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| High time to regulate medical sector |
| 2013-02-18 |
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Two incidents of alleged medical negligence shocked the country in the past few weeks and highlight the need to focus attention on the many malpractices in the medical sector, both by medical professionals and in hospitals.
In the first incident, a young law student had to have her arm amputated. A final determination on the cause for the amputation is still being awaited but initial findings of a specialist committee suggested medical negligence.
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| UNP looks for No. 2, Govt. braces for Geneva |
| 2013-02-18 |
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Small kids welcoming the President Rajapaksa with traditional shower of flowers at the Muththumari Amman Kovil, Karinagar in Jaffna Small kids welcoming the President Rajapaksa with traditional shower of flowers at the Muththumari Amman Kovil, Karinagar in Jaffna Pic by Chandana Perera
President Mahinda Rajapaksa successfully concluded his visit to Thirupathi and Gaya in India last week. While the Sri Lankan media highlighted agitation campaigns led by Vaiko and Karunanidhi, Indian media focused interesting topic. They reporte
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| The Heat Is On For Rajapaksa Govt |
| 2013-02-18 |
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SL canvassing for support at CMAG
RAW Chief meets President with strong messagePresident Mahinda Rajapaksa and his government are now facing pressure from ‘sleeping giant’ India with a little over a week for the commencement of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions in Geneva.India that has remained silent, in relation to Sri Lanka, in the past few months has now started to send some warning signals to Colombo that its actions and statements are being closely monitored.
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| President orders probe on attack on Leader journalist |
| 2013-02-17 |
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa has ordered a special investigation into the shooting incident involving The Sunday Leader journalist Faraz Shauketaly, President’s spokesman Mohan Samaranayake said.
The IGP had been instructed to appoint a team to investigate the incident.
Shauketaly was shot at by a group of unidentified men in his house at hotel road in Mount Lavinia last night.
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| Police probe shooting of Sri Lankan journalist |
| 2013-02-17 |
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The Sri Lankan police on Saturday launched investigations into the shooting of a journalist attached to a leading independent newspaper.
Police spokesperson Priyashantha Jayakody said that the journalist, Faraz Shauketaly was injured after being shot at by unidentified gunmen at his house in Colombo, late on Friday night.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa had also called for a special investigation into the shooting incident involving the journalist attached to the Sunday Leader newspaper.
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| State Sovereignty And The United Nations Organization |
| 2013-02-17 |
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The President in his Independence speech has stated that the UNO is violating the sovereignty of individual states. But the UNO has come a long way since the original Declaration in 1948 and his Advisers don’t seem to have briefed him on the present status of the UN. Then the emphasis was on preventing wars between States. The UNO is committed to maintaining peace between States. One of its earliest attempts was to have a UN mission to monitor the line of control frontier between the Arab States and Israel and in Kashmir between In
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| I say that Jayasundera is a puppet of the IMF, says Weerawansa |
| 2013-02-17 |
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'A cess was imposed on coconuts, the cabinet paper was tabled in cabinet. The ministers decided that a final decision should be taken after discussions with coconut producers. The cabinet made this decision on Thursday morning. In the evening the Secretary to the Ministry of Finance had imposed the cess. Where is the need for a cabinet? A mafia of officials who are economic assassins, are sucking this country dry. To strategically bring down the economy he has said that the IMF will not give funds. I say that Jayasundera is a p
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| Sri Lankan journalist shot in his home overnight (CNN) |
| 2013-02-17 |
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A few days ago, strangers appeared at the door of a Sri Lankan investigative journalist when he wasn't home, asking questions about him.
Just before midnight Friday, three men stormed Faraz Shaukatally's house as he slept, police said.
One of them shot him.
Journalists face heavy intimidation in Sri Lanka, according to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, which has called the island nation a "highly restrictive and dangerous nation for the press."
Shaukatally survived
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| Sri Lankan military inquiry says army did not shell civilians |
| 2013-02-17 |
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Sri Lankan President and Finance Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa (2nd L) waves to the media as he leaves the parliament complex after presenting the national budget proposal for year 2013 in Sri Lankan military investigators said on Friday that the army did not shell civilians as it crushed a Tamil rebellion, refuting international allegations of human rights atrocities.
Rights groups say the Sri Lankan military killed thousands of ethnic minority Tamil civilians in the shrinking territory held by rebels of the Liberation Tigers of
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| Sri Lanka blames LTTE for civilian casualties during war |
| 2013-02-17 |
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Sri Lanka, LTTE, LLRC, Sri Lanka Civil War, Tamil Tigers, Sri Lanka Tamil minority, Sri Lanka Government, Sri Lanka Army, Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission, Mahinda Rajapaksa
Sri Lanka blames LTTE for civilian casualties during warSri Lanka’s Army on Friday blamed the LTTE rebels for the thousands of civilian deaths during the last phase of the brutal 26-year-old civil war that ravaged the country.
Sri Lanka tried to wash its hands off the issue by saying that “ill-trained” LTTE rebels may hav
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