaching of Buddhism. In sharp contrast to this principle BBS and its cohorts express openly communal and religious jealousy. Lord Buddha felt happiness when he saw the progress and development of other faiths. Indeed, he accommodated all other religious faiths and practices. I
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| Rudrakumaran Reads Tamil Eelam Freedom Charter |
| 2013-05-23 |
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We, the people of Tamil Eelam, have an inherent right to self-determination. Subject to Genocide at the hands of successive Sinhala national governments and as an essential measure of protection we wish to establish our own independent and sovereign State of Tamil Eelam.
The creation of an independent and sovereign State of Tamil Eelam remains the only viable option to lead a life with security, dignity and equality, both individually and collectively.
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| FUTA Condemns Sacking Anuruddha Pradeep |
| 2013-05-23 |
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“Politicization, loss of academic freedom and autonomy are grave threats faced by the university community currently. The latest victim of this malaise is Mr Anuruddha Pradeep, Probationary Lecturer from the Department of Political Science, Sri Jayawardenapura University. Mr Anuruddha Pradeep has been an outspoken critique of current government policy on education. His forthright and often piercing criticism on how universities are managed, how funding for education has been systematically reduced and the loss of academic freedom h
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| Sri Lanka opposition says government threatened to sack strikers |
| 2013-05-23 |
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Sri Lanka's opposition parties and trade unions accused the government on Tuesday of threatening state employees with the sack if they took part in planned street protests against a sharp rise in electricity prices.
Only a few hundred people joined the demonstrations, coordinated by the political opposition and trade unions, despite expectations of much larger crowds on the streets of Colombo.
The government rejected the accusations, saying that the planned walkout had simply failed.
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| Bandula blames ex-CJ for ‘Z-score’ crisis |
| 2013-05-23 |
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Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena told Parliament yesterday that ousted Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake should be held responsible for the 2011 GCE Advanced Level ‘Z-score’ crisis.
The minister said that when the ‘Z-score’ issue turned controversial, the ministry had appointed a committee of five professors and they were ready to present their opinion to the Supreme Court. But, Chief Justice Bandaranayake had allowed only Prof R. O. Thattil to present observations before the Court and the Supre
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| Tense situation outside BBS office |
| 2013-05-23 |
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A tense situation developed outside the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) office in Thunmulla this morning after a group of monks attempted to stage a demonstration against the BBS.
The police were called in to disperse the demonstrators while members of the BBS were seen verbally abusing the monks who were attempting to stage the demonstration.
In April the Bodu Bala Sena, with the assistance of the police, prevented a peaceful candle lit vigil from taking place outside the Bodu Bala Sena headquarters in Thunmulla.
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| SC tells LHRD: Support FR application after notifying CEB, PUCSL Power tariff hike case |
| 2013-05-23 |
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The Attorney General (AG), yesterday told the Supreme Court that the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) Act No. 20, of Judgment of 2008, in respect of guidelines for tariff revisions, had been followed in introducing the new tariff rates.
The respondent parties, the CEB and the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), had not been notified of the fundamental rights violation application filed by the Lawyers for Human Rights and Development (LHRD) against the proposed tariff increases.
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| Sri Lanka to use summit to showcase developments |
| 2013-05-23 |
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The Sri Lankan government on Wednesday said that it will use a key Commonwealth summit in November to showcase the post-war developments in the country.
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) will be held in Sri Lanka in November this year, and heads of state from almost all the Commonwealth countries, including Britain's Prince Charles, will attend the summit.
The Sri Lankan Ministry of External Affairs said that Sri Lanka will be able to show the developments following a three-decade separatist t
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| Mangala says SL should not host CHOGM unless govt. willing to change its agenda |
| 2013-05-23 |
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UNP Matara District MP Mangala Samaraweera told Parliament yesterday that the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) should not be held in Sri Lanka, unless the government was willing to change t its autocratic agenda.
"Despite the optimism of the Secretary General of the Commonwealth Kamlesh Sharma about holding CHOGM in Sri Lanka, there is a discrepancy between the core values of the Commonwealth and the agenda of the incoming Chairperson," Samaraweera said while participating in an adjournment
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| Lankan army to reduce military presence at former LTTE stronghold in north |
| 2013-05-23 |
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Sri Lanka Army has said that it would reduce the number of military camps in former rebel stronghold of northern Jaffna and hand over lands back to their original owners.
"We will reduce the existing three," Army chief Lt Gen Jagath Jayasuriya said.
The fourteen camps pulled out from different parts in Jaffna would be relocated in the main Palaly cantonment, he said yesterday.
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