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| President stresses need to foster religious and ethnic harmony |
| 2013-02-27 |
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday stressed the importance of people of different communities and religions forging closer bonds between them. He said all citizens should take the responsibility to promote ethnic and religious harmony.
He was of the view that this type of bond would avert unnecessary problems. The President was speaking at the unveiling of a pinnacle of the newly constructed Dagaba of the Sri Anandaramaya Temple in Keenagahawela, Eheliyagoda.
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| Int’l community duped by pro LTTE groups: Military |
| 2013-02-27 |
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The international community seems to be unaware that it was being deceived by a well thought out strategy of LTTE rump groups, the Military said today.
Military spokesman Ruwan Wanigasooriya said the latest video by London based Channel-4 television station showed that the propaganda machinery of LTTE Rump groups had a dominating influence at the UNHRC.
“This has been the case ever since the end of the Humanitarian Operations in Sri Lanka,” Brigadier Wanigasooriya said.
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| Tamil activists urge India to co-sponsor anti-Lanka resolution |
| 2013-02-27 |
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Tamil rights activists, Sri Lanka, UN Human Rights CouncilNew Delhi: Tamil rights activists on Tuesday urged India to co-sponsor a US resolution against Sri Lanka in the forthcoming session of United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva and make it stronger.
UK-based British Tamil Forum (BTF)and Tamils Against Genocide (TAG), a US-based Tamil advocacy group, today said that they hope India will not only co-sponsor the US based resolution but also bring out a stronger resolution.
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| Govt should issue Halal certificates - ACJU |
| 2013-02-27 |
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The All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU) said today that the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) should take full responsibility for the issuing of the Halal Certificates (HC) of the country, by creating an action plan similar to that followed in countries such as Thailand and Singapore.
Addressing the media in Colombo, ACJU President M.I.M. Rizwe said, “To avoid continuous debate on this sensitive issue which could threaten the peaceful coexistence of the people of this country, we suggest that the GoSL take over the process
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| DIG’s son speaks of assault |
| 2013-02-27 |
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The condition of the son of DIG Ravi Waidyalankara, Asela Waidyalankara is currently reported to be stable and he is undergoing treatment at a leading private hospital in Colombo.
Asela Waidyalankara, son of DIG Ravi Waidyalankara speaking to Daily Mirror said two Police officers in uniform who were on duty and had intervened during the assault were also allegedly assaulted by the gang which comprised the son of Minister Maithripala Sirisena.
Police sources in Kalkudah confirmed that two Police officers who were on d
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| TAMIL NADU CHIEF MINISTER JAYALALITHAA ON THE WARPATH AGAINST |
| 2013-02-27 |
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Jayaram who will be celebrating her 65th Birthday tomorrow February 24th is once again on the warpath against Sri Lanka.
According to Indian newspaper reports the actress turned politician has announced that Tamil Nadu would not host the 20th Asian Athletics Championships scheduled to be held in the State in July.
Ms. Jayalalithaa said her government has written to the AAA, seeking the exclusion of the Sri Lankan contingent from the event in view of the Sri Lankan govern
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| Living Under Murderers In A Savage Land ? |
| 2013-02-27 |
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Topping this week’s news was the heartrending photograph of 12-year-old Balachandran, showing that he was in army custody before being murdered. The Sinhalese are rightly upset about the CJ’s impeachment and the Matale massacres. Yet the absence of an equally loud protest in the face of mounting evidence of Tamil deaths in Mullivaikal seems proof that we are two divided peoples. Yet there is hope for us in that it was Sinhalese who released the photo.
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| Palestine, a steadfast friend of Sri Lanka |
| 2013-02-27 |
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The State of Palestine appreciates the consistent goodwill and support it has received from Sri Lanka throughout its struggle for international recognition, and should always be counted on as a steadfast friend of Sri Lanka, President Mahmoud Abbas of the State of Palestine told External Affairs Minister Professor G L Peiris in Ramallah on Sunday.
Minister Peiris expressed the Sri Lankan government’s pleasure with the adoption of the historic resolution on enhancement of the status of Palestine in the United Nations and
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| UNP asks where subsidised fertilizer has gone |
| 2013-02-27 |
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The UNP yesterday alleged that there was a massive scam involving the fertiliser subsidy. It asked whether the subsidised fertiliser distributed to local farmers had ended up in paddy fields in some other country.
Colombo District UNP MP Ravi Karunanayake said yesterday: "There is a massive scam somewhere. The fertilizer subsidy has risen threefold over the years, but the output has not been increasing proportionately and is almost the same. This begs the question as to whether the subsidised fertilizers went into paddy f
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| Sri Lanka describes hacking incident as 'cyber terrorism' |
| 2013-02-27 |
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Sri Lanka today described hacking of the ministry of media and information's website as an act of "cyber terrorism".
"We see this as an act of cyber terrorism," Secretary to the Ministry of Media Charitha Herath said while describing it as the work of the LTTE rump living overseas.
The unidentified hackers yesterday on the ministry's website uploaded a link to an Australian Broadcasting Corp report on atrocities during the final stages of Sri Lanka's conflict against Tamil Tigers in 20
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