With a view to freeing up Russia from supplier liability, charges of theft and abject project failure, the Indian nuclear establishment has begun to claim that the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) is not a Russian turnkey project.

Following the Supreme Court’s verdict, the Indian nuclear authorities are announcing various dates to fake-commission the project and trying to protect their own self interests and save the Russians from all the embarrassing and serious charges. Instead of answering the component-relat

The Ministry of Higher Education has temporary suspended Twenty Peradaniya University students to attend lectures for three weeks. Earlier, many students from other universities also faced this suspension and university sources said these punishments are politically motivated.  
'Some suspended students were not in the university when investigated incidents happened' sources further said.  
 

17 year old student in Peradeniya area is reported to have hanged herslf. The investigation carried out into the cause of death said that the deceased had written a letter, No one is responsible for her death. The death body of the deceased is laying in the mortuary of Kandy general hospital and autopsy is due to be conducted on 8th of May 2013.

While claiming that the number of troops deployed in the Jaffna peninsula had been drastically reduced, the Army emphasised the necessity of maintaining the required number of troops in the peninsula on the grounds of national security.

This was revealed by Jaffna Security Forces (SF-J) Commander Major general Mahinda Hathurusinghe during a meeting with the German ambassador in Colombo Dr. Morhard, who was in Jaffna on Friday.

A draft proposal to address Tamil issues is to be formulated by a three member Tamil political party committee, it was decided at a meeting between Tamil political parties held in Mannar.

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and the Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) attended the meeting together with civil society representatives.

At that meting it was decided that a three member committee will  be appointed to formulate a draft proposal to address some of the Tamil concerns.

Former LTTE arms procurer Kumaran Pathmanathan also known as KP said that reducing the army presence in the war-hit areas in the country and introducing civil administration would help improve the living conditions of the people there.

“The army’s presence enhances safety at one level, but also intimidates people,” he told the Hindu newspaper in an interview.

He also said that in the 1970s, Tamil politicians brainwashed youngsters like him into joining the Tamil cause, he says the recent student pro

The Cabinet subcommittee appointed to look into the halal issue will submit its final report to Cabinet soon, head of the committee and senior Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake said.

He said the report is almost complete and once finalized it will be presented to Cabinet to decide on the next step.

Committee member, Minister A.H.M Fowzie meanwhile said that a final round of discussions will be held by the committee before the report is completed and handed over to Cabinet.

Gunasunderam Jeyasunderam, a suspected LTTE member who was taken into custody by the Terrorist Investigation Division of Sri Lanka during the year 2007 has revealed that he was a classmate of LTTE Leader V. Prabhakaran and supported the outfit through various means.

Jeyasunderam making a statement in the courts on the 10th of May 2013 has revealed that he helped the LTTE  actively while basing himself in Singapore and Malaysia.

The saga of Azath Salley’s arrest and detention and very much subsequently, his release on Friday, has once again brought the reviled Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) under critical scrutiny, renewing the clamour for its abrogation.

The Act, which saw passage in Parliament  in 1979 as the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act No. 48 of 1979, and subsequently  amended by Act Nos. 10 of 1982 and 22 of 1988,  has since its inception, been used and abused by successive governments to stifle disse

A bus fare hike due by July, soon after the electricity price hike, has left commuters angry and frustrated. Buddhika Attapattu, 40, a government sector employee from Gampaha and father of two, said a bus fare hike would be very difficult to accommodate after the string of other recent price hikes. “The fare hikes will hit those of us who travel long distances the hardest. It is unfair to increase the bus fares right after the electricity tariff increase,” he said.