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| Nimal Siripala warns racism could be Lanka’s undoing |
| 2013-01-30 |
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Irrigation and Water Resources Minister, Nimal Siripala de Silva said last week that racism was an unpleasant thing which would lead the nation towards degeneration of human qualities and destruction. It would neither pay good dividends nor bring prosperity to the nation.
The ultimate goal of racism would be complete segregation of the communities and cause hostility among them. If the country was devoid of racism, all the communities would be able live in harmony and peaceful co-existence could be achieved, he said at t
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| Asylum seekers drown on way to Australia |
| 2013-01-30 |
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At least two Sri Lankan asylum seekers have died and a third is missing after their boat smashed into rocks off the coast of Central Java as they made their way to Australia.
Twenty survivors, including a four-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl, were on Tuesday being held on the island of Nusa Kambangan near the coastal town of Cilacap.
Another two survivors had been taken to a hospital in Cilacap for treatment.
The group is believed to have left Sri Lanka for Australia about two months ago, and was about
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| A smaller delegation to UNHRC – Amunugama |
| 2013-01-30 |
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The Sri Lankan delegation to the UNHRC would be a smaller group compared to the number that went last year, said External Affairs Ministry Secretary, K. Amunugama.
He, however, added the government has not as yet decided on the composition of the delegation to Geneva to represent Sri Lanka at the UNHRC sessions in March.
Sri Lanka has addressed many of the LLRC recommendations and will... ...address more of them in the coming weeks, before the Geneva meeting, the Secretary said.
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| Four NDT students identified over attack on engineering faculty hostel |
| 2013-01-30 |
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Four students following the National Diploma in Technology course were yesterday indentified at an identification parade held over the attack carried out on the engineering students’ hostel of the Moratuwa University on January 16.
The Moratuwa Magistrate ordered the remanding of four students of the University’s Institute of Technology until Feb. 01, when they were produced before him after the identification.
Inspector Chammika Sampath of the Moratuwa Police said that four students were arrested last w
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| 'India's role crucial to save SL at UNHRC' – Paikiasothy |
| 2013-01-30 |
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India's role will be crucial to Sri Lanka when it comes to the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG), the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2013 and the UN Human Rights Council sessions in Geneva in March, Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, speaking to Ceylon Today, said.
"It is very likely that there will be another resolution in March, (in Geneva), and with strong language in these circumstances. Once again, India's role will be important," he said.
"At the Huma
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| Students in the dark about aptitude tests |
| 2013-01-30 |
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Students who had qualified to enter university are deprived of the opportunity to do so as the universities are yet to inform them of the aptitude examinations that are conducted prior to them being admitted, and sitting this exam is a prerequisite to university admission, teachers' and students' unions claimed yesterday.
The Ceylon Teachers' Service Union (CTSU) said students who are hoping to join the Uva-Wellassa University are unable to do so as they are not aware as to when the aptitude tests will be conducted
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| Amputation of Law student’s forearm: Ministry calls for bed head ticket |
| 2013-01-30 |
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Director General Health Services (DGHS) Dr. Palitha Mahipala has issued instructions to the Matara General Hospital (MGH) Director Dr. Samindi Samarakoon to obtain the bed head ticket (BHT) of the final year law student, whose left forearm was amputated due to alleged medical negligence at the hospital.
The spokesman for the Health Ministry said yesterday that Dr. Mahipala was of the opinion that the BHT would be an important piece of evidence in the probe being carried out, into the unfortunate incident, by the Health Ministr
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| Bodu Bala Sena regrets acts committed by others in its name |
| 2013-01-30 |
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The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) organisation yesterday said that an organised group of extremists, with the intention of tarnishing its name, had carried out attacks on Muslims at several places in the country.
"We want to ensure the harmony of Sri Lanka’s traditional Muslim and Sinhala people, but an organised small group is trying to tarnish our image by committing provocative acts in the name of the Bodu Bala Sena," BBS leader Ven. Kirama Vimalajothi thera told a press conference in Colombo yesterday.
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| Pillay And Kshenuka Statements: National And International Interventions |
| 2013-01-30 |
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Last week the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanetham Pillay, issued a critical statement by Sri Lanka. Unusually for the Ministry of External Affairs, there was a forceful rebuttal of this, written by the Acting Secretary, Ms Kshenuka Seneviratne.
I have been a strong proponent of prompt rebuttals of unfair criticism, but the Ministry had seemed to disapprove of this position. Often through former diplomats, as well as journalists connected to Ministry personnel, it claimed that Dayan Jayatilleka and I
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| Suspicion over alleged suicide |
| 2013-01-30 |
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The sister of the housemaid said that she suspects the cause of the death of her sister who is alleged to have committed suicide.
The deceased housemaid. R.R.M Anupama(29) of Madampe had been employed in Dubai for over 6 years.
It was earlier reprted that the housemaid had jumped from the apartment complex to her death after an augument with her lover.
However the sister denied the maid having any issue that would lead to sucide.
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