The Ceylon Teachers' Union (CTU) and the Independent Educational Employees Union (IEEU) have lodged a complaint with the HRC against the killing of two school students by the Army in Weliweriya during an attack on civilians who were protesting demanding clean drinking water.

General Secretary of the CTU, Joseph Stalin said that both unions had written and handed in their letters to the Commission.

Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) parliamentarian Eran Wickramaratne says that Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) scheduled to be held in Colombo this November will cost the country its hard earned dollars with a poor return on investment.

He observed that additional taxes will be inevitable to fund the CHOGM expenditure.

While some argue that the expenditure on CHOGM would be an investment, it would be good if the returns on this investment could be articulated by the governme

Many local and international human rights and religious organizations have strongly condemned the Weliweriya army attack.
Asian human rights commission says that the soldiers who had come to preserve peace upon orders of senior officers, have been acting as "low level criminals".

The AHRC further say that if the commander in chief of the army does not take any step to bring the officers who commanded this assault and those who executed it before a Court martial, then their "judgements" cannot be trusted

The Ministry of Health has decided to request the media to suspend publishing or broadcasting advertisements of milk powder.

Health Ministry Secretary Dr. Palitha Mahipala said the reason was in order to ensure the wrong message does not reach the consumer following recent developments over some imported milk powder brands.

He said that accordingly all media heads, both print and electronic, have been requested to comply with the directive.

Ravindu Gunawardena, the son of former DIG Vass Gunawardena, was arrested by the police today.

He was arrested over the case involving the murder of a Muslim businessman in which his father is also a suspect.

Solomon Islands Permanent Representative to the United Nations Collin Beck says the country has a lot to learn from the experience of Sri Lanka as the two countries formally established diplomatic relations last month.

Ambassador Beck and his Sri Lankan counterpart, Dr Palitha Kohona had recently signed a Joint Communiqué on behalf the two countries in New York, a Solomon Islands government statement said.

Ambassador Beck expressed Solomon Islands’ interest in learning more about Sri Lanka and capitalizin

 Archbishop of Colombo  Malcom Cardinal Ranjith has  condemned the recent incident that took place in Rathupaswela, Weliveriya where the hundreds of civilians were attacked during a protest demonstration demanding for pure drinking water.
 The archbishop also conveyed his condolences to the families of those who have lost their children and who have been affected.

Colombo District JVP parliamentarian Sunil Handunnetti told a media conference yesterday that the Army Spokesman issued a statement after the incident that there was a third party at Weliweriya in addition to the police and army.

He accused the Military Spokesman of becoming a part of ruling UPFA’s agenda as he was issuing statements on the Weliweriya incident to cover up the government’s failure to provide villagers with drinking water.

Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe demanded that the Government reveals why the military was deployed to quell a public demonstration instead of police riot teams, and blamed the incumbent regime for grossly mismanaging the issue and allowing it to spiral into a full-fledged war.  Making a special statement in Parliament yesterday,
He charged that the routine protocols that should be adopted in controlling crowds of demonstrators had been abandoned in favour of a military solution.

Federation of University Teachers’ Associations (FUTA) yesterday blamed the Colombo University administration for the delay in approving a seminar scheduled for last Friday.

FUTA President Dr. Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri told The Island that the History Department of the Colombo University’s Arts Faculty planned to hold a discussion and seminar on the 13th Amendment to the Constitution last week.

They planned to hold the seminar with the participation of Technology and Research Minister Patali Champika