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| Is anarchy taking over? |
| 2013-01-22 |
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The confusion created by the sacking Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake and installing Mohan Peiris as the new Chief Justice without any consideration for the verdicts of the Appeal Court and Supreme Court, is giving rise to a situation that was seen in the country many years ago? The President proudly stated a few days back that he would not allow the country to be run by ‘chits issued with orders’ as it happened in an earlier era. But that era appears to be returning to the discomfiture of the normal law abiding
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| India must change its Colombo policy, pleads Sri Lankan MP |
| 2013-01-22 |
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A prominent Sri Lankan MP wants India to change its Sri Lanka policy, warning that its hands off attitude was encouraging Colombo from meeting the legitimate political aspirations of the island's Tamil minority.
Suresh Premachandran also said in a telephonic interview that the government of President Mahinda Rajapaksa was not sincere in having a dialogue with the elected leaders of the Tamil community.
"One could understand a certain Sri Lanka policy India followed when the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam)
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| High-level meeting at Moratuwa Uni over clash |
| 2013-01-22 |
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A high-level meeting will be held at the Moratuwa University today (21) to decide on future action against those responsible for the brutal attack in the Engineering Faculty hostel last Wednesday night.
The meeting will be chaired by the Vice Chancellor Prof. Ananda Jayawardena.
The university’s Engineering Faculty and Institute of Technology were closed indefinitely on Thursday in the aftermath of the latest incident, which caused injuries to several students. An engineering undergraduate is still under treatm
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| Explosives at TNA office: TNA MP to be questioned, aide arrested at BIA |
| 2013-01-22 |
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The police arrested Ponnambalam Luxmkanthan, a senior aide to TNA Jaffna District MP S. Sridaran, at the Bandaranaike International Airport, as he was about to board a flight for India.
The suspect, formerly of the LTTE media unit, was wanted for questioning in connection with the recovery of 500 grammes of ‘low’ impact explosives from the TNA political office in Kilinochchi.
The police searched the TNA office in the afternoon of January 12 after arrestung two persons, including a TNA activist allegedly
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| Ambassador to Saudi still serving – Ranjan |
| 2013-01-22 |
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Despite the government claiming to have recalled Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Ahmed Aflal Jawad, as an immediate reaction to the execution of Rizana Nafeek on 9 January, he is still serving in Saudi as the Ambassador, United National Party (UNP) parliamentarian, Ranjan Ramanayake, charged yesterday.
“The Sri Lankan Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Ahmed Jawad has not been recalled and is still serving in that post. This is another big lie by Minister Dilan Perera and the official of the F
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| Auctioning moonstone in UK comes under limelight |
| 2013-01-22 |
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The Sri Lankan High Commission in London is preparing a full report to the Sri Lanka’s Archeological Department about a moonstone similar to those found in the ancient city of Anuradhapura that is to be auctioned in London on April 23rd.
Director General of the Archaeological Department Dr. Senarath Dissanayake said that he had already informed the Sri Lankan High Commission in London and also the External Affairs Ministry about the matter and requested to provide a comprehensive report to find out whether the said moons
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| CASE CLOSED, SL TELLS MISINFORMED OUTSIDERS |
| 2013-01-22 |
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Sri Lanka has sent a strong signal to the international community that the case is closed on what were pending administration of justice issues in Sri Lanka, with the appointment of a new Chief Justice.
Professor G. L. Peiris Minister of External Affairs, has called the Canadian Premier’s call for the reinstatement of the former Chief Justice almost impertinent’ and others such as minister W .D. J Senevitratne, Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs told this newspaper that the new CJ has been appointed
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| Dire warnings! |
| 2013-01-22 |
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The recent spate of incidents, including the impeachment of Chief Justice, Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake, has sent a message to the international community that there is a breakdown in the rule of law in the country and that it would have serious repercussions for Sri Lanka at the upcoming sessions of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Senior Vice Chairman of the United National Party (UNP) Lakshman Kiriella said yesterday.
“Last year, in March 2012, one of the bases on which a resolution was brought agains
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| Non-academics on warpath again |
| 2013-01-22 |
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University non-academics are back on the warpath as the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the National Salaries and Cadre Commission (NSCC) have failed to issue the circulars rectifying the anomalies in their salaries.
Spokesman for the Inter University Trade Union Joint Committee Wijayathilaka Jayasinghe told The Island that their executive committee would meet this week to decide their future course of action.
He said that when they struck in May 2012 the university authorities promised to issue the relevant
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| China donates sports gear to children in North |
| 2013-01-22 |
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The Chinese government has agreed to grant a consignment of sports gear worth Rs. 50 million to the government to be distributed among the children in North.
An official agreement to donate the sports equipment was signed on Saturday with the participation of China’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka Wu Jianghao and External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris at a function held in Temple Trees.
The sports equipment is to be distributed among schools and sports clubs within the Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu Districts.
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