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| Sri Lanka’s Genocide: Major Cover-Up Must Be Exposed |
| 2013-03-28 |
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This article aims to show that Genocide allegations made against the Rajapaksa Government are well founded and there is a major cover-up on going that must be exposed. The Indian Government (UPA) must accede to the demands of the protesting students and support an essentially Indian call for an International Genocide Probe on Sri Lanka. The UPA must come clean and reveal its own involvement in the Eelam war.
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| BBC suspends broadcast |
| 2013-03-28 |
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BBC World Service has suspended all its broadcasts in Sri Lanka due to “continued interruption and interference” in its Tamil programming.
“We regret the disruption in service to our loyal audiences in Sri Lanka, but such targeted interference in our programmes is a serious breach of trust with those audiences, which the BBC cannot allow,” said Peter Horrocks, World Service director.
Both English language and Tamil services broadcast via the Sri Lankan Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) will be
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| Sri Lanka's HR situation not on Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group agenda, says Secretariat |
| 2013-03-28 |
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Sri Lanka’s human rights situation will not be on the agenda of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) meeting shceduled for next month said the Commonwealth Secretariat.
Some countries tried to include Sri Lanka on the agenda citing its poor rights record and to push for a change of venue for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in November.
A Spokesman for Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma told reporters that CHOGM 2013 will be held in Sri Lanka as scheduled.
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| Sri Lanka disappointed with mixing of politics and sports |
| 2013-03-28 |
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The mixing of politics and sports is “very unfortunate”, Sri Lanka’s high commissioner to India Prasad Kariyawasam said on Tuesday.
His statement followed Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa’s letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asking for the exclusion of Sri Lankan players from the Indian Premeir League (IPL) matches in Chennai.
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| US says it worked with India on resolution |
| 2013-03-28 |
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The United States has worked with India throughout the process on the US-sponsored resolution on Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Commission (UNHRC), Obama Administration’s point man on South Asia has said.
“We worked very closely with India throughout the process and we indeed welcomed some of the changes that India made,” the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Robert Blake, said.
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| New teachers to be appointed to the Western Province |
| 2013-03-28 |
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The Ministry of Provincial Education has taken to steps to appoint 225 teachers for the Western Province.
The Ministry said that one hundred and sixty eight graduates are from the art field, thirty four from the science stream and thirty five are graduates from the commerce stream.
The appointed teachers have scored in the teachers examination that was held in 2011.
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| Students who passed in 2012 to be enrolled to university before year ends |
| 2013-03-28 |
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The University Grants Commission says, that students who passed the 2012 G.C.E Advanced Level Examinations will be enrolled in universities before the end of this year.
The Chairperson of the University Grants Commission Prof. Kshenika Hirumburegama said, that discussions will be held in this regard with vice chancellors of universities at the end of next month.
She added, that students who passed the already applied for university entrance.
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| Sri Lanka And The UNHRC Resolution: A Paper Tiger? – Analysis |
| 2013-03-28 |
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The 22nd regular session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has successfully adopted a US-sponsored Resolution on “Promoting Reconciliation and Accountability in Sri Lanka” by a vote of 25 in favour, and 8 abstentions. India voted in favour of the resolution for the second consecutive time.
However, India’s vote either in favour or against will hardly make any difference to the plight of Sri Lankan Tamils as the resolution will neither bind nor bite the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL
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| SL not a friend anymore – Tamil Nadu |
| 2013-03-28 |
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With emotions running high in Tamil Nadu over the Sri Lanka issue, the state assembly today adopted a resolution asking the Centre to stop treating Sri Lanka as a friendly country.
The resolution, moved by Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, also demands a referendum on a separate Eelam among Tamils in Sri Lanka. Eelam is the separate homeland Lankan Tamils are seeking.
The resolution also seeks credible international probe into the allegations of genocide of Lankan Tamils in the island nation. It also wants the Centre
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| Unannounced power cuts |
| 2013-03-28 |
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An unannounced power cut in several parts in the Colombo District and its suburbs took place today for the second consecutive day which the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) stated that it was due to ongoing repairs and maintenance work delayed by bad weather conditions.
The power cut mainly took place in Rajagiriya, Battaramulla, Koswatta, Pelawatta, Kaduwela and Nawala. Residents complained that the power cuts took place throughout the day but the CEB stated that the power cuts were reported in the evening only.
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