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How former MP who made teacher kneel down ....

February 13, 2016, 12:01 am
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How former MP who made teacher kneel down ....


How former MP who made teacher kneel down ....

became Chief Guest at sports meet festival in same school!

Former MP Mr. Ananda Kumara of the the North West Provincial Council who became a notorious figure and was found guilty by courts for having compelled a lady teacher in
Anamaduwa area some years before this and because of the humiliation he was faced with, was also deprived of nominations for elections too.

When circumstances were such, the fact that the present Principal of that very school had invited him as the Chief Guest for the 2016 year-ending sports festival day-before-yesterday was subjected to debate. After Mrs. Susila Herath who was a teacher of Navodya School of Nawagaththegama, Anamaduwa left the school after the incident of kneeling down, the Principal of the school at that time too had got a transfer. Neither she nor the said Principal were to be seen at day-before-yesterday's festival. The aforesaid incident had earlier created an uproar because the former MP had lost his temper over an incident where his daughter studying in the same school was reprimanded provoking Mr. Ananda Kumara to take action to make Mrs. Susila Herath kneel down.

Mr. Ananda Kumara who arrived on the invitation of the staff headed by the incumbent of the school Mr. Malcom Peterson, was welcomed at the main entrance of the school in grand style by the Principal and was garlanded by the children with an offering of a sheaf of betel and was even honoured by being worshipped, it was reported.

With the arrival of the former MP, a crowd of Principals of neighbouring schools and some parents too who had received invitations had left the place by protesting, it was understood.
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Uduwe Thera is a suspect as a Elephant racketeer

February 13, 2016, 6:18 am
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Uduwe Thera is a suspect as a Elephant racketeer - view of courts



Uduwe Thera  is a suspect as a Elephant racketeer - view of courts

It is reported that officials of the Attorney General's department has informed the related authorities of the Colombo magistrate courts  that the chief incumbent of the Ellen Mathiniyarama temple in Narahenpita, Venerable Uduwe Dhammaloka thera  has been suspected as having kept a baby
elephant at the temple premises. In this regard the investigations had proved that the Thera has had involvements in the Elephant racketeering business.

As this is an offence made by the Uduwe Thera against the animals and trees Act the  officials of the Attorney General's department had informed the authorities of the Colombo Magistrate's courts to advise the  officials of the criminal investigations department to record statements from the Uduwe Thera.
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Fonseka's former Son In Law

February 13, 2016, 7:21 pm
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Fonseka's former Son In Law, Danuna files action against Wijedasa


Fonseka's former Son In Law, Danuna files action against Wijedasa

The former Son In Law of Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, Danuna Tilekeratne had sent a letter of demand for rupees two and a half billion to the Minister of Justice Wijedasa
Rajajaksa claiming defamation charges.

The reason for sending the letter of demand for defamation is that in respect of the Hi Cope case a statement made by the Minister Wijedasa Rajapaksa is regard to the deposit made at courts  and his accounts had been defamatory to his character.

The related funds and accounts have been released by an court order. But the Minister of Justice Wijedasa Rajapaksa is still holding on to them was the reason for sending the letter of demand Danuna Tillekeratne had added.

In this context if the amount of rupees two  and a half million  demanded by him is not paid within fourteen days a case would be filed against the Minister of Justice.

Danuna Tillekeratne had been married to Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka's daughter and had divorced  her subsequently.
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A teacher wins the rupees 13 billion largest lottery in history

February 13, 2016, 7:23 pm
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A teacher wins the rupees 13 billion largest lottery in history

A teacher wins the rupees 13 billion largest lottery in history




The largest lottery in the annals of the history of Govi Setha lottery of rupees 13 billion 13 lakhs 60 thousand 135 and cents 40 was announced by the national lotteries board.


The official ceremony of awarding this sum to the winner was held on the 12th instant at the premises of the Finance ministry under the auspices of minister Ravi Karunanayake.

ALK Keerthi Kamara a resident of Padalangala was the lucky winner. His cheque was handed over the him by the Minister of Finance Ravi Karunanayake.The winner is a teacher by profession.
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A report has been called to find out why the Member of PC who ordered a teacher to kneel down was invited for school sports meet

February 13, 2016, 8:09 pm
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A report has been called to find out why the Member of PC who ordered a teacher to kneel down was invited for school sports meet

A report has been called to find out why the Member of PC who ordered a teacher to kneel down was invited for school sports meet




The Wayamba province education minister Sandya Kumara Rajapaksa had called explanation and a report  from the school authorities as to why a former member of the PS  Ananda Sarath Kumara who was convicted by courts for an offence was invited as one of the chief quests at the inter house sports meet at the Navodya Vidyalaya Nawagaththegama.


It should be brought to light  that the former member of the PS was penalised for the offence of ordering a teacher to kneel down and was punished in courts. The same person who was invited for the inter school sports meet of Navodya Vidyalaya Nawagaththtgama by the school authorities as a chief guest had been welcomed at the function and taken in a procession to the play ground with the beating of musical instruments of the school band.As the former member of PC was convicted in courts he was even deprived in contesting for the Wayamba province elections.

The education minister of Wayamba PC had pointed out that such a person to be invited and brought in a procession is itself a huge mistake. It had been pointed out by the education minister of the Wayamba PC that such a welcome note could be accorded to a person when the President, Prime Minister or the education Minister had participated in the ceremony only.
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Tribute to driver who prevented trains going on same track

February 14, 2016, 5:43 am
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Tribute to driver who prevented trains going on same track


Tribute to driver who prevented trains going on same track

A ceremony of tribute appreciating the service of Mr. Anura Kumarasiri the driver of Rajarata Regina train who prevented an accident of two
express trains travelling on the same track at Galle, Ginthota Piyadigama railway station, was held at Kumbulwella, Galle.

Exactly at the moment when the Rajarata Regina train heading towards Vavuniya from Matara last January 28th had arrived at Galle Gintota Piyadigama railway station, the Express Train plying from Kandy to Matara had moved forward on the very same track that the other train was moving.

At that very moment the driver of the Rajarata Regina train had promptly used much effort and stopped his train. If not for that act, the two express trains moving head-on would definitely have collided face to face and it would have resulted in a severe disaster. Chairman of Kumbulwella Welfare Society, Mr. Thushan Wettasingha having valued the service performed by Mr. Anura Kumarasiri had awarded a souvenir to Mr. Kumarasiri on this occasion.
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Derana Sankha's duties suspended for having compared ....

February 14, 2016, 5:48 am
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Derana Sankha's duties suspended for having compared .... the singer who sang 'Danno Budunge' ....to a cat!


Derana Sankha's duties suspended for having compared ....

the singer who sang 'Danno Budunge' ....to a cat!

Sankha Amarajith of Derana Channel had made a criticism saying that singer Kishani Jayasingha who sang the song of 'Danno Budunge' in an
opera-style the day after last Independence Day Celebrations that she had rendered the song as if it was a female cat making the sound 'Meow'. This statement was made by him at a Rupavahini Newspaper Headlines programme. After he was subjected to reproach by the Prime Minister on this matter, his duties had been suspended by that channel, it is reported.

When a part of this song was broadcast on the morning programme of February 5th, this is what Sankha said: "Aren't such sounds heard? Now female cats who always say 'Meow .... meow' make sounds such as that in the night. Then what do we do .... don't we get hold of half a brick and fling it in that direction? What village-folk say is that it's unlucky, owlish. So that song called 'Danno Budunge' was considered as a very noble song, a Buddhist devotional song and an extremely virtuous song which lightened up the heart.

Starting from Mr. Amaradeva most male and female sang this song with great respect, devotion and with pious hearts. But it was at a ceremony said to have been held to commemorate the National Independence Day on February 4th that this song was distorted".

After this criticism Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasingha at a press meeting held yesterday had this to say: "I saw that day in Derana News the day after the National Day, that the song 'Danno Budunge' was sung .... that female singer was compared to a cat, making a sound. There is the right to speak out, to criticize. But can a lady be called a female cat over Rupavahini? Such things don't belong to those companies. Those broadcasting licences are given by the government. Those belong to the masses. A majority of the public in this country are females".

What Sankha spoke about was a female cat who says 'Meow'. What Ranil says is about a female cat. Whatever it is, after this incident Amarajith's duties at Derana have been suspended. It has still not been reported whether it is of a temporary or permanent nature. The criticism made by Sankha, from below
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Maithri is happy over Mahinda's new office but Ranil is upset (Monday's cartoon)

February 14, 2016, 10:13 pm
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Bus and container lorry collision in Bandarawela sends 22 Sabaragamuwa undergrads to hospital

February 14, 2016, 10:24 pm
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Bus and container lorry collision in Bandarawela sends 22 Sabaragamuwa undergrads to hospital

Bus and container lorry collision in Bandarawela sends 22 Sabaragamuwa undergrads to hospital




A collision between a bus carrying passengers mostly undergraduates of the Sabaragamuwa university in the morning had sent 22 undergraduates mostly to hospital for treatment


 The accident had taken place along the Bandarawela- Haputale main road. The injured had been admired to the Diyatalawa base hospital for treatment.

Both the bus and the container lorry had overturned after the collision. The bus carting passengers had been dragged about 100 yards before it was overturned it is reported
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Mahinda was pardoned from the electric chair by me

February 15, 2016, 5:41 am
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Mahinda was pardoned from the electric chair by me - President

Mahinda was pardoned from the electric chair by me - President




On the 13th instant after inaugurating a water project in Welikanda president Maithripala Sirisena addressing the gathering had this to say:


He had seen after the Human Rights commissioner of the united states human rights commissioner had visited the country and left the former president Mahinda Rajapaksa had added that after agreeing to the proposals of the Human Rights commissioner it is similar to how our country surrendered to the British in year 1815.President had added that he is unaware whether Mahinda Rajapaksa had read that agreement or not.

But after the war was won he had yelled that he and those who fought the war are prepared to be taken to the electric chair.President Maithripala Sirisena said he categorically says that he is the person who prevented the former president been taken to the electric chair for war crimes committed.

President also had said that after the January 08th transition not only Sri Lankans but all  people foreign countries. In that respect we are receiving the blessings of all people in the world. He finally also said the  government had identified the reasons for the war to have taken place.
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Story that the Lion is to be removed ....

February 15, 2016, 6:33 am
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Story that the Lion is to be removed .... from National Flag


Story that the Lion is to be removed ....

from National Flag

Though the National Anthem was sung in Tamil Language at the last Independence Day Commemoration Celebrations and it was subjected to
criticism as well as praise from various corners, such comments had no sufficient matter in them to provoke any racist issue as such.

In the process, the new opinion that has surfaced these days is that since displaying the Lion on the national flag has been the root cause for racist problems, there is a rumour that the government is getting ready to dispose of that emblem. What is inferred by that idea is that the Lion would be removed from the national flag and instead for it to be replaced by a symbol depicting brotherhood among the public at large, in the national flag. However it is uncertain as to who had brought forward such a suggestion and from where such a rumour crept into the media. When enquiring further into this matter, what was reported was that there is a rumour that a proposal has cropped up that this particular amendment should be carried out at the new constitution in the future. It was also reported that when the committee to enquire into public opinion gathered together in respect of the new constitution for the second day at the Mannar District Secretariat office, it was supposed to have been forwarded to the relevant committee, it was reported.  

This proposal had been put forward when officers including Messrs. Wijendran, Lal Wijeynayaka and S. Thavarasa of the committee to enquire into opinions of the public to prepare the constitution had assembled at the Mannar District Secretariat. A lady representative of the Mannar District Women's Organization expressing ideas in this respect said to the media that only the Sinhalese community is reflected by the emblem of the Lion in the national flag and that at present everybody lives with a sense of 'togetherness' and therefore an emblem that signifies or portrays and covers all races should be inserted where the national flag is concerned.

Whatever it is, this happens to be just one of those proposals only and no dialogue or approval has been still forthcoming in that connection.
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Mahinda getting ready to slash his neck (Tuesday's cartoon)

February 15, 2016, 8:58 pm
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Saitm students at Human Rights

February 15, 2016, 8:59 pm
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Saitm students at Human Rights


Saitm students at Human Rights

The students who had paid enormous amount of money to the private Saitm medical college in Malabe and had passed out as doctors have been
deprived of their status by the Ceylon Medical council by the report they had submitted on this diploma.

In this regard the students in the Malabe private medical college had lodged a complaint in the human rights commission in regard to the non acceptance of their degrees which were obtained by spending enormous sums of money.
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The manner President left to Germany and Austria

February 15, 2016, 9:44 pm
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The manner President left to Germany and Austria




The President Maithripala Sirisena, the First Lady and the delegation had left Sri Lanka on the 16th morning  to Germany on a three day state visit and then to a two day state visit to Austria. The manner the delegation left from the Bandaranaike international airport is shown in this photograph.

The manner President left to Germany and Austria

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An accident of five vehicles on Southern Expressway ....

February 16, 2016, 2:50 am
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An accident of five vehicles on Southern Expressway .... because of a water monitor!


An accident of five vehicles on Southern Expressway ....

because of a water monitor!

As a result of an unanticipated accident which occured last night (15) on the Southern Expressway, 12 persons were admitted to
hospital, with 5 vehicles colliding with each other.

The root cause of this accident happens to be that a water monitor had come to the road close to the Pinnaduwa access of the Southern Expressway and in order to avoid the animal, one motorist had applied the brakes of the motor cycle which then resulted in the 5 vehicles that came behind  colliding with each other.

 During this collision the monitor had slipped away and was not to be seen. The people who were subjected to injury because of this monitor, had been shouting out on which occasion those who came in other vehicles and officers in charge of the Southern Expressway had taken action to hospitalise the wounded. 12 persons who had received injuries had been admitted to the Karapitiya Hospital, it was reported.

This accident had taken place close to Pinnaduwa 12th milepost.  Among vehicles that had sustained damage were 3 motor vehicles, a jeep and a bus. Some photos of the aftermath of the accident,  from below






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February 16, 2016, 2:51 am
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Birth Control items sold eight times more in Sri Lanka on Valentine's Day!


Birth Control items sold eight times more in Sri Lanka on     Valentine's Day!

Suicides increase by three times!

-- revealed by a survey

It has been revealed by a survey conducted that the suicide rate of young girls and boys of this country has increased three times more than previously, on Valentine's Day which fell on 14th
February.

What Consultant Dr. Asanga Wijeyratna of the Royal Council of the United Kingdom says is that various reasons such as a young girl being collectively raped, not being able to present a gift to her lover, not being able to face advice of the parents and breaking up of love affairs have contributed to suicides. He also mentioned that it is young people passing through the ages of 16 - 24 who have mostly been subjected to suicides in this manner.

In the same way, Dr. Wijeyratna said that the sale of condoms and birth control pills too had escalated eight times more on this day compared to other days according to a survey carried out across islandwide pharmacies. It is a speciality to observe that children who are pursuing studies at International Schools are the ones who have been motivated to make these purchases.

Dr. Wijeyratna stated that these youth who had visited abortion centres or doctors on the dates following February 14th were young boys and girls and that they were motivated to do so because of lack of a sound understanding about sex education.

(Information -- Sriyani Wijeysingha)

Published below is a  fictitious video containing a confession made by a young girl about things a female lover is expected to do on Valentine's Day, as appearing in Facebook.
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How the medal winners at SAG arrived in Sri Lanka

February 16, 2016, 8:00 am
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How the medal winners at SAG arrived in Sri Lanka




The South Asian Games ( SAG)  held in the cities of  Guwahart and Silan in the State of Asam in India were concluded the other day. Most of the Sri Lankan contingent returned to the Island. In the photo shown are only a few of the medal winners who arrived at the Bandaranaike International airport this morning.
























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The immense value of SB who was appointed after losing in election

February 16, 2016, 8:24 pm
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Petition by Basil to courts not to arrest him

February 16, 2016, 9:27 pm
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Petition by Basil to courts not to arrest him


Petition by Basil to courts not to arrest him

The former Minister of economic development Basil Rajapaksa  has lodged a petition in the supreme courts on fundamental rights not to
arrest him for allegations of money laundering.

The former Minister Basil Rajapaksa is accused of alleged misappropriation of huge sums of money from the government Devi Neguma account during the previous Rajapaksa regime and  for laundering these funds. There are several cases filed against him in courts in this regard.

The petitioner Basil Rajapaksa has claimed in his petition that all fake information are contained in facts in the cases filed against him in the Colombo magistrates courts
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Rs 2500/-increase to government servants also to new pensioners

February 16, 2016, 11:30 pm
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Rs 2500/-increase to government servants also to new pensioners


Rs 2500/-increase to government servants also to  new pensioners

The secretary to the Prime Minister Saman Ekanayake has announced that the rupees two thousand five hundred increase
offered to all government servants from January this year would also be applicable to all government who receive pension from the month of January who retire from the month this month. This was revealed by Saman Ratnapriya the President of the national trade union association. This matter had been discussed and approved by the members of the United National Front.

In this regard discussions had taken place to increase the salary by rupees two thousand five hundred from January this year and  the circular in this regard to be circulated.It is to be added in this regard that the pensioners too who retired from January this year also to be given this increase.
It is also reported that the cabinet approval is to be sought for obtaining the provisions of the insurance payments for those who are retiring from the month of January this year.

It is also learnt that the Rs 10,000/- , 20% of the salary would be taken into account when the 40% of the salary is calculated when loans and advances are applied for.Saman Ratnapriya had added that all previous instructions in regard  to when calculating 40% of the salary would be cancelled. It was also said  by Saman Ratnapriya that the maximum returns on provisions of insurance claims would be introduced in the form of a package.
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