By Indika Sri Aravinda Over 20 semi-government schools in the western province demand between Rs 100,000 and Rs 350,000 as ‘donations’ from students, The Sunday Leader has learnt. Some semi-government schools even ask for money each term despite being partly funded by the government and other institutions. Officials told The Sunday Leader that the Education [...]
“ Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber”…Plato The war crimes allegations raised as a result of the Darusman Report into the final days of the war against terror in Sri Lanka intensifies with each passing week. The government of Mahinda Rajapaksa continues [...]
Two friends, Do or Die Eksath of the UNP and Born Again Gemunu of the Ruling Party, both alumni of the Forward School for Backward Boys met over drinks to discuss the ‘world situation’. Eksath was in a despondent mood. ‘Markets crashing all over, no machang. Dow Jones gone down the well, Poot See—Poot in [...]
By Abdul H. Azeez Amidst cries of foul play Milk Industries of Lanka Co. better known as MILCO recently awarded a tender for two massive UHT plants to the highest bidder. The tender was given to an Indian bidder selling a Finnish machine for 4.3 million Euros (approx Rs 700 million). However, sources close to [...]
By Tisaranee Gunasekara “Now that they are on the last lap of the war and the LTTE had taken their position in the midst of the innocent people, using them as human shields, the casualty rate has increased many fold… We can’t expect the LTTE to conform to any norms but the forces can… The [...]
By Maryam Azwer Minister of Co-operatives and Internal Trade Johnston Fernando said his Ministry had uncovered proof that local cement manufacturers and traders were aiming to bring about an increase in prices of cement. Minister Fernando accused in particular local cement manufacturer, Tokyo Cement, of engaging in what he called ‘foul play.’ He said that [...]
By Maryam Azwer Publisher of the Uthayan newspaper and TNA MP, Easwarapadham Saravanapavan, said that he had requested the police to provide security to the residence of Gnansundaram Kuganathan, the Uthayan News Editor who was brutally assaulted last month. However, Saravanapavan said that the police had failed to respond to the request. “I have written [...]
The Rev. Rudge Pereira and his family have been living in Ward Place in their ancestral property for over 51 years. Since 2008 a group of people have been harassing the family during the day and night in an attempt to force them to leave the premises. This harassment, the family believes, is aimed to [...]
By Janith Aranze ‘I Witnessed Genocide – Inside Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’ aired in India this week This week Indian news channel, Headlines Today, broadcasted for the very first time a special report showing eyewitnesses who claimed that they saw or were victims of alleged war crimes by the Sri Lankan army. Eye-witnesses in the [...]
By Raisa Wickrematunge Two estate workers in Haputale were walking through the forest, looking for birds’ nests. Once they found them, they would ‘harvest’ the eggs. They were in their thirties, and not easily identifiable in the thick of the forest. The villagers set upon them, and hacked them to death on Thursday (11), according [...]
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