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| Tamils in Northern Sri Lanka protest against Muslim Minister |
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Members of Sri Lanka's major Tamil party Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and the Tamil community in the northern town Vavuniya have staged a protest today against a Muslim government minister.
The Tamil community in Vavuniya is carrying out a protest march today against Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiyutheen alleging that the Minister only serves the Muslim community.
They have taken to the streets to protest the Minister Bathiyutheen's alleged bias towards the Muslim community.
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| US to bring a fresh resolution against Sri Lanka |
| 2013-01-31 |
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The United States will bring a fresh resolution to the UN Human Rights Council in a bid to force Sri Lanka to deliver on promises to probe its troops for war crimes.
The U.S. recognised Sri Lanka has made some progress since the previous US-led censure of Sri Lanka at the March 2012 UNHRC sessions in Geneva, but Washington believed more needed to be done.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State James Moore said the US has decided to sponsor a procedural resolution against Sri Lanka at the March 2013 sessions of the UNHR
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| US delegation in key talks with Basil and G.L |
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A visiting US State Department delegation has had key discussions with Economic Affairs Minister Basil Rajapaksa and External Affairs Minister G.L Peiris today, the External Affairs Ministry said.
An official at the Ministry told the Colombo Gazette that the meetings, one which was held in the morning and the other in the afternoon, touched on the progress on implementing the recommendations of the Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission (LRRC).
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| Amputated Achala determined to pursue studies |
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The final-year law student Achala Priyadharashini, who lost an arm due to medical negligence, told Daily Mirror today that she wanted to pursue her career in law and that she had to make many sacrifices to gain admission to the university.
Achala lost her left arm due to alleged medical negligence by her surgeon. She was initially admitted to the Matara hospital for treatment to an injury on the wrist. She was thereafter admitted to the Colombo National Hospital where her arm was amputated because the injury turned septic.
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| Skills development should be part of school curriculum – UN Expert |
| 2013-01-31 |
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Skills development should be included in the school’s curriculum from Grade I, Youth Development Expert, attached to the United Nations, Ravi Karkara said yesterday.
Karkara who is on a short visit to Sri Lanka, yesterday met officials of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Skills Developmen including the Chairman of National Institute of Business Management and Vice Chancellor of the University of Vocational Technology, Working Director of the National Youth Services Council Milinda Rajapaksha at the Ministry.
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| Buddhism and Blood Ivory |
| 2013-01-31 |
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Sri Lanka customs confiscated blood ivory from Kenya last year. The tusks were being smuggled to Dubai from Kenya. The tusks weighting over 1, been valued over Rs 400 million. More than 200 African elephants had been massacred to obtain these tusks.
The Presidential Secretariat has decided to donate these poached tusks to the Dalada Maligawa and many other Buddhist temples.
Buddhism teaches essentials, very specially to abandon evil and to do good ,to purify the mind and also emphasize the value of human
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| Silva Desecrates Sacred Kelaniya |
| 2013-01-31 |
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Dr Mervyn Silva, Prasanna Ranaweera, Brothel houses in the guise of restaurants and Owned by Singappuru Sarath any illegal meat is avaiable here and liquor is sold even on poya days with the blessings of the Kelaniya Police
The sacred city of Kelaniya has become a haven for drug peddlers, extortionists, prostitution, intimidators and murderers, says Prasanna Ranaweera, Chairman, Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha.
According to Ranaweera, the main causes for the desecration in the electorates is the notorious Silva.
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| Our support for local NGOs is ‘quite transparent’: U.S. envoy Michele Sison |
| 2013-01-31 |
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The United States’ support for non-governmental organisations (NGO) in Sri Lanka is “quite transparent”, said U.S .Ambassador Michele Sison last week, responding to allegations that NGOs funded by Western governments were conspiring to topple the regime in Sri Lanka.�
The US Ambassador making a speech at Matara
In an exclusive interview with the Sunday Times, Ambassador Sison added that the U.S. stands by concerns it raised in recent weeks, including the impeachment of Chief Justice Dr Shirani Ban
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| HR vetting for Lankan military to undergo US training |
| 2013-01-31 |
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All security forces personnel opting for military training programmes in the US are expected to undergo ‘human rights vetting’ by the US defense authorities. Those against whom ‘credible reports of human rights violations’ have been filed would not be in a position to obtain such training, the local media were told on Monday, at a ‘round table’ discussion with a group of visiting top US government officials.
The officials were responding to a query by the media as to what the factual positio
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| NDT to be relocated at Homagama |
| 2013-01-31 |
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The Moratuwa University said it would relocate the National Diploma in Technology (NDT) programme to a new location in Homagama.
This step is being taken to prevent further friction between student groups in the university following a recent attack which left some students critically injured and university facilities severely damaged.
Some attacked students of the Moratuwa University Engineering Faculty on January 16 leading to the Engineering Faculty coming to a standstill.
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