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Friday, April 6, 2012

Bandula making arbitrary decisions - Stalin ( Ceylon teachers Union)

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The Ceylon Teachers Union (CTU) yesterday (05) accused the Education Ministry of making arbitrary decisions with regard to education.

French push to pursue probe on killing of 17 Aid workers .

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The French Embassy has taken fresh diplomatic initiatives  in pursuing the case regarding the killing of 17 workers attached to the French b...

Govt. failed post war SL –TNA

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The Tamil community in Sri Lanka should be integrated into the Sri Lankan nation and not be assimilated, said TNA Leader R. Sampanthan.

University dons claim new circular violates academic freedom

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University teachers yesterday accused the government of violating their academic freedom through a new circular prohibiting State sector off...

Parliament to decide LLRC implementation - Media Minister

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Government is committed to implement Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) recommendations deemed acceptable to Sri Lanka but ...

Lawless Sri Lanka

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Tisaranee Gunasekara  Why do you allow these men who are in power to rob you step by step, openly and in secret, of one domain of your righ...

Horrible rise of disappearances in post-war Sri Lanka continues unabated

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 Watch Dog Twenty nine disappearances (including an attempted abduction) have been reported in Sri Lankan media between February and March ...

I.C.J Writes to Justice Minister Hakeem on protection to victims of crime and witnesses

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This is the text of letter sent by International Commission of Jurists in association with the Law and Society Trust in Colombo to Justice m...

Buddhist Stupa to become ‘cultural landmark’ of Jaffna harbour

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A massive Buddhist Stupa that is being constructed at the Beach Road of Jaffna harbour by the occupying Sinhala military will be the new ‘cu...

SL Army restricts NGO movement in Batticaloa district

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The occupying Sri Lanka Army has imposed restrictions on the movement of Non Governmental Organizations to Paduvaankarai from Batticaloa via...

A popular Colombo Tamil businessman Sinagnanam Ravichandan gone missing

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The latest victim in the long cruel series of crimes of abductions and persons gone missing under the MaRa regime administration is Sivagnan...

Army Restricts Kankamigai Amman in Kilinochhci from regular Street Procession - GTN Reporter

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The street procession of the Amman which takes place along the normal route hitherto taken has been restricted this time. The street process...
Thursday, April 5, 2012

Non-communal voters of North must be given leadership - Defence Secy

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It should be a priority of the state to ensure that communal politics are removed from Northern politics, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapa...

COPE concerned over lack of supervision by Treasury

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The Parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) yesterday expressed concern over the supervision of public enterprises by the Treas...

Factual Supplement to the Report to Congress on Measures Taken by the Government of Sri Lanka and International Bodies To Investigate and Hold Accountable Violators of International Humanitarian and Human Rights

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 Office of Global Criminal Justice /April 4, 2012 This factual supplement explains, in greater detail, issues of international humanitarian...

Measures Taken by the Government of Sri Lanka and International Bodies To Investigate and Hold Accountable Violators of International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law

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Office of Global Criminal Justice, US Dept of State April 4, 2012 This report is submitted pursuant to the Conference Report (H. Conf. Rep...

Christian Council urge to implement LLRC .

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The National Christian Council today urged the Government to fully implement the LLRC recommendations.  The statement issued by the NCC sai...
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

White van abduction in Grandpass - Mano

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A 45 year old man has been abducted by a white van in Nawa Kelanipura also known as ‘Tamil Nadu’ in the Grandpass police zone today, The Dem...

To protect human rights I will go to any where not only to Geneva, - MR in 1992

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To be a Dharmasoka or a Mugabe? Decision up to president – Mangala  Noting that both the Rajapaksa administration and the nation are now at...

Halt the Slander Campaign Against Sri Lanka’s Journalist Union Leader

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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins partners and affiliates in condemning a campaign of slander and vilification that ha...

Sri Lanka hid vital information, ran into brick wall: legislator

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Sri Lanka has suppressed information, ignored warnings from independent analysts, manipulated data and markets until the economy ran into ...

Don't implement the LLRC report in full - Nalin de Silva

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Nalin de Silva The UNHRC wants Sri Lanka to implement the LLRC report and to monitor the implementation. The UNP shouts from roof tops that...

University education: Victim of the dysfunctional political system

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Shamala Kumar Reliable information suggests that the University of Peradeniya will receive a 30% cut in recurrent expenditure this year. N...

Distressingly for Rajapaksa administration ‘Accountability’ will be the elephant in the room

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Gibson Bateman Sri Lanka’s Minister of External Affairs, G.L. Peiris, has recently given one additional reason for the passage of a resolut...

Dayan Jayatilleke accused of ‘corruption, fraud and breach of trust’

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Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to France, Dayan Jayatilleke and the External Affairs Ministry are on a collision course over the former being accuse...