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| Controversial Sri Lankan Buddhist organization to set up branch in the North |
| 2013-04-16 |
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Controversial Sri Lankan Buddhist organization, the Bodhu Bala Sena plans to set up a branch in the Northern Province.
The organization has said that it plans to set up an office in Jaffna and will hold an initial discussion on the matter this week.
Executive Committee member of Bodhu Bala Sena, Dilantha Withanage told the media that the move is aimed at building trust between the Sinhala and Tamil communities in the country.
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| Over 70 Sri Lankans being detained in Dammam |
| 2013-04-16 |
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Around been arrested by the Saudi Arabian Police are being detained at the 91 camps in Dammam.
These Sri Lankans have been arrested for remaining in Saudi Arabia illegally, without visas.
The Sri Lankan detainees at the ninety one camps said that they are greatly inconvenienced due to the lack of facilities at the camp.
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| Alleged inhumane treatment in Saudi - 72 Sri Lankans return |
| 2013-04-16 |
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The and were subject to inhumane treatment arrived in the country this morning.
The Deputy General Manager of the Bureau of Foreign Employment Mangala Randeniya said that the employees who were working in Saudi, Kuwait and Qatar who were under the Custody of the High Commission in Saudi Arabia arrived on Monday.
Mangala Randeniya also said that the crew consisting of 72 women from Kuwait, 16 from Qatar and twenty two from Saudi Arabia will be given compensation relief an
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| Asylum boat intercepted near Broome |
| 2013-04-16 |
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Australian authorities have intercepted a suspected asylum seeker boat near Broome, a week after another boat managed to reach Western Australia's Geraldton port.
HMAS Ararat, with the help of the WA police vessel Delphinus, found the boat with on Sunday.
Some have been taken to Broome for medical treatment, Customs and Border Protection said on Monday.
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| Warnings over ongoing political repression in Sri Lanka |
| 2013-04-16 |
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The United States has warned that Sri Lanka risks sliding back into conflict unless the political repression of its Tamil community ends.
Warnings over ongoing political repression in Sri Lanka (Credit: ABC)
There have been fresh attacks on media outlets across the country.
Arsonists struck a newspaper office in the northern city of Jaffna over the weekend - the fifth attack on the media since January.
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| Arson against Sri Lanka paper targets Tamil vote |
| 2013-04-16 |
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Sri Lanka’s main Tamil party accused the government yesterday of attacking the biggest opposition newspaper in an attempt to silence its political rivals ahead of key local council elections.
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA), which represents minority ethnic Tamils, said Saturday’s torching of the Uthayan newspaper presses added to a “fear psychosis” among the population in the northern district of Jaffna.
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| On BBS Claim: Get Ready To Celebrate Vesak At Kuragala |
| 2013-04-16 |
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Qutub Muhiyuddin Abdul Qadir Jailani, also known as Ghouse-e Azam, is one of the greatest scholars in Islamic history held in very high esteem by Muslims throughout the Middle East ,Pakistan, India, Bangladesh,Sri Lanka, Malaysia and even as far as Indonesia.
In view of his extreme piety, depth of knowledge, simple life and miracles performed and other such noble qualities some call him a saint while others describe him as the saint of all saints.
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| Matale Mass Grave: What We Need Is To Bridle The Rogue State |
| 2013-04-16 |
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I was provoked to write this after seeing the JVP’s ardent reaction on Matale Mass Grave. They, by holding a media conference (on 10th April 2013) where several relatives of the alleged disappeared in 88-89 era also participated, announced two things. One was that the justice should be done for those who were extra judicially killed in that gruesome period. The other was that they are focusing on taking legal actions on this even though the existing legal framework is not up to the expected level of standard in its independence to
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| Sri Lanka’s Human Skills Gap |
| 2013-04-16 |
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There are some macro numbers relating to Sri Lanka’s educational attainments and human development which should surely please everyone. The country’s literacy ratio at 92 out of 100 on average is on par with any developed country. There is a wide-spread school system with a school in every 6.5 square kilometres of land.
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| Police in Sri Lanka show their true saffron colours |
| 2013-04-16 |
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Lest we forget, the Sri Lankan police, who act under the orders and protection of the Ministry of Defence, are far from doyens of impartiality.
A few weeks ago, we noted that ”it is quite clear that four policemen, no more than from and staring directly into the face of the Buddhist “monk” who is engaged in destroying private property isn’t quite enough these days for an arrest to be made”. There is evidence, from no less than the Government’s Minister for Justice himself, that t
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