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| Prevention of Terrorism Act is inappropriate - Jaffna University Science Teachers' Association |
| 2012-12-09 |
Issuing a letter to President Mahinda Rajapksa the Jaffna University Science Teachers' Association notes that the prevention of terrorism act is inappropriate when dealing with incidents which are political in nature.
The university teachers wrote the letter to the President in-order to draw his attention towards the current situation in Jaffna and the incidents which have taken place in the recent past centreing the Jaffna University.
The Jaffna University Science Teachers' Ass
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| Moves To Block Grave Probe? |
| 2012-12-09 |
Investigations into the skeletal remains found at a mass grave in Matale took a new twist last week amidst claims of attempts to suppress the truth.The Consultant Judicial Medical Officer of the Matale District Hospital, Dr Ajith Jayasena insisted that claims the skeletons dated back 40 years was ‘a lie’.
His comments follow strong suspicions that the skeletons are the remains of youth killed during the 1989 JVP insurrection.
The residents of Matale claimed that there were army camps and torture chambers in
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| Government Regrets Comments By Mannar Bishop |
| 2012-12-09 |
The government last week expressed regret over the statements made by the Bishop of Mannar, Rayappu Joseph, regarding Sri Lankan asylum seekers heading to Australia.
The Bishop had appealed to the Australian government to halt the deportation of Tamil asylum-seekers from the north and east of the country, warning that returnees face intimidation and harassment by security forces.
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| ‘We Dont Want Military Rule in any Part of the Country. We want Civilian Rule’ |
| 2012-12-09 |
The other issue is also one of great concern to us, that of military rule. The Hon. Member was heard to talk of the Rule of Law. We don’t want military rule in any part of the country. Be it LTTE rule or even Sri Lankan Army rule. We want civilian rule.
We don’t want the Army rule, but there is a military rule that is being imposed upon our people and that is to be avoided.
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| Maid attempts suicide: |
| 2012-12-09 |
A Sri Lankan housemaid tried in vain to commit suicide in her sponsor’s house at Sabahiya area.
Reportedly, employer of the maid yelled at her because the children went out to the streets and the maid could not react to her mistress, so she rushed to the kitchen and took a quantity of pills in an attempt to commit suicide.
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| More asylum seekers deported from the UK |
| 2012-12-08 |
Another twenty nine Sri Lankans who sought political asylum in Britain were deported back to the Island accompanied by British Immigration/Emigration and police officers yesterday morning.
After the rejection of their applications for refugee status they were kept in several migrant refugee camps before being sent back on a special chartered flight from Heathrow airport under strict security.
British High Commission and the United Nations International Organisation for migrants had medi
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| Rail Crossings Or Death Traps? |
| 2012-12-08 |
Thilani’s School Friends
Last week the nation was taken aback by the death of six people at an unprotected railway crossing at Ambanpola. A three-wheeler carrying seven persons collided with an oncoming train travelling from Colombo to Vavuniya at the railway crossing at Kirimatiyana. Six people died on the spot and one person was injured in the accident.
Accidents at unprotected level crossings have become a norm in Sri Lanka. Last month alone there have been five accidents killing eleven people and injuring thre
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| TNA not for total withdrawal of army from N-E |
| 2012-12-07 |
In an attitude of moderation, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) told Parliament yesterday that it was wrong to assume that the party wanted the armed forces out of the North and the East.
TNA leader R. Sampanthan who participated in the committee stage debate of the Defence Ministry said his party only wanted the armed forces to be present in these areas but without any adverse impact on the day to day lives of civilians.
“We don’t want the armed forces stationed there to su
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| Access to water a human right |
| 2012-12-08 |
As hundreds made their way to the Fort Railway station on Wednesday led by the Movement to Protect the Rights of People to Water to petition a tax on water under a proposed series of amendments to the Water Resources Board Act of 1964. Water Resources Board sources retaliated denying there was any firm decision on taxing people for water.
“It has all been a misunderstanding,” Water Resources Board (WRB) General Manager R.S. Wijesekera told The Nation. “We are not going to ask people to pay a tax for water and th
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