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Global giant Carlyle positive on Sri Lanka
By Shabiya Ali Ahlam
(FT.LK) - A top global
asset management firm
yesterday expressed
willingness to set foot in
Sri Lanka, provided that
companies meet its
required minimum
investment value.
The US-based The
Carlyle Group, which
specialises in private
equity, pointed out it will
enter the Sri Lankan
market if companies are
capable of fulfilling its
criteria.
“We would like to invest
in Sri Lanka. It is not that
we have shied away
from it. It’s just that we have criteria to
fulfil from our side. The current size of our
Asia fund is about $ 20 billion, so we look
for entities which match our
investment criteria,” said
The Carlyle Group
Indonesia Managing
Director Rajiv Louis
during a panel
discussion at a
symposium hosted
by the Securities and
Exchange Commission
(SEC).
The senior official, visiting
Sri Lanka on an invitation
extended by the SEC to
address its symposium on
‘The Role of Independent
Directors’, shared as an
example that before
entering a market the global
company require entities to have a
minimum investment of $ 150 million for a
stake of 10%.
“We look at the size, and there are not
many companies of that size in Sri
Lanka,” he emphasised at the event that
was addressed
by SEC
Chairman Dr.
Nalaka
Godahewa, SEC
Director Corporate Affairs Harshana Suriyapperuma, President’s Counsel Dr.
Harsha Cabral and Bombay Stock
Exchange (BSE) Chief Regulatory Officer
Nehal Vora.
However, Louis noted that The Carlyle
Group is looking at investing in Sri Lanka
and is taking active steps towards it.
Hinting a possible visit from its heads to
Sri Lanka in the future, Louis said: “The
overall outlook we have for Sri Lanka is
positive. But the only challenge is the
minimum requirement from our end where
we require the criteria to be met.”
To increase foreign investor participation,
the SEC shared that it has and continues
to reach out to large investment funds to
look at local market and one such
initiative is The Carlyle Group.
The SEC told the Daily FT that having
reached out to the group, whose private
equity business has been one of the
largest investors in leveraged buyout
transactions over the last decade; its
response has so far been a positive one.
Founded in 1987 in Washington DC, The
Carlyle Group has grown to become one
of the world’s largest and most successful
investment firms.
The Group has $ 199 billion in assets
under management across 120 funds and
133 fund vehicles. In Asia-Pacific alone,
The Carlyle Group has invested $ 20
billion, which is approximately the entire
market capitalisation of the CSE.
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Sri Lanka stock market savours double digit gain
(FT.LK) - The Colombo stock market
reached the double digit return landmark
with investor sentiments boosting the
benchmark index to highest level in 33
months and net foreign buying returning.
Active trading by institutional and retail
investors saw the All Share Index (ASI)
gain by 1% or 67 points to close at
6,549.91, a level at its highest since 14
October 2011, according to the Colombo
Stock Exchange (CSE).
The gain pushed the year-to-date positive
return at the CSE to 11.04% yesterday
from 9.91% on Monday. As reported by the
Daily FT yesterday, the market was highly
anticipative whether the ASI would cross
the double digit return mark.
The ASI also surpassed the psychological
resistance level of 6,500, after an elapse
of more than 12 months prompting NDB
Stockbrokers to say the move indicated
“the positive momentum.”
The 11% year-to-date gain comes on top
of a 4.78% return achieved in 2013, which
ended two years of negative returns.
The liquid S&P SL 20 Index gained by
1.6% to finish at 12.63% year-to-date
return.
Ending two days of net selling, foreign
investors swung to a net buying position.
Net inflow yesterday was Rs. 290 million
compared to a net selling of Rs. 168
million on Monday. The year to date net
foreign inflow was an impressive Rs. 9.22
billion. CSE’s market capitalisation has
grown by 11.8% to Rs. 2.75 trillion.
Chevron for the second consecutive day
saw heavy foreign buying with yesterday’s
net inflow being Rs. 124 million. SEE P22
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Vaas Gunawardana's son Ravindu and four police
officers who served under him are also accused of
the charges.
The court has given time until July 14th for the
written submissions from respondents and until July
28th for the plaintiff for written submissions.
A tri member panel of judges will consider the case
and deliver the judgment on August 04.
Teen pleads guilty to murdering SL student in UK
A pre-sentence report will be prepared before
Ahmed’s fate is decided.
Mr Peiris was preparing to begin a dream job as
an IT consultant when he was called out to deliver
a pizza in Southey Green. He was later found at
the wheel of his Domino’s delivery car with stab
wounds in his chest.
Close friends of the popular 25-year-old were
present were present in the public gallery. A family
liasion officer is feeding information back to his
family in Sri Lanka.
His mother and father, Sarath and Sudarma,
spoke of their ‘broken hearts’ following Mr Peiris’
death.
The trial of another
man, Shamraze Khan,
aged 25, from Southey
Crescent, Sheffield will
get underway at the
court today.
Khan has pleaded not
guilty to murdering Mr
Peiris. Dressed in a
black suit and tie in the
dock yesterday Khan
spoke only to confirm
his name and enter the
plea.
A jury has been sworn
in. The prosecution will
open the case today.
The trial is expected to
last two weeks.
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(dailymirror.lk) A Teenager has admitted to
murdering a Sri Lankan pizza delivery driver
attacked and killed in Sheffield on his last shift.
Kasim Ahmed, 18, from the Darnall area of the city
pleaded guilty to the murder Thavisha Lakindu
Peiris, a Sheffield Hallam IT graduate who had
moved to the UK from his homeland in search of ‘a
better life’ at Sheffield crown Court yesterday.
He had originally been due to stand trial at
Sheffield Crown Court but entered a guilty plea.
He admitted another two counts of robbery, which
took place on October 27 last year - the same day
Mr Peiris was killed.
Colombo
KOCHI
(colombopage.com) July 08, Colombo: Sri Lanka's
Colombo High Court will decide on August 04,
whether a suspect who was arrested and subjected
to investigations under the Prevention of Terrorism
Act (PTA) can be sued under the penal code.
The decision is related to the case against former
Deputy Inspector General of Police Vaas
Gunawardena who was arrested over contract
killing of a millionaire businessman.
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‘It is better to lead a simple life than to live in
clover with poor people’s money.’
By Chitra Weerarathne
(island.lk) It was much better to lead a very simple
life than to live in luxury by taking away money
from poor people, observed Chief Justice Mohan
Pieris P.C., while hearing the fundamental rights
violation application filed by the aggrieved
depositors of Golden Key Credit Card Company
Pvt. Limited.
"Some have committed suicide without money
even to buy medicine. We just cannot go on with
lengthy legal argument, the counsel should get
their clients who are directors to cooperate.
"These proceedings started in 2008. Now it is
2014 this cannot go on further. This a democracy.
This problem has got to be solved soon."
The victims who deposited Rs. 26 billion with the
Ceylinco Investments have not been repaid.
According to the Central Bank progress reports
Rs. 7.8 billion have been recovered by selling the
known assets of the directors. The Counsel for
Lalith Kotalawala,told the Court that his client had
contributed Rs. 1.5 billion into the Rs. 7.8 billion.
Among the respondents are the directors and
chairman of the Ceylinco Group of Companies and
the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. Deputy Solicitor
General, Viraj Dayaratne, appeared for the state.
Meanwhile, the order in respect of the ownership
of the shares in the Ceylinco Insurance
Employees Trust, was reserved yesterday.
The Bench Comprised Chief Justice, Mohan Pieris
Justice K. Sripavan, and Justice Rohini
Marasinghe.
UDA increases floor area of houses for slum
dwellers displaced from Sri Lankan capital
(colombopage.com) July 08, Colombo: Due to
protests from the slum dwellers in capital Colombo
and nearby suburbs, Sri Lanka's Urban
Development Authority (UDA) has decided to
increase the floor area of the housing units that are
proposed to be built to house them.
Accordingly the floor area will be increased to 500
square feet from the earlier proposed area of 400
square feet, a spokesman of the Urban
Development Authority said.
The dwellers protested the size of the houses and
the would be settlers protested moving away from
their present housing due to this issue.
Considering their demands, the UDA has decided
to increase the floor area and the houses will be
built in the future with 500 square feet of floor area.
The Authority has also decided to increase the
number of floors of the housing units to 15.
The Sri Lankan government, in a measure to
beautify the capital city and free the valuable land
that has presently been occupied by the shanties,
has been relocating the slum dwellers into housing
units built with modern facilities.
According to government sources say nearly 54
percent of city's population is slum dwellers and
they take up nearly 1,000 acres of prime land in
the city illegally not only draining the resources of
the city but also causing serious nuisance to
citizens and impeding development.
Appeal
(dailynews.lk) Chandra Lalith
Jayaweera of Netolpitiya, Tangalle
has been suffering from a cancer in
the stomach, for more than one and
a half years. Colombo National
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Ward No. 17 of the Cancer Hospital,
Maharagama, receiving treatment from Consultant
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injections. Doctors have recommended expensive
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children, he finds it difficult to meet the expenses.
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FESTIVAL OF CRICKET 2014 MATCH RULES OF THE COMPETITION
SPECIAL OFFER
1. ELIGIBILITY OF PLAYERS
- Only 7 players from the list of 10 players
submitted prior to the Tournament are allowed
per team per game.
- All Teams must 'REPORT' at the Ground
Cricket Secretariat prior to the commencement
of the Tournament BY 8.30 a.m.
- All Players will be 'VERIFIED' by the Ground
Match Referee prior to and during each game at
the Pitch.
- SUBMISSION OF AN UNLISTED PLAYER
WILL RESULT IN AUTOMATIC
DISQUALIFICATION FROM THE
TOURNAMENT.
- Any dispute on the day as to the
eligibility of a player or players, if found
to be unresolved prior to the match
being
started, the ground Match Referee
after informing and confirming with the
Chairman of Cricket, can request the
Player or
Players be withdrawn from the
game and if no further confirmation is
forthcoming, from the Tournament.
- Any Delay will result in Reduction
of Overs, 10 minutes by 1 Over, 15 min
by 2 Overs, 20 min by 4 Overs,25 min
forfeiture of the match.
- When submitting the list of 10 players,
please ensure that THE PLAYERS MEET THE
FOLLOWING:
(1) ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST BE BONA FIDE
OLD BOYS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE
COLLEGE REPRESENTING THEIR
OBA IN THE FESTIVAL OF CRICKET U.K.
(2) PHOTOGRAPHS OF ALL PLAYERS MUST
BE SUBMITTED, AUTHENTICATED BY THE
PRESIDENT & THE FOC REPS.
(3) THE PLAYERS CANNOT BE CURRENT OR
PAST TEST, ODI, 'A' TEAM, POOL &
REPRESENTATIVE MATCH PLAYERS (BOC
XI, PM'S XI, or any other names.) any national
or A team player who has played in FOC prior to
introduction of the rule can play this year as long
as they are included in the squad.
(4) TWO (2) SONS OF AN OBA MEMBER/S
MEETING THE ABOVE CRITERIA ARE
ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE SUBJECT
TO AUTHENTICATION BY THE
PRESIDENT OF THE OBA & THE FOC
REPRESENTATIVES.
(5) ALL OBA'S ARE STRICTLY ADVISED TO
SELECT PLAYERS RESIDING IN THE U.K.
ANY BREACH OF THESE RULES WILL
RESULT IN NON-PARTICIPATION FROM AND
DISQUALIFICATION OF YOUR OBA FROM
THE FESTIVAL OF CRICKET TOURNAMENT
PENDING SUBSEQUENT ACTION AT THE
FESTIVAL OF CRICKET ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING.
2. TOURNAMENT- All Matches - 5 OVERS PER
EACH SIDE
Due to any change in circumstances The
Cricket Sub Committee shall reduce the number
of overs to accommodate the smooth progress
of the tournament.
3. All Players must wear proper cricket whites
and standard protective gear which is their own
responsibility, The FOC will not be made liable
in any event.
4. All Players are expected to take established
fielding positions in the cricket field, especially
the wicket-keeper, who CANNOT stand on the
boundary AND without the PADS, Umpires have
the right to stop this practice, failing that
disqualification.
5. Each bowler's run up shall be limited to 10
yards AND ONLY ONE OVER PER BOWLER in
a game.
6. ONE RUN will be awarded for a WIDE BALL
and an EXTRA BALL would be required to be
bowled plus any runs scored.
7. ONE RUN will be awarded for a NO BALL
and an EXTRA BALL be bowled plus any runs
scored. Underarm bowling is a no ball.
8. In the event of an injury to a bowler
during bowling the Captain can
nominate a player who is not in their
list of bowlers to complete the over.
9. All Teams will be required to report
to the ground at 8.30 and be ready 30
minutes prior to start of the Match at
their allocated ground.
All teams must report promptly to
their grounds, Delay match starting
time will result in team losing overs off
their batting innings.
Any Delay will result in Reduction of
Overs, 10 minutes by 1 Over, 15 min
by 2 Overs, 20 min by 4 Overs,25 min forfeiture
of the match.
25 minutes delay will result in a walk over to the
opposition team.Minimum of 6 players per side
needed to start a match. If both teams late,
overs reduced for both teams
In the event of walkover, opposition team run
rate will be calculated based on their previous
matches and action will be taken by the FOC for
the team forfeited the match.
10. Any dispute before the start of the game
should be reported to the Ground Match
Referee whose decision once taken will be
Final.
Any dispute during the game will be dealt
with by the Umpires along with the Ground
Match Referee whose decision once taken will
be Final.
Any dispute after the game will be reported to
the Chairman of the Cricket Sub-Committee
whose decision once taken will be Final.(Note:
Decision could be after the Event)
11. In the event of rain interruptions to play
reduced over basis shall be agreed by all teams.
Continuous rain will be subject to
Umpires, Ground Staff and Match Referee's
decision. The final decision will rest with the
Cricket Sub-Committee.
Run Rate will be based NET run-rate in the
Match
- In the event of a Tie (Knockout stage only) the
least number of wickets and if that is the same,
number of sixes, then number of fours still no
result then a ball out, all six bowlers will be
bowling at the stumps, the most wickets the
winner, if that is the same Golden Wicket Rule
applies.
12. Each participating OBA MUST provide a
SCORER for their respective matches before
play commences.
13. It is a 7 a side match, so except the keeper
5 out field players must bowl an over.
14. GROUP POINTS: WIN 2 POINTS, TIE 1
ALL TEAM SQUADS SHOULD SUBMITTED
BY END OF MAY
2014. ANY PLAYER
PROTEST MUST BE
RAISED BEFORE
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Festival of Cricket 2014 - Hospitality Marquee
Hospitality Marquee is an integral part of the
Festival of Cricket since it inception. Sample the
cuisine of Sri Lanka with family and friends at the
Festival of Cricket Hospitality marquee.
Situated opposite to ground number one, the
Hospitality marquee is in a prime location
at the Festival of Cricket 2014, to entertain
clients, friends and family, ensuring you
miss none of the cricketing action whilst
relaxing, and sampling the cuisine of Sri
Lanka.
The Hospitality marquee has a seating
capacity of 200 Your hospitality package
will only cost you £30.00 for which you will
have a sumptuous breakfast, lunch and
afternoon tea with snacks. Entrance and Car
Park to the event comes free with the Hospitality
ticket.
Breakfast - 8.00 a m. to 10.30 a m
Lunch - 1.00 p. m. to 3.30 p.m.
Evening Tea 4.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m
Bookings can be made for groups or single
guests. Private tables are available for 8 guests,
smaller numbers on shared tables.
The Festival of Cricket committee 2012,
warmly welcomes one and all to the 26th
Annual Festival of Cricket on Sunday, 20th
July, 2014 at the Merchant Taylors' School
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Gmail in Sinhala
(dailymirror.lk) Google has added 13 languages
to Gmail’s interface to now cover 94 percent of
the world’s Internet population, the company
said Monday.
Previously available in 58 languages, the total is
now 71, with the addition of Afrikaans, Armenian,
Azerbaijani (Azeri), Chinese (Hong Kong),
French (Canada), Galician, Georgian, Khmer,
Lao, Mongolian, Nepali, Sinhala and Zulu,
Google said.
The additional language support will roll out
Monday in Gmail on the Web and feature-phone
browsers, Google said. Users can try them out
by adjusting their settings.
Changing Gmail’s display language does not
change the language in which people send and
receive their messages.
Google worked with linguists to make each
language accurate. (PC world)
Lankan dies
in UK prison
Jaffna university
student found dead
(DailyMirror.lk) - Kandiah Kugathas was found
dead in his cell at HMP Winchester after his cell
mate had noticed he had been ill for several days,
Southampton Coroner's Court heard.
Dr. Purdue added that there were no new injuries
but that his epilepsy ultimately led to his death on
October 1 last year after he suffered a head injury
from a fall due to a seizure in 2007.
He said: “Death was likely to have been caused
from a final epileptic seizure resulting from long
term brain damage.”
Mr. Short determined that he died from natural
causes. Neither the coroner nor Hampshire Police
would confirm why Kugathas was in prison.
(colombogazette.com) A student of the Jaffna
university was found hanging by the neck from a
tree in Naachimar, Jaffna this morning, the police
and the Jaffna media said.
The student was identified as 24 year old
Sivalingham Yasotharan, a resident of Vavuniya
who was staying at a boarding in Jaffna.
The third year student of the Jaffna university was
believed to have died last night and his body was
found this morning hanging from the tree outside
his boarding.
St. Mary's Trinco
jubilee celebrations
(dailynews.lk) Arrangements are being made for
the 150 years jubilee celebrations of St. Mary's
College, Trincomalee.
Past pupils are requested to be present at the
college on July 13 at 4.30 p.m. to plan the Jubilee
Walk and form a choir.
Past students are also requested to send
reminiscences of the college to
[email protected] or contact PPS Secretary
Stella Marianesan on 0779586823.
Unconditional pardon
for Uni. Student
(dailymirror.lk) The suspension and studentship
cancellations imposed upon more than 200
undergraduates of the Sri Jayawardenapura
University have been unconditionally revoked by
the Vice Chancellor of the University today.
Class prohibitions imposed upon 189
undergraduates, studentship cancellations of 40
students and the lifetime cancellation of
studentship declared upon five students had been
revoked unconditionally in a letter issued to the
undergraduates last afternoon which bore the
signature of VC Dr. N. L. A. Karunarathne.
The letter states the decision was effective
Thursday July 3.
Families seek answers over missing
(colombogazette.com) Families of people reported
missing in Puthukkudieruppu (PTK) appeared and
today before the Presidential Commission to
record complaints regarding missing persons.
In all 54 people had given statements before the
Commission both yesterday and today.
The Commission began recording statements in
the Mullaitivu District yesterday by conducting
hearings at the Puthukkudieruppu Divisional
Secretariat and the sittings will later be shifted to
the Maritimepattu Divisional Secretariat to record
statements tomorrow and on Tuesday.
According to reports from Jaffna, nearly 100
people were invited by the Commission to record
their statements yesterday and today.
However yesterday only 25 people
appeared before the Commission while
today another 29 people gave
statements in relation to their missing
family members. Separately the
Commission had received over 200
written complaints over the past two
days.
Among those who testified before the
Commission over the weekend were family
members of people reported missing during the
final stages of the war in the Mullaitivu District.
Many of those who spoke sought answers over
the whereabouts of their family members,
including some family members of LTTE cadres
who had surrendered to the army.
One lady told the Commission her husband
surrendered to the army during the final stages of
the war but he has not been seen or
heard of since then.
She had told the Commission if the
Government was acting with
responsibility as it claimed after the
war, then it must take the responsibility
to hand her husband, who surrendered
to the army, back to her safe and
sound.
Another lady said she is being forced to accept a
death certificate for her missing husband, but she
has so far refused to do so as she believes he is
still alive. (Colombo Gazette)
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Bar Association To Meet AG
By Nirmala Kannangara
(thesundayleader.lk) The Bar Association of Sri
Lanka (BASL) is to meet the Attorney General next
week to urge him to direct the law enforcement
authorities to prosecute the criminal elements
under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).
President BASL Attorney–at–Law Upul Jayasuriya
added that a motion will be filed in the Kalutara
Magistrate’s Court next week seeking an order to
exhume the dead.
“The lawyers appearing for the aggrieved parties
requested us to support them in making
submission for a court order to exhume the dead.
Since there are doubts about the postmortem
reports as to whether the medical professionals
have failed to discharge their duties or whether
there was any interference, the BASL will support
to get the dead exhumed,” said Jayasuriya.
According to Jayasuriya, there is a necessity of
getting the court order to direct a qualified Judicial
Medical Officer (JMO) or Head of the Forensic
Department University of Colombo to conduct the
postmortems for having accurate and
comprehensive reports.
Meanwhile Jayasuriya pointed a finger at the
Inspector General of Police (IGP) for his failure to
question police officials for not obtaining a report
from the Government Analyst (GA) on how the
incident took place which also saw four people –
three Muslims and one Tamil were being killed.
“Since it is general practice of the police to get
GA’s report on every questionable fire, riot or
explosion, the BASL is surprised as to how the
police had failed to inform the GA to obtain his
report in this regard. What was the reason for the
police to get the debris cleared without getting the
GA’s findings? That was why the lawyers
appearing for the aggrieved parties had got a court
directive to stop clearing the debris,” Jayasuriya
said.
According to Jayasuriya, all the buildings that were
set ablaze had reduced to ashes within less than
ten minutes which is highly suspicious.
Mere spectators
“That is why the AG’s report is so vital. Only the
AG’s report will say how this fire broke up and what
caused the fire. What is the reason for the police to
clear the debris without obtaining the AG’s report?”
said Jayasuriya.
Jayasuriya further
explained how the
STF became mere
spectators when
the violence
erupted in
Aluthgama.
“It is shocking to
understand the
way the Special
Task Force (STF)
has acted in
Aluthgama when
Muslim houses
and boutiques
were set on fire
while the criminal
elements were ransacking the Muslims. When we
visited Aluthgama, Beruwela and Dharga Town last
Sunday, an old Muslim mother described as to how
she saw about 150 STF personnel standing at the
entrance to the Army Road in Aluthgama. This
mother has nabbed two suspects who have
ransacked her house. When she has handed over
these suspects to the STF personnel, instead of
arresting them, they had let them go away. Why do
we want to maintain forces if they do not protect all
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Police spokesman SSP Ajith Rohana said that
the statements of 27 family members of Muslims
reported missing during the time the LTTE was
very active, were recorded from the area
yesterday.
The police spokesman said the statements will
be used to identify their relatives when the grave
is excavated next month based on a court order.
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officers? It was astonishing to note as to how a
police officer who surrendered to the police for a
murder was given bail the following day. As
lawyers we are ashamed of how a certain
magistrate has given bail to this police officer when
there are no provisions to give bail as such. On
whose directives these law enforcement authorities
give protection to criminals?” queried Jayasuriya.
The BASL accused Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) of
inciting hatred amongst religions and the public
meeting held on June 15 in Aluthgama and making
several inflammatory statements that caused
disharmony between Muslims and Sinhalese.
Jayasuriya while accusing the police for allowing
Galagodaatthe Gnanasara Thero to hold a public
meeting in Aluthgama said, “After allowing the BBS
to attack unarmed Muslims where over 8,000 were
displaced and over 30 Muslim houses were
completely destroyed while another 50 Muslim
business enterprises were totally demolished, what
is the purpose of now banning public meetings and
rallies that incite hatred amongst religions. This is
not the first time Gnanasara Thero has made
provocative speeches and this would not be the
last as well,” said Jayasuriya.
“We need the Attorney General to give firm
instructions to the police to maintain law and order
in the country without bending their backs to
unlawful directives,” added Jayasuriya.
Meanwhile the losses incurred to Muslims have
been estimated Rs 300 million. The government
has assured to grant Rs.200 million for
reconstruction purposes. However the Muslims
claim that the damaged caused is much more than
Rs 200 million.
Police record statements over grave
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The Choir, consisting of 23 choristers and
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communities irrespective of their religion or race. I
cannot blame the police and STF because I know
they are competitive enough to take necessary
action in such an event,” said Jayasuriya.
Jayasuriya further said, “I have a high regard for
the AG, but he has failed to exercise his powers.
We feel that had he taken action when I wrote to
him on May 20 requesting him to direct the police
to take action against the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS)
who have taken law unto their hand, things could
have been different. Under Section 21 of the PTA
those who violate
this law are
subjected to 20
years rigorous
imprisonment,”
Jayasuriya added.
According to
Jayasuriya, none
of the Muslims
can remember the
people who
ransacked and set
fire to their
houses. “This
shows that it was
not the Sinhalese
in these
respective areas that has caused the troubles but
those who have come from outside,” he added.
Inaction
Jayasuriya further accused the police of not taking
any action against their own officers even though it
is a known secret that they have killed unarmed
people on many occasions.
“There were many deaths reported from Pasyala,
Divulapitiya, Badulla and some other areas where
the police were directly involved. What action has
Interpol help sought to
track murder convict
statements recorded from the relatives of the
victims in the investigations to identify the
remains through their belongings which may
also be buried at the site.
According to a complaint lodged with the police
in April this year, some 100 Muslims killed by the
LTTE are believed to have been buried at the
location.
The police said that a man identified as Abdul
Mohommad had in April filed a police complaint
over the mass grave. Nearly 100 Muslims were
believed to have killed by the LTTE in 1990 in
Kattankudy on separate occasions.
The bodies were later buried in Kaluwanchikudy
near the beach, according to the complaint
lodged with the police. (Colombo Gazette)
Ten percent of A'pura farmers
hit by kidney disease
Nimal Wijesinghe, Anuradhapura Additional
district group corr
(dailynews.lk) A recent survey revealed that 10
percent of farmers in the Anuradhapura district
have fallen prey to kidney diseases.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa in view of this
directed Agriculture Ministry officials to embark on
a carbonic cultivation project covering the
Anuradhapura district.
The Anuradhapura district carbonic cultivation
scheme was inaugurated in Morawewa,
Horowpathana recently. Simultaneously, similar
programs were started in Abhayapura, Udangawa
and Ethakada, Anuradhapura district agriculture
director Gamini Erabadupitiya said. He said under
the first phase, the ministry allocated Rs. 20
million to carry out these projects in four villages.
Erabadupitiya said steps are being taken to collect
200 soil samples and deep well water samples
from these villages for laboratory tests.
"A large number of kidney patients are found in the
village we selected to launch the carbonic
cultivation program. For example in Morawewa
village in Horowpathana where we inaugurated
our cultivation program, there are around 70
kidney patients among 400 families. Our aim
under this program is to address the rapid
increase of kidney disease in Anuradhapura.
Under this program, traditional native paddy is
cultivated in 500 acres, herbs in 300 acres, fruits
in another 300 acres and cowpea, green gram,
undu and sorghum in an additional 400 acres
within the selected villages. It is planned to launch
this cultivation program during the 2014/2015
Maha season," he said.
Meanwhile, at the awareness program at
Udangawa in Kebithigollewa, villagers brought to
the notice of agriculture authorities that there were
a number of springs close to this village.
They urged the officers to have a drinking water
supply scheme established by pumping pure water
directly from the spring to the village.
Erabadupitiya said that they would take steps to
submit these details to the Agriculture Ministry.
(sundaytimes.lk) Police is to seek assistance
from (International Police) Interol to arrest a
Sri Lankan national who was sentenced to
death in absentia for murder, police said.
Kandy High Court on Friday sentenced
Balachandran Prasad Sadeshkaran to death
for the murder of Selva Vinayagar
Varaprakash 17 years ago. Police
spokesman SSP Ajith Rohana said that they
are in the process to issue a red notice to
the convict, who is believed to be living in
abroad.
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Australian Immigration Minister Arrived In SL
(asianmirror.lk) Australia's Immigration Minister
Scott Morrison arrived in Colombo this morning as
a group of Sri Lankan migrants controversially
turned back by Canberra at sea said they were
treated worse than dogs.
Minister Scott Morrison was to join President
Mahinda Rajapaksa at the formal commissioning
of two refurbished boats Australia gifted in
November to tackle people
smuggling, an official said.
"The President and the visiting
minister will be at the
commissioning of the two boats
at the Colombo harbour," an
official of the president's office
said ahead of the ceremony.
It comes a day after a boatload of
41 Sri Lankans forced back by Canberra said they
were abused, given little food and water and
taunted with racial abuse.
The claims came as Australia faced growing
pressure over its controversial immigration policies
with High Court action under way in Sydney over
the fate of 153 Sri Lankans being held in custody
on the high seas.
They are currently detained on a Customs boat as
lawyers argue that any transfer back to Colombo
would be illegal, with concerns about the way they
were screened.
Australia maintains that they screened the wouldbe asylum seekers at sea for possible refugee
status before being handed over to the Sri Lankan
navy earlier this week, but most of those returned
told AFP that they were not given a proper
hearing.
Many said they did not intend on
making an asylum claim in
Australia but instead were on
their way to New Zealand in
search of jobs when their fishing
trawler ran out of diesel and
water near Australian waters.
The boatpeople who were
brought to Sri Lanka's southern port city of Galle
on Monday and taken before a judge who
released most of them on bail.
Out of the 41 boatpeople, the judge discharged
nine children, including a two-month-old baby, and
granted bail for another 27 while detaining five
people on additional charges of organising the
people smuggling boat ride, AFP reported.
(asianmirror.lk) A heated verbal argument between
Chief Minister of North Western province Dayasiri
Jayasekera and UNP Parliamentarian Harin
Fernando inside Derana studio in Delkanda,
Nugegoda, has ended in fisticuffs
last night.
As a result, UNP Parliamentarian
Harin Fenrnado had received
minor injuries. Derana Presenter
Chathura Alwis, who intervened
to resolve the problem, had also
received injuries.
The fight occurred after 'Waada
Pitiya' political programme on Derana where
Jayasekera and Fernando represented the two
main political parties. The argument took a violent
turn after Dayasiri Jayaekera made a remark
about Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa.
Digressing from the main topic of the debate, the
two politicians were arguing about their personal
lives and "eating-drinking partners."
It was widely known among the political
circles that MP Harin Fernando and
North Western Province Chief Minister
Dayasiri Jayasekera were not in good
terms after the latter's crossover to the
government.
Speaking to Asian Mirror, Harin
Fernando said the Chief Minister of the
North Western Province attempted to
bite and scratch him. However, Chief Minister of
the North Western Province Dayasiri Jayasekera
was not available to comment
Ranil, Hakeem
Draw attention to the Magistrate’s inquiry
conducted for the killings, where no representation
from the Attorney General’s Department was
present, Wickremesinghe said: “Counsels
appearing for the affected party drew the attention
of the Court on an important matter where they
stated that the Government Analyst had not yet
been called to the destroyed locations. In
particular, it is a methodology followed worldwide
to summon the analysts to the locations destroyed
by fire and explore its cause. However, at this
instance, not only the Department of Government
Analysts had not been called, but also the armed
forces had been deployed to remove all the debris
and renovate all such spots that caught fire so that
all proof that would support such an inquiry would
be rubbed out. Therefore, the Magistrate has
issued an order banning removal of debris around
the spot concerning this case and the related
renovations. However, I would like to bring to the
notice of this House that the process of
concealing proof is underway everywhere
else.”
Against this backdrop, the Opposition Leader
asked for the evidence available that bullets
were used, and to explain the steps Minister
took against the officer who did not prepare the
post mortem report properly. “Is not the state of
the officers who perform their duties under
your Ministry subject to influence and pressure
from outside amount to a disparagement of the
judicial system of this country? What are the
steps you intend to take to prevent recurrence
of such a situation in future? What was the
reason for the Attorney General’s Department
to distance itself from the magisterial inquiry?
When the process of removing debris without
an inquiry by the Department of Government
Analysts was started, why did the Ministry of
Justice not intervene to prevent it and summon
the Government Analysts?”
... According to the Leader of the Opposition there
are many eyewitnesses who state that the deaths
occurred due to gunfire although the post mortem
states that the deaths were caused by lethal cut
wounds.
“These contradictory statements bring about many
misgivings, which are further confounded by the
interview given by Minister Rauff Hakeem to a
Sunday newspaper recently. He has stated that
although two people were shot dead in Welipitiya,
its inquiry and the post-mortem are strange where
two died due to lethal cut wounds. He found it a
very serious matter if even the medical reports are
prepared fraudulently. As the Minister of Justice
himself states, it is a very serious matter if even
the medical reports are prepared fraudulently,”
said Wickremesinghe.
Credit Suisse names
new Southeast Asia
FIG head
(financeasia.com) Sharhan Muhseen has
joined Credit Suisse to head coverage of
financial institutions across Southeast Asia,
the Swiss bank said on Tuesday.
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Opening of Sri Sambodhi UK temple
Eminent monks from the Asgiriya chapter, 10 other monks from Sri Lanka and monks in UK
participated in the opening ceremony.
Please see next weeks paper for full coverage.
Dayasiri 'Bites' Harin During Political
Show On Derana
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OHCHR expresses concern over return
of SL asylum seekers
(dailymirror.lk) The Office of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has
expressed deep concern over the decision by
Australian authorities to return the 41 Sri Lankan
asylum seekers without sufficient screening of
their protection claims and needs.
OHCHR Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani
during a press briefing today had noted that it is
required by International law that each and every
case of asylum claims should be individually
examined on its own merits.
“This is not something that can or should be done
hurriedly, remotely and on the high seas, without
procedural safeguards and due process
guarantees for those involved,” Shamdasani has
stated.
The Australian authorities have come under heavy
criticism after it confirmed on Monday that a
boatload of asylum seekers have been transferred
to Sri Lankan authorities at sea, as it has been
feared that those onboard may face criminal
charges once they return to Sri Lanka.
During the OHCHR press briefing, Shamdasani
had also stressed on the importance of
considering each and every case in accordance
with international law in order to ensure that
refoulement and collective expulsions are strictly
prohibited.
She had also expressed concern over the
absence of any assurance to the Australian
Government that the returnees will not face illtreatment upon their return to Sri Lanka as well as
the lack of a plan on the part of the Australian
government to monitor their treatment.
Furthermore, the OHCHR had welcomed the
interim injunction issued by the High Court of
Australia against the return of 153 other Sri
Lankan asylum seekers.
“We hope the matter will be subject to a full judicial
review in light of Australia’s obligations under
international law, including the principle of nonrefoulement under the 1951 Refugee Convention,
the Convention against Torture, the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the
Convention on the Rights of the Child,” she has
stated.
In a statement issued by Australian Immigration
Minister Scott Morrison on Monday, it was
confirmed that 41 Sri Lankans were intercepted by
Australia's border patrol off the Cocos Islands in
the Indian Ocean in late June. This is the first
instance that Australian Prime Minister Tony
Abbott’s government confirmed that it has
screened asylum seekers at sea directly and
turned them away. Midst this crisis, Morrison is
due to visit Sri Lanka today. (Lakna Paranamanna)
Development either a lie or benefitting
a single family – UNP
(adaderana.lk) The United National Party (UNP)
today questioned why the per capita income and
development, constantly being boasted by the
government, is not reaching the
homes of public sector and
private sector employees.
Either the per capita income
and development as claimed
by the government is a lie or
else the benefits of this
development are being
distributed among one family,
UNP MP Joseph Michael
Perera told reporters in Colombo.
Giving an example for this, the Parliamentarian
stated that the government is not giving significant
concessions to fishermen and farmers, but it is
giving big concession to casinos.
He stated that true
development is not the
construction of roads or starting
big businesses, it is the
continuous spread of the profits
with the working masses in the
country.
Perera said that what is
happening right now is the
exact opposite of that. They are
boasting big profits while improving a family, he
claimed.
First batch of Lankans leaves for Italian jobs
(news.lk) The first batch of migrant workers
selected under the Memorandum of
Understanding signed between the
governments of Italy and Sri Lanka left the
Island on Tuesday (08).
The first batch included eight females as
attendants. The air tickets were presented to
them by the Foreign Employment Promotion
and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera at the Sri
Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment on
Friday. The Minister speaking at the occasion
said 77 Sri Lankans have been selected for
employment in Italy through an exam conducted
by the Italian government based on this MoU.
"The first batch of eight females leaving as
attendants will receive higher remunerations
and privileges said Minster Dilan Perera.
Bureau officials said the selected migrant
workers will receive employment visas for four
years, adding that at the end of this period they
should return to the country without violating the
conditions of the MoU. They said no third party
has been involved in this procedure, adding that
suitable persons are selected by an exam
conducted by the Italian government from the
online applications received. (SDF/priu)(KH/SI)
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Muslim Council urges Indian envoy to clarify
position on Islamic terror groups
(ft.lk) Says reports by unnamed Indian intelligence
sources used to cast shadows on Sri Lanka’s
Muslims. The Muslim Council of Sri Lanka has
called on the Indian High Commission to clarify
New Delhi’s position on the existence of Islamic
terror groups in Sri Lanka, saying the claims were
being used to cast a shadow on the Muslim
community in the island. In a letter to Indian High
Commissioner Y.K. Sinha, Muslim Council
President M.N. Ameen notes that the Muslim
community in Sri Lanka continues to be bashed by
mainstream and social media as being party to
terrorist groups that target India. “This is a major
cause for concern among the Muslim community
as the media reports attribute the source to
various unnamed Indian Government intelligence
officials,” the letter to the Indian Envoy said.
The Council said that unfortunate incidents like the
arrest of an individual of Islamic faith in Chennai
on charges of espionage has been made use of by
NO NGO ‘EXCESSES’
Buddhist extremists and some political elements
with vested interests to cast a shadow on the
Muslim community in Sri Lanka.
Such exposes were being used to justify their hate
campaign against the Muslim community. “Such
incidents contribute to the hate campaign against
the Muslim community in Sri Lanka, which has
fuelled violence towards Muslims in the country, as
seen recently in the South of Sri Lanka, claiming
the lives of three, displacing thousands and
causing damage to property and livelihood
amounting to hundreds of millions of rupees,” the
letter noted.
“Islamaphobia is reaching crisis proportions,” the
Muslim Council said.
“We kindly urge Your Excellency to immediately
clarify your Government’s position on this to avert
confusion and conflict in Sri Lanka which does not
contribute to reconciliation, peace and stability in
the country,” the letter said. (DB)
Should abide by the country’s legal framework
Press conferences, journalist training, workshops
not within their remit
Chaminda Perera
(dailynews.lk) All Non Governmental
Organisations registered with the NGO Secretariat
have been informed not to exceed their
registration mandate, by conducting press
conferences, workshops, training of journalists and
issuing of press releases, Defence Ministry
spokesman Brigadier Ruwan Wanigasooriya said.
He said the NGO Secretariat operating under the
Defence Ministry has been empowered with
regulation and administration of NGOs under an
Act of Parliament. Amendments have also been
made to this Act in 1998 and 1999 to give more
teeth to the Act.
The NGOs should not go beyond their objectives,
mission and vision as outlined by them at the point
of registration with the Secretariat.
Brigadier Wanigasooriya said NGOs can conduct
the list of the youth recruited by the US Embassy
for the campaign. “When people respond to the
posts published by those used in the campaign the
public will assume most people are against the
Government,” he said.
Weerawansa said that the ultimate goal of the US
envoy in Colombo is to do what the US did some
Middle Eastern countries.
He insisted the aim of the US Embassy is not to
point out the mistakes of the Government and help
it rectify those mistakes, but rather to destabilise
the entire country. (Colombo Gazette)
UNP MP to resign over police inaction
*Alutgama violence
injuries while attempting to stop
mob attacks on Muslims, told "The
Island" that he had been elected
(island.lk) Kalutara District UNP MP Palitha
on the UNP ticket and accordingly
Thewarapperuma said yesterday that since the
would submit his resignation to his
IGP N.K. Illangakoon had failed to resign over
party leader. "It is upto
police and STF inaction while Muslims in
Wickremesinghe to decide on the
Alutagama and Beruwela were attacked by the
Bodu Bala Sena(BBS) recently, resulting in loss of future course of action."
The MP said that even though it
life and property, he would be tendering his
was the BBS-aided by mobs from
resignation from Parliament today to his party
outside the Beruwela electorate
leader Ranil Wickremesinghe.
that went on the rampage killing people, looting
Thewarapperuma who received eye and head
and burning private property, the MP said he felt
guilty that as a representative of the Kalutara
electorate, he had been unable to halt the
carnage.
Since the IGP had failed to take responsibility
for the Police and STF inaction and quit, he
had decided to resign instead, MP
Thewarapperuma noted. "On June 15, a Mrs.
FROM
Sahabdeen was dragged out of her house
£3300
down Military Road, Dharga Town and handed
over to the STF, after which her house was
set on fire. How could the IGP continue in
office when his men behave in such a
disgraceful manner? If the IGP had had any
self respect he would have resigned before I
7 YEARS WARRANTY
told him to."
(PART & LABOUR INCLUDED)*
When pointed out that the IGP had claimed
Wall Unit
investigations into the Alutgama violence were
Gondola
Bread Unit
being conducted, MP Thewarapperuma
replied that the BBS had since the war was
over, been terrorising the Muslims and
destroying their mosques and business
establishments with impunity, but no action
whatsoever had been instituted against that
organisation and it would go scot free once
again.
Commenting on the BBS attacks which left
Unit 1 Eastgate Business Park, Argall Way, London E10 7PG him injured Thewarapperuma said, "Is this the
type of Buddhism they practice? I have never
Buddhist priests who are filled with such
hatred against their own countrymen. They
behave in the most disgraceful manner and
use raw filth on even Buddhists."
By Zacki Jabbar
FOR SHOPKEEPERS
ASSOS
(dailymirror.lk) Budu Bala Sena (BBS) today said it
suspected whether the Aluthgama incident was a
scripted drama enacted either by the Government
or the Opposition just like the
incident which occurred
during the concert held in
Colombo participated by
famous actor Shahrukh Khan
despite repeated protests by
religious leaders.
“When we analyse the facts
one by one, we realise that
the Aluthgama incident may
be a scripted drama. We
cannot imagine whether it was a drama of the
Government or the Opposition. There was a
peaceful atmosphere in Aluthgama and this was
the first time such a clash occurred even after
several incidents were reported. Even when a
By Zahrah Imtiaz
(ceylontoday.lk) Minister Wimal Weerawansa
said the government had assured him that
South African Deputy President, Cyril
Ramaphosa, was in the country only as a
tourist.
Given this assurance, Minister Weerawansa
said his party will continue to support the
government.
"Minister Keheliya Rambukwella and Deputy
Minister, Neomal Perera, have informed us that
Ramaphosa is only here on tourism. So when
the ministers say this, we have to believe them.
We have no problem with Ramaphosa visiting
the country or meeting members of the
Opposition. We only have a problem with him if
he interferes in the internal processes of the
country," Weerawansa said.
When questioned as to why he was...
objecting to South Africa's involvement in the
country, as their model of reconciliation could
greatly help the country in the eyes of the
international community, he said,
"The international community does not care if we
have a proper process of reconciliation or not.
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their terms and admit to violations of human rights.
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Minister Weerawansa further added that with the
government agreeing to the 12 proposals put
forward by the NFF, an action plan on how to
implement them would be released within a week.
"When the government is listening to us, we don't
need to leave it. We do not want to topple the
government or cause unnecessary fights, we only
want to ensure that our voices are heard within the
government," Weerawansa said.
Gnanasara Thera warned
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that,” BBS General Secretary Ven.
Galagoda Atte Gnanasara Thera said.
Ven. Gnanasara Thera told a news
conference that it was clear that the
Aluthgama incident was a definite
conspiracy by the way some Ministers
and Opposition MPs acted to term the
BBS which acted to control the angry
crowds in Aluthgama as terrorists.
“We learnt that people were organising with arms
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press conferences and training for journalists and
workshops, if these were within their stated
objectives at the time of registration with the
NGOs Secretariat.
“Some media have already attributed this move to
a clamp down on NGOs in the country. We do not
want to strangle NGOs or obstruct their activities.
They are doing a great service,” the spokesman
said.
Brigadier Wanigasooriya while stressing that the
NGOs are extending much cooperation for the
betterment of people, added that their activities
should be within the country’s legal framework.
The NGOs are required to furnish information
related to the objectives, names of directors,
number of employees, funding sources,
targetgroups, annual expenditure and the amount
of funds that will be brought to the country before
they are registered with the NGO Secretariat, he
said.
Aluthgama incident, scripted drama: BBS
Wimal says Sison working with UNP
(ft.lk) Government Minister and National Freedom
Front Leader Wimal Weerawansa has accused the
US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Michele J. Sison of
working with the UNP to destabilise the country.
Weerawansa claimed that the US Embassy in
Colombo, through some UNP members, have
recruited 5,000 youth to carry out a social media
campaign against the Government.
He said that the youth who have been recruited by
the Embassy are being paid for the social media
campaign.
The Minister said that UNP Parliamentarians have
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Speaking to Ceylon Today, Gunaratne explained
that Ven. Gnanasara was ordered to make a
statement to the police with regard to the incident.
However, Gunaratne had once again reiterated on
his original application to Court and emphasized
that he had continued to receive threats. Fort
Magistrate Gamage had severely reprimanded
Ven. Gnanasara Thera and had asked him not to
take the law into his own hands.
Magistrate Gamage had further warned him of
severe repercussions if he continues to intimidate
officers of the Court. Having stated that such
actions would be dealt as being in contempt of
Court, Gnanasara Thera was advised that if further
reports were lodged in regard to any misconduct
by Ven. Gnanasara Thera, the Court would take
prompt action accordingly to imprison him and
impose severe punishments.
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Denying responsibility for Alutgama
violence will not suffice
By Jehan Perera
(island.lk) Addressing members of the national
advisory committee to the Ministry of National
Languages and Social Integration, Minister
Vasudeva Nanayakkara gave substance to the
conviction of those who believe in the
prospects for peaceful coexistence and
harmony within Sri Lanka's multi ethnic
and multi religious society. He said that a
majority of MPs of the government were
opposed of the actions of the extremist
groups that had engaged in anti-Muslim
activities. The position of those MPs
reflected the broad sentiments of their
electorates. Minister Nanayakkara himself
has been at the forefront of the
government urging that strong action be
taken to deter hate speech and extremist
violence.
In this context the denial by Defence Secretary
Gotabaya Rajapaksa that he had a relationship
with the BBS who stand accused of being the
instigators of the violence is reflective of the
widespread revulsion, both locally and
internationally, over the spike in anti-Muslim
violence that was seen in Alutgama last month.
This denial of any connection or involvement with
the BBS is a welcome disassociation even if it
comes late. The Defence spokesperson also
refuted the allegation that the Defence Secretary,
who is counted as among the most powerful in the
country, has any special relationship with
the BBS. He clarified that the Defence
Secretary's attendance at a public
ceremony at which the BBS was also
present, and which has generated much
controversy, had nothing to do with any
association with it.
Government members, and President
Mahinda Rajapaksa no less, have seen a
conspiracy in the anti Muslim riots that
took place last month in Alutgama. They
also see an international dimension to it
that can harm the government's economic
development potential and also make it
more difficult to face international human rights
challenges. The damaging view has been
presented abroad that Sinhalese have rioted
against Muslims. This has created an incorrect
impression abroad of a Sinhalese-Muslim
BJP may review Katchatheevu rights
(colombogazette.com) The ruling BJP today said
the issue of Indian sovereignty over Katchatheevu,
ceded to Sri Lanka by India in 1974, has to be
revisited, the Press Trust of India reported.
“The issue of Indian sovereignty over
Katchatheevu has to be revisited,” BJP general
secretary P Muralidhar Rao, who is in-charge of
party affairs in Tamil Nadu, told reporters in
Chennai when asked about his party’s stance on
the matter.
An affidavit in the Madras High Court by the
Centre recently said the maritime boundary
between India and Sri Lanka was a “settled issue.”
It was opposed by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and
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Stating that BJP had felt that the issue was not
handled properly, he appealed to the Centre to
look into the affidavit.
“The BJP is fully committed to protect the interests
of fishermen,” he said, adding, Katchatheevu
could not be considered as an isolated matter and
said it was part of a larger issue concerning the
interests of fishermen.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa had
recently urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to
direct officials to file a revised affidavit reflecting
the concerns of Tamil Nadu in the case.
She had also referred to a memorandum she
presented to him on June 3 in Delhi on the
issue of retrieving India’s sovereignty over
Katchatheevu.
On the economy front, the BJP leader
slammed former Union Minister P
Chidambaram for “messing up” with the
economy and said the party looked forward to
“bold steps to ignite hope”.
Earlier, a meeting of state, district office
bearers was held in which it was decided to
expand and intensify party work in Tamil
Nadu, he added.
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organization who receives this letter could
request the National Secretariat for NGOs
coming under the purview of the Ministry of
Defence for more details, descriptions,
explanations and objectives concerning the
content of the letter.
Convenor of the Lawyers' Collective J.C.
Weliamuna lambasted the Director cum
Registrar of the National Secretariat for NGOs
and the Ministry of Defence and Urban
Development for going beyond their mandate
as there is no law allowing them the right to
issue such a directive.
Wijenayake added that "This is a most
dangerous trend as citizens have the right to
get together and form
societies and NGOs
are comprised of
citizens."
Just because NGOs
are registered at the
Ministry does not mean
that they can be
restricted in an absurd
manner, he reiterated.
Despite several
attempts, Secretary to
the Ministry of Mass
Media and Information
Dr. Charitha Herath
was not available for a
comment and Military
Spokesman Brigadier
Ruwan Wanigasooriya
was clueless about the
existence of such a
directive.
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US encourages Lanka to take concrete steps
to address outstanding concerns
(sundaytimes.lk) The US Ambassador to Sri Lanka
Michele J. Sison, speaking at the Independence
Day Reception in Colombo, said that the US is
continue to encourage the Government of Sri Lanka
to take meaningful, concrete steps to address
outstanding concerns related to democratic
governance, reconciliation, justice, and
accountability.
“Since Sri Lanka’s independence, the United States
has worked through USAID to provide over 2 billion
dollars in assistance to the Sri Lankan people.
Today, USAID livelihoods projects and partnerships
with the private sector have secured economic
opportunities by creating thousands of jobs. These
efforts are especially focused on vulnerable
populations, in particular those households headed
by women. USAID also supports the Bar
Association of Sri Lanka and Legal Aid Commission
to help ensure that all Sri Lankans have greater
access to justice. In addition, the U.S. continues to
provide support for the Sri Lankan people through
humanitarian demining in the former conflict zones
and through community reconciliation efforts.”
She noted that United States stands ready to assist
Sri Lanka in facilitating progress on these issues.
“Of course, we also have a vibrant American
Chamber of Commerce represented here tonight.
We work with this dynamic group in bolstering
trade, investment, and business ties between the
U.S. and Sri Lanka. The U.S. Embassy is equally
proud of our cultural preservation work, and of our
support for the Department of Archeology. We have
funded important conservation efforts at the
Rajagala Buddhist forest monastery in Eastern
Province and elsewhere this year.”
Ambassador Sison noted as a friend of Sri Lanka,
the U.S. partners in a variety of efforts to ensure
that the bright young men and women of Sri
Lanka’s next generation reach their full potential.
“On the education front, we have American scholars
and teaching fellows at the Universities of
Peradeniya, Jaffna, and Kelaniya. We are also
teaching English to secondary school students all
over the country: in Kandy, Polonnaruwa, Matara,
Tissamaharama, Tangalle, Mullataivo, Killinocchchi,
Mannar, Beruwela, Mathugama, Negumbo, and
Batticaloa. We have established youth clubs that
foster leadership and life skills for the next
generation. We are proud of this investment in Sri
Lanka’s youth. We believe that these young people
will be key in cementing the relationship between
our two countries in the years to come.”
U.S. engagement with Sri Lanka, whether focused
on civic awareness, education, economic growth, or
cultural preservation, continues to be robust and
multi-faceted. Working together, we are building the
future of the U.S. – Sri Lanka partnership.
UNP to take Polls Chief to Court
BY Ruwan Laknath Jayakody
(ceylontoday.lk) The United National Party (UNP)
said yesterday it was planning to file a fundamental
rights petition, in the Supreme Court, against the
Commissioner of Elections over the alleged
discrepancy in the allocation of seats for the Uva
Provincial Council.
The Uva Province comprises the Badulla and
Monaragala District and the UNP has alleged that
three seats meant for Provincial Councillors from
the Badulla District have been allocated to the
Monaragala District, thereby violating the
fundamental rights of voters in the Badulla District.
UNP Parliamentarian, Ajith P. Perera, said the Party
was presently mulling legal action.
The UNP has submitted a letter of objection against
the seat allocation to the Commissioner of
Elections, Mahinda Deshapriya, which has now
been submitted to the Attorney General for
clarification, Deputy Commissioner of Elections,
M.M. Mohamed said.
According to the Provincial Councils Act No. 42 of
1987, the Commissioner of Elections is obliged to
publish a Gazette Notification and nomination notice
about the nominations for a Provincial Council
election, immediately after the Governor dissolves
the Provincial Council, through which he will
announce the number of candidates.
He added, "Regarding the seats, it is the number of
members elected from the District plus three."
Pope must apologise
to Buddhists: BBS
officers and some of the suspects who fired the
shots have been arrested while more arrests are
pending. The Minister said this in response to a
question raised by Opposition Leader Ranil
Wickremesinghe in Parliament who alleged that
there seemed to be a “cover up” on the incidents
at Aluthgama . “There are many eye witnesses
who state that both deaths occurred due to gun
fire. However the post mortem reports states that
the deaths were caused by lethal cut wounds.
These contradictory statements bring about many
misgivings,” he said.
Two persons were killed during the incidents but
there have been conflicting reports if they died due
to gun shots injuries or due to attacks with blunt
instruments. Minister Hakeem said the matter is
under investigation and the Magistrate has
summoned the JMO who conducted the post
mortem to ascertain his views on the matter prior
to giving an order to exhume the bodies.
(dailymirror.lk) Bodu Bala Sena Leader
Ven.Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera said Pope
Francis should apologise to Sri Lankan Buddhists
over the alleged atrocities committed by Christian
colonialists.
“Previous Popes have publicly apologised to
certain countries because they destroyed, they
killed. We had a similar situation, where most of
the Buddhist temples were destroyed by them
Buddhist monks killed. We would like to see a
public apology from him,” Gnanasara Thera told a
meeting with foreign correspondents in Colombo.
“We are waiting till the Pope comes to see what he
is going to say about the crimes here,” the Thera
said adding that “The Portuguese, Dutch and the
British are all the same to us.
The Pope is expected to visit the Philippines and
Sri Lanka in January.
Hakeem says spent
bullets found at scene
of Aluthgama incidents
All police officers who were present at the scene of
the riots at Aluthgama have surrendered their
weapons to the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD)
that is investigating the incidents in order to recant
the fact that shots were fired from their weapons
on the day of the incidents, Justice Minister Rauff
Hakeem told Parliament.
He said that ten bullet shells were found by the
Crime of Scene Investigating Officers and CCD
UNP picks Harin
as CM candidate
by Piyasena Dissanayke
(island.lk) The UNP yesterday
decided to field Badulla District
parliamentarian Harin Fernando
as its Chief Ministerial candidate
at the forthcoming Uva Provincial
Council election.
He is expected to resign from
parliament shortly and launch his
campaign.
Harin had held a series of
discussions in this regard with the party activists
and the leadership over the past several weeks.
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‘What Evidence?!’
(thesundayleader.lk) Monitoring MP for the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, Sajin de Vass Gunawardena in a
comprehensive interview with The Sunday Leader
reiterates that the government will ‘not permit
countries with vested interest’ to pursue their
agenda’s in Sri Lanka, maintaining that the UN
Probe was a ‘totally arbitrary process designed and
implemented for the benefit of the LTTE and its
sympathizers.’
‘Any process that takes place must look at the
entire period of the war and should take into
consideration the loss of life and violations on all
sides and it has to be done domestically,’ he added
Excerpts of the interview:
Q: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Navi Pillay announced last week that three experts,
Martti Ahtisaari, Silvia Cartwright and Asma
Jahangir have agreed to advise and support the
team on an investigation of alleged human rights
violations in Sri Lanka. But your Ministry maintains
that the government will continue to oppose the
investigation, going as far as to reject granting of
visas to them. On what grounds is the rejection
made?
A: This is not a decision that we have taken
arbitrarily. We have had this consistent position
from the inception of this process. We are a
sovereign nation, we will not permit countries with
vested interest to pursue their agendas. We are a
country that has the will and the mechanisms that
are required to address the issues that affect the
polity of Sri Lanka.
Also be reminded that this was debated at length in
Parliament and the GOSL obtained a majority to
reject such intrusion into the internal affairs of Sri
Lanka. There is also a contradiction in the
resolution in itself, where Operative Clause 2 calls
for a domestic inquiry and operative clause 10 calls
for an international inquiry. As you are aware the
Commission on Missing Persons is now steaming
ahead with there work having received over 20,000
submissions. In my mind this falls under the
category of Operative Clause 2.
Q: The United States and Britain had last week
urged the Government to support the probe after
the Navi Pillay’s announcement. What are the likely
consequences of refusing these Member states?
A: Countries can request and urge but the final
decision on this rests with the GOSL and
Parliament of Sri Lanka. I think the USA and Britain
have enough on their plate to sort out, Iraq for USA
and the humiliating defeat of Britain at the EU last
week etc. Also the USA, Britain and Sri Lanka
shares the same independent sovereign status as
countries, therefore I see no reason for
consequences as you ask. Is it your view that Sri
Lanka must accede to every request made by the
USA and Britain?
What right do they have to do so? Should not it be
the people of Sri Lanka who would decide this? On
the aspect of support, the fact that over 20,000
submissions have been received by the Missing
Persons Commission amply demonstrates the
credibility of the process and the seriousness of the
Commission in undertaking and completing the task
entrusted to them. In turn what I would request the
USA and Britain is to recognise this aspect.
Q: Asma Jehangir on Tuesday claimed that similar
investigations have continued without State support
and maintains that a refusal to cooperate will
increase the difficulties for the government. How
prepared is the government for such an
eventuality?
A: I don’t think it applies to us, it is a totally arbitrary
process designed and implemented for the benefit
of the LTTE and its sympathizers. Any process that
takes place must look at the entire period of the war
and should take into consideration the loss of life
and violations on all sides and it has to be done
domestically. Show me one village in Sri Lanka
(outside the North) where dead bodies have not
gone during the war time.
Even to me personally my own maternal uncle and
eight of his friends were blown sky high in the
Wilpattu National Park in six anti tank and 15
johhny mines seven years ago, which was
specifically laid out for them. This was the factual
situation that people of Sri Lanka were faced with
on both sides. Answering your question, if Asma
Jehangir is in a position to hurl threats of that
nature, “Increase difficulties for the government”
she should elaborate on same and tell us what
those difficulties are going to be and how she would
be giving effect to them. If this is so, let’s close up
the government, the legislature and the judiciary
and let’s ask the appointed committee to run this
country.
They are behaving and giving statements in such a
TNA hails talks with
S African envoy
Talks positive: Sampanthan
Discussions centered on
addressing national question:
Sumanthiran
TNA says S African Deputy
President to brief India about
progress
Government still mum on
Ramaphosa discussions
By Dharisha Bastians
(ft.lk) Deputy President of South
Africa Cyril Ramaphosa
concluded a two day visit to Sri
Lanka for ‘talks about talks’ on
evolving a political solution to
the country’s ethnic question,
that the main Tamil party said,
were positive despite stony
silence from the Government.
Ramaphosa, who is South
African President Jacob Zuma’s
special envoy to Sri Lanka, as
the African nation attempts to
drive a reconciliation initiative in
the island based on its own
post-Apartheid experience, met
with the Tamil National Alliance
yesterday.
“Talks centered on addressing
the national question, TNA
Parliamentarian M.A.
Sumanthiran said following the
meeting, although he declined to
comment on the details.
Sumanthiran said the South
Africans were willing to share
their experiences to advance the
process of reconciliation in Sri
Lanka.
“The TNA is willing to support
their efforts. Mr. Ramaphosa is
here on the Government’s
invitation, so we hope the
Government will support them
too,” Sumanthiran told the
media. The TNA also discussed
not be in a negative position by not cooperating?
A: This is exactly the point I have made in my
previous answer to you in question 4. I don’t think
I need to say any more on this, I have proven my
point.
Q: Jehangir alludes to the fact that if visas are not
granted they will communicate with those willing
to give evidence in a country close by.
A: They can use Skype…………. Yahoo chat,
Google chat…. So many ways.
Q: Pillay’s office claims that although some team
members are still to arrive, the investigation is
‘now effectively underway’. How concerned are
you of this situation?
A: Does not apply to us. It is their process and
very clearly it is ultra vires viz a viz Sri Lanka.
Q: UN Assistant Secretary General for Political
Affairs Oscar Fernandez Taranco is to prepare a
report on his recent visit to Sri Lanka to the UN.
TNA who met with him, believes that issues such
as the alleged ‘lack of powers vested in the
Northern Provincial Council, militarization of the
North and the absence of witness protection laws
in Sri Lanka especially with the ongoing UN led
investigation’ will feature in this report. How valid
are these concerns?
A: Lack of Powers vested in the NPC! How
different are the powers that all other PC’s have to
that of the NPC? They are the same powers. If
you would analyze the functioning of the PC’s you
will
(Contd: on P22)
BBS calls for ban of
“Shoora Council”
(sundaytimes.lk) The Bodu Bala Sena(BBS) today
urged the government to investigate the newly
estabilished body National Shoora Council, a body
consisting of Muslim representatives. They claimed
that this body of council is considered to be
equivalent to parliament in some Muslim countries.
General Secretary of BBS organisation Ven.
Galaboda Aththe Gnanasara Thero demanded that
this organization should be banned. “Investigate
who is responsible for this body and about their
foreign connections” he said.
JVP: Govt has got caught in diplomatic trap
By Dasun Edirisinghe
the post-war environment with
the South African Envoy, the
TNA legislator said.
A TNA delegation including
Party Leader R. Sampanthan
and Parliamentarians
Sumanthiran, Marvai
Senathirajah and Suresh
Premachandran met with
Ramaphosa over breakfast at
the Taj Samudra.
TNA Leader R. Sampanthan
said the TNA delegation had
discussed matters in detail with
the South African Envoy.
“He said he would keep India
informed of the discussions,” the
TNA Leader asserted.
Soon afterwards, the Deputy
President of South Africa flew to
Jaffna for discussions with
Northern Province Chief Minister
C.V. Wigneswaran.
The Government meanwhile has
remained tight lipped on its
meetings with the South African
Envoy after its coalition partners
the JHU and the Wimal
Weerawansa-led NFF raised
major objections about his visit.
The two nationalist parties are
strongly approved to South
African mediation to negotiate a
political settlement with Sri
Lanka’s Tamil minority.
Housing Minister Wimal
Weerawansa told journalists
hours after the South African
Deputy President had arrived
that he was here merely “as a
tourist.”
President Mahinda Rajapaksa
held talks with Ramaphosa on
Monday night before hosting him
to dinner, but details of the talks
have not been made public.
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manner. Based only on this and not taking other
factors into consideration, the bias nature is amply
visible. Our Country has faced difficulties from the
time, we were invaded by the British and then the
brutal terrorism that tore our nation and its people
apart, but we have overcome all that.
We have overcome all that from the power of
franchise, the power of the people, the people of
this country will decide what is good for them, be it
government or otherwise, we as a Government will
bow our heads to any such decision taken by the
people of this country. We have given 26
opportunities for the past 8 years to voice their
decisions which they have done amply.
Q: She reiterates that the government will find it
difficult to prevent the people from giving evidence
before the investigative team. How do you plan to
meet this situation?
A: What evidence are we talking about? Any inquiry
that is taking place must be under a proper judicial
process, the law of evidence must be applicable for
same. Any person can go in front of a camera and
say whatever that is required to satisfy there
objectives. Does this mean that it is correct? What
about the aspect of investigation, gathering of
evidence, a judicial process. The investigative
mechanism set up by the UNHRC is an arbitrary
process that has absolutely no bearing to what I
have just stated.
It is purely for cosmetic reasons to provide an
impetus to the LTTE and its Diaspora. See the
Darusman report in which they say that evidence
was taken but locked away for 25 years in
respect of what was stated and the identities.
Then they expect prosecution from on our part.
Identities withheld, evidence (so called) withheld
and we are to prosecute. Can we do this??
This process by the UNHRC would be equivalent
to a “Travelling Circus” as the committee is
supposed to spend ten days in Northern
America, seven days in United Kingdom, five
days in Norway etcetc…. Thirty years of
terrorism, hundreds of thousands affected on all
sides, can this be done in the manner that
UNHRC is now attempting to. Ask yourself the
question.
Q: She adds that they will treat any report that
they find to be of satisfactory levels to be an
independent valid one. Would the government
(island.lk) The government had got caught in a
diplomatic trap by inviting South Africa Vice
President Cyril Ramaphosa to Sri
Lanka, the JVP said yesterday.
South Africa and India abstained from
voting for the US sponsored resolution
against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC
recently, but now South Africa was
involved in the country’s internal
matters, JVP Propaganda Secretary MP
Vijitha Herath said.
He said that the JVP was against any
country getting involved in the internal
affairs of Sri Lanka, but the government had asked
for South Africa’s involvement.
"A government delegation led by Minister of
Irrigation and Water Resources Development
Aluthgama
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the people about the incident and disperse them
peacefully. That was the only thing we could do at
that time and that is what happened in history also
in such a situation. And some armed people
attacked them when they were dispersing
peacefully. That is why the clash erupted,” he said.
Ven. Gnanasara Thera said the Social Integration
Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva visited South
Africa last year and asked them to share their
experiences in reconciliation," Herath said.
The Gampaha District MP said by inviting
Ramaphosa to Sri Lanka, the government
had also exposed its double standards.
The South African delegation had arrived
following a resolution the government passed
in Parliament against the international
community getting involved in Sri Lankan
affairs.
South African Vice President Cyril
Ramaphosa arrived in Sri Lanka on July 07.
He met President Mahinda Rajapaksa,
Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe,
Foreign Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris and a Tamil
National Alliance delegation before leaving for
Jaffna yesterday.
Minister had not yet summoned the BBS for a
meeting and asked why they were making
derogatory statements and create issues for the
last two and half years.
“As a responsible Minister, he should call us for a
meeting and ask why we were making derogatory
statements. That is how Ministers should act. But
some Ministers are making baseless allegations
against us without any evidence,” Ven. Gnanasara
Thera said. (Ajith Siriwardana and Sanath
Desmond)
New Director General of the Commission
to Investigate Bribery or Corruption
assumed duties
(dailynews.lk) New Director General of the
Commission to Investigate Bribery or Corruption
Ganesh Dharmawardena assumed duties at his
office yesterday. Wife of the Director
General Aparna Dharmawardena is also
in picture. Left: Acting Mahanayake Most
Ven. Ittapane Dhammalankara thera, Ven.
Muruttettuwe Ananda thera, Ven.
Galaboda Gnanissara thera, Ven.
Balangoda Sobhitha thera and
Thiniyawala Palitha thera blessing the new
Director General. Picture by Wasitha
Patabendige.
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Sega Nagendra awarded CMI (UK)
Companion status
(island.lk) Sega Nagendra a Fellow of the
Chartered Management Institute – UK and Past
President of the
Chartered
Management
Institute – UK,
Sri Lanka
Branch, received
the prestigious
Companion
status from the
UK Chartered
Management
Shah re-elected CCC chairman
(sundayobserver.lk) The Ceylon Chamber of
Commerce (CCC) will launch a program to help
build 'peace and harmony' in the country, its
Chairman Suresh Shah told members at its 175th
AGM held recently at its premises.
Shah was re-elected for a second year.
"I call upon the private sector
to contribute at least a part of
their CSR funds towards a
program that we will taken
islandwide to create peace
and harmony in society," said
Shah.
The CCC's latest move
comes following the recent
Institute, elevating him to the highest level of
membership i.e. Companion.
This Honour was bestowed upon him at the
Annual General Meeting of the Chartered
Management Institute – UK Sri Lanka Branch,
held at Kingsbury Hotel participated by British
High commissioner John Ranking
Companions are an exclusive network of
professionally qualified senior leaders of the
industry. Nagendra joins a band of five other
Companions of Sri Lanka who have so far been
elected as Companions of this prestigious
institution.
project was held by Ceylinco Shriram Companies.
If this stake could be realised at the present
market value, the entire amount could be utilized
to pay the investors, far beyond the promised
60%, the same source revealed.
Ceylinco Shriram was the first, and one among the
few companies, to present a practical and realistic
repayment plan that addressed the concerns of
investors. A pertinent fact is that the Directors of
Ceylinco Shriram were committed to seeing every
investor settled; understanding their plight, which
many felt was reflected in the repayment plan
presented. Sources point out that the repayment
plan is on track and that Ceylinco Shriram is
confident of delivering on the promise made to
investors that 60% of the money invested would
be settled.
Ceylinco Shriram continued to pay all investors
their dues until December 2008, when the
company had to face a situation beyond its
control, and succumbed to the domino effect of the
collapse of Golden Key and other Ceylinco Group
companies. Even after the crisis, the company
continually strove to maintain a productive
dialogue with investors, and seriously considered
their views in preparing the repayment plan.
Asela Kuruluwansa
(dailynews.lk) Bianca
Hettiarachichi of Mahamaya Girls
College, Kandy, has won the
Gold Medal for Verse Speaking at
the Sri Lanka Annual Competitive
festival organized by the British
and International Federation of
Festivals held in Kandy, recently.
She was taking part in the 13 to
(sundayobserver.lk) Top
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been appointed to the Board of
DFCC Bank PLC as a Non-Executive Director.
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University in the Netherlands, and at Leeds
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agencies and has published in numerous
international journals. He was also an Honorary
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Zealand, where he currently lives.
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selected as an eligible competitor
of the All Island Sri Lanka Annual
Competitive Festival finale held in
Colombo, where she was
selected the Best Verse Speaker
and received the Edward
Fernandopulle Memorial Trophy
bringing credit and fame to her
Alma mater.
President approves expressway for Ratnapura
2014-August 2015) of the General
Assembly.
She was not only the first Sri
Lankan to chair this Committee but
was also one of the youngest at
the age of 27.
A past pupil of Ladies College,
Colombo, Ms. Rambukwella was
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(thesundayleader.lk) Dr. Rohana Ulluwishewa,
former Associate Professor of Geography at the
Sri Jayewardenepura University has been
honoured as a ‘Finalist’ of the International Book
Award 2014, American Book Fest announced last
week in Los Angeles. This award has been
granted to him for the high standard of his book
‘Spirituality and Sustainable Development’
published by Palgrave Macmillan, London.
In his revolutionary book, Dr.Ulluwishewa shows
that the root-cause of the
conventional development’s
failure to alleviate poverty and
inequality, to achieve
environmental sustainability and
to deliver happiness to the
humanity lies within us.
It is our self-centeredness
and greed for material
wealth and power.
Conventional development
ignores this truth, and
attempts to change almost everything
in the external world except ourselves.
Of course, the changes it brings to the external
world generate more material wealth, but as the
selfishness within us remains unchanged, we fail
to generate wealth in an environmentally
sustainable manner, to distribute the wealth
equally and to deliver happiness to all. While all
Bianca brings fame to her school
Dharmarajah
appointed to
DFCC Board
(sundayobserver.lk) The United
Nations General Assembly elected
Ms. Chamithri Rambukwella,
Second Secretary of the
Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to
the United Nations in New York,
Vice-Chair of the Fifth Committee
recently.
It was unanimously endorsed by
the Asia-Pacific Group as at the
Bureau of the Fifth Committee for
the 69th Session (September
incidents in Aluthgama.
"This is extremely unfortunate and I don't think we
need to point an accusing finger at any one,
because at the end of the day, if there is unrest in
our society, I think all of us need to take
responsibility," he said.
Sri Lankan Author Honoured
Ceylinco Shriram Successfully Settles 60% Of The
Outstanding In Cash To 88% Of The Depositors
(island.lk) Setting a precedence and an example in
the Sri Lankan financial sector, Ceylinco Shriram
successfully managed to make payments in cash
to 5,084 of its investors, representing 87.7% of the
total 5,796, amounting to over 60% of their
deposits, as at April 2014. This was achieved with
the seventh tranche of the repayment process,
which was completed in April 2014. The seven
repayments totalled a mammoth Rs.2.8 billion, all
of which was settled in cash.
The balance 714 depositors, who represent 12.3%
of the total, received cash payments up to Rs.1.3
million per person. The payments have been made
in conformity with the payment plan submitted by
the Board of Directors of Ceylinco Shriram to the
Courts and investors. The payment plan was
formulated, with the interest calculated up to the
time of preparing the settlement plan, and included
in the repayment amounts, according to a reliable
source. In February 2014, the Supreme Court too
expressed its appreciation, saying that it
recognised this as the best repayment plan
implemented so far in Sri Lanka for failed financial
and non-financial institutions, and placed on
record, the enormous assistance given to the
Court by all the parties involved, including the
Central Bank, the depositors, the committee of
Chartered Accountants, and the directors of the
company.
From the Celestial Towers project, being the
biggest asset which was in possession of the
company, a staggering Rs.800 million is due to
Ceylinco Shriram, as repayment of the loan given
to them, along with the interest due for this loan.
This amount was to be utilized to settle
depositors, as proposed in the repayment plan. In
addition to the said loan given to Celestial Towers,
55% of the ownership of the Celestial Tower
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(news.lk) President Mahinda Rajapaksa has given
approval to commence construction of a 71 km
long expressway from Kahatuduwa entrance to the
Southern Expressway up to Pelmadulla via
Ratnapura, according to Public
Administration and Home
Affairs Minister W.D.J.
Seneviratne.
The minister said so at the
Ratnapura District
Development Meeting held at
the Sapthapadi Hall
summoned by Ratnapura
District Secretary Sunil Kannangara.
The minister said those who travel from Southern
Expressway to Ratnapura had to use the route via
Ingiriya but the proposed extension to the
expressway would help them to reach Pelmadulla
within an hour. The proposed expressway would be
named Ruwanpura Expressway and the feasibility
study was being finalized, the
minister said adding, that the
passengers could save time
and increase efficiency by
using the proposed extension
to the expressway. The route
of the Ruwanpura Expressway
would be laid down from
Kahatuduwa via
Moragahahena, Handapangoda, Horana, Ingiriya,
Kiriella, Ratnapura to Pelmadulla.
Ananda College wins International award
(dailynews.lk) The17th
International Convention on
Student's Quality Circles was
held at Kingston University,
London UK from June 23 to
28, 2014. The theme of the
conference was "Empowering
Responsible Citizens." Nearly
3,000 students and teachers
from more than 25 countries
participated. Ananda College,
D. S. Senanayake College
and Mahanama College all
from Colombo, participated
from Sri Lanka. The
Convention program
consisted of case study
presentation, College debate,
poster, slogan and skit.
Sanul Senaratne, Kalhara
Bandaranayake, Menura
Wanninayake and Charindu
Liyanage from Ananda
College Colombo, participated
on case study presentation
and was placed second.
Master-in-charge Ananda
Sumanatilleke too joined the
team to London.
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Asgiri Mahanaayaka Thera visits London Buddhist Vihara
The Mahanaayaka of Asgiri Chapter of the Siyam
Maha Nikaya in Sri Lanka Most Venerable
Aggamahaapanditha Udugama Buddharakkitha
Mahanayaka Thera made a courtesy visit to London
Buddhist Vihara.
Accompanying the Mahanayaka Thera were Ven.Dr.
Thummulle Seelakkhanda Thera, the Vice
Chancellor of the Anuradhapura Bhikku University,
Ven. Aanamaduwe Dhammadassee Thera, Senior
Lecturer, Anuradhapura Bhikku University, Ven.
Muruddeniye Dhammarathana, Chief Incumbent of
the Badulu Muthiyangana Rajamahaa Vihara, Ven.
Dharanaagama Kusaladhamma Thera, of Sambodhi
Vihara in Colombo and theDirector of Bauddhayaa
TV, Ven. Pannala Pagnaaloka Thera, Ven. Omare
Somissara Thera, Sunil Kariyakarawana from the Sri
Sambodhi Development Foundation and many other
distinguished Buddhist representative who arrived
from Sri Lanka to attend the Sambodhi opening
ceremony.
Mahanayaka Thera came to London to attend the
opening ceremony of the newly stablished "Sri
Sambodhi Development Foundation" at the Buddha
Vihara at 84, Dacre Road, London E13 OPR.
The opening ceremony will be held on Sunday the
5th July from 3 p.m.
Photographs by Tissa Madawela
Evidence
from P14
see that out of 37 items of devolved items
(concurrent list) 35 are being implemented
excluding the police powers and the setting up of
the Land Commission. In respect of land, already
the PC’s have adequate powers in utilization of
land.
The aspect of alienation of state land as decided
by the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in consistency
with the Constitution of Sri Lanka rests with the
President of the State. Even on the funding, the
budgetary allocation given to the Northern
Provincial Council for the year 2014, the NPC has
received Rs. 78 Billion where as the Southern
Provincial Council has only received Rs. 66 Billion.
The issue perhaps rests with the NPC trying to
solve national issues and driving an “Eelam”
agenda through the NPC rather than focusing on
development that would benefit the people of the
North. Militarization of the North is now almost
nonexistent. There is a total civil administration in
place with the NPC. Certain security strength is
required in the area.
Don’t forget that 11,876 armed cadres who
surrendered were released to society within three
months. In the recent past, there have been certain
elements that are trying to resurrect the LTTE. The
speech given by Sri Dharan in Parliament recently
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faces in respect of the resurgence attempts made.
On the Witness Protection Bill this I believe has
been approved by the Cabinet of Ministers and is
pending to be brought into the order paper of
Parliament for debate. It is a matter of time for this
to be adopted. Progress on these areas are done
by the GOSL not taking into consideration the
agendas and timeframe of external interested
parties but based on the need for same within Sri
Lanka and for its people.
Q: A concern raised by the TNA is witness
protection for those willing to come forward and
give evidence. How relevant is this concern?
A: Even under the current system in the country
there is adequate protection provided, if you would
only see the quantum of cases that is being
prosecuted and the quantum of witnesses that
participate in the process. The best recent example
is the Tangalle case that is proceeding where the
Court heard the statements of all the witnesses
and I also read in the newspapers on the
comments made by the Court on the matching of
DNA evidence etc.
Therefore even now under the current laws there is
adequate protection. However having said that in
terms of modernization of the existing laws, the
new Witness Protection Bill is to be taken up in
Parliament for debate in the immediate future. This
will address any issues or loopholes that exist.
Q: UNSG Ban Ki-moon also asks that Sri Lanka
engage ‘constructively’ with the international
community to strengthen the existing domestic
processes in a manner that is inclusive and
respectful of human rights. How do you respond
to these concerns?
A: The statement made by the UNSG is very
different from the UNHRC process and the
international independent inquiry. He has
requested that Sri Lanka “engage constructively”
with the international community to strengthen
the existing domestic processes. I think this is
reasonable and fair.
We have been doing this right along. Despite the
fact that we take positions on a case by case
basis when it affects Sri Lanka we have been
continuously engaging with the UNHRC and
special rapporteurs, WGEID etc…… Therefore I
think this is a welcome statement by the UNSG
and from our perspective, we have no issues in
having such interactions in strengthening the
domestic processes.
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Climate and Sri Lanka: Processes, Projections and Challenges - Lecture by Dr Erica Palin
Organized by SSLES (Society of Sri Lankan Engineers and Scientists in the UK)
which often has a huge impact on the functionality
of the society. By looking at projections to the end
of the century and beyond, the most sophisticated
As part the series of Scientific and Engineering
of Earth system models show that even with
lectures organised by SSLES _ the Society of Sri
significant mitigation some further climate change
Lankan Engineers and Scientists in the UK, a
is to be expected.
lecture titled “Climate and Sri Lanka: Processes,
Since the 1960s many countries around the world
Projections and Challenges” was recently
have experienced a
delivered by Dr Erica Palin, a Senior
change in
Research Officer at the Met Office.
'moderate'
Lecture was delivered at the Strand
temperature
Palace Hotel in London and the event
extremes, as seen
was open to Sri Lankan community and
by the decrease in
their guests.
the number of cool
Dr Keerthi Devendra, the current
days and nights and
president of the SSLES, under whose
increase in the
leadership the series of lectures was
number of warm
initiated, chaired the event. He stated
days and nights.
that it was essential for SSLES to work
Attribution studies
with local organisations and prominent
have found that
UK scientists and engineers to enhance
human influence
the knowledge base of the SSLES
has changed the
members and wider Sri Lankan
odds of certain
community. He also stated that this
types of extreme
lecture is yet another example, where a topic of
events. The probability of the type of extreme heat
interest to Sri Lanka is addressed by an
wave that occurred in Texas in 2011, a La Nina
internationally respected scientist. Mr Anuran
year, was calculated to have changed from one in
Wickramasinghe, who organised the event on
100 years (as estimated in the 1960s) to a one in 5
behalf of SSLES introduced the key note speaker,
or 6 year event in present day. The odds of a cold
Dr Erica Palin.
winter in the UK, like that experienced in 2010 /
At the onset, Dr Palin highlighted that she was
2011, were found to have roughly halved.
going to deal with climate and the factors which
However, not all
bring about climate
types of extreme
change in a wider
events were found to
sense affecting the
have a human
whole world and that
influence.
she would also speak
In September 2012
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Arctic sea ice extent
the climate changes
reached its lowest
in Sri Lanka.
recorded level and
She stated that
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'weather' is the mix of
evidence that the
events that happen
rate of decline in summer sea-ice extent has
each day in our atmosphere affecting the
increased.
temperature, rainfall and humidity experienced by
New simulations have been produced with a
us. 'Climate' on the other hand, in a particular area
sophisticated Earth system model. These confirm
of the globe, controls the weather in that area.
that rising unmitigated emissions could lead to
Climate is the average weather pattern in a place
global mean temperature increases by the end of
over many years.
the century of more than 5oC and
It has been found
regionally in excess
that Earth's climate
of 10oC.
has continued to
Accompanying
change over long
these temperature
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changes are
that these changes
changes in rainfall
are influenced by
and water
natural causes as
availability. New
well as human
evidence suggests
activities. Among the
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natural causes are long term changes in Earth's
cause large reductions in
orbit, variations in solar output, changes in
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atmospheric aerosols and large volcanic eruptions.
increase warming.
Human activities are the ones which cause the
The scale of climate change is greatly reduced
formation of greenhouse gases and sulphur
with rapid reductions in greenhouse gas
aerosols.
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2011 and early 2012 were strongly influenced by
La Nina, which tends to temporarily lower the
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Dr Palin used effective graphical
representations to complement her
oral descriptions.
More than 90% of the energy trapped
in the Earth system due to man-made
greenhouse gas emissions goes into
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Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Investigating which greenhouse gas emissions
pathways will achieve this goal, is an active area of
research among the world's climate scientists and
requires both an understanding of climate system
processes and the application of state-of- the art
global climate models.
For the highest emissions scenario, RCP 8.5, a
temperature rise of more than 5oC above preindustrial levels by 2100 is projected with a
continuing rise until midway through the 23rd
century. For the strong mitigation pathway, RCP
2.6, it is projected that global temperature peaks in
the 2040s at just over 2oC before gradually
reducing to below 2oC by 2100 and a further small
decline to 2300.
Which pathway the world takes,
with its subsequent temperature
rise and feedbacks will determine
the severity of climate impacts. A
warmer world has the potential to
unlock large stores of organic
carbon from permafrost, released
as CO2 and Methane into the
atmosphere. Under all RCP
pathways a decline in permafrost
extent is projected, but it is not until around 2035
that the choice of targeted RCP becomes
significant. Projections for RCP 8.5 show a
complete loss of Arctic permafrost by 2150.
With reference to Sri Lanka she added that, being
an island nation, subject to tropical climate
patterns, it is highly
vulnerable to climate
change impact.
Extreme weather
events, such as high
intensity rainfall,
followed by flash floods
and landslides, and
extended dry periods
resulting in water
scarcity is becoming
common occurrences in Sri Lanka. Changes in
already volatile weather patterns are likely to
impact adversely on the socio economic activities
in the country.
Sri Lanka's location in close proximity to the
equator is extremely imperative in understanding
the severity of climate change. Countries located
near the equator receive additional direct sunlight
with less area to heat up causing temperatures in
this region to be
much warmer than,
say the North or
South Pole, where
the distance from
the sun is much
greater, where the
heat from the sun is
spread over a
much larger area.
Sri Lanka is
particularly
vulnerable to rising sea levels; weather related
disasters have the potential to set back any gains
made in agriculture and fisheries and vector borne
diseases are liable to increase.
The floods in 2011 in Sri Lanka were quite severe.
LaNina usually does not affect Sri Lanka but it did
so in 2011 resulting in severe floods. This was
predicted by the UK met office a few months
before the event.
Mitigation reduces all impacts due to climate
change, even though the effects are felt after many
decades. Among the adaptations to climate
change resorted to in Sri Lanka are increasing
coastal mangrove density, development of crop
varieties tolerant to drought or increasing rainfall
and changes to design of urban drainage systems.
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questions and answer session, particularly relating
to Sri Lanka and South-East Asia.
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Blessed all monks and Most Ven. Mahanayake Thera visited
Jethavana Buddhist Vihara Birmingham.
Most Venerable, Mahanayaka Thera of Ramanna Maha
Nikaya, srilanka visited Jethavana Buddhist Vihara with
the chief incumbent of Vidyavasa Pirivena, Mirigama,
Adhikarana Sangha Nayaka Thera of Ramanna Maha
Nikaya, Most Ven.Makulewe Wimala Thera and Ven.
Hurikaduwe Pannasekara Thera.
The chief incumbent of Jethavana Buddhist Vihara and
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until now we have not had a Buddhist temple to
practice our religion. The nearest temple is in
Manchester, which is a one hour drive from
Liverpool. This makes it very difficult for us to
take our families and children to a Buddhist
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situation has had a negative impact on our
children's upbringing; they have lost touch with
their roots and needless to say most of our
youngsters are unaware of our cultural and
religious heritage.
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after many years of struggle, been able to
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North London Poson Celebrations
“North London Poson Celebrations” were held on 21st June 2014 in
Enfield. Sunday school pupils and their parents performed “Poson
Bhakthi Gee” for the first time in North London. All audience seems
enjoyed Bhakthi gee and Poson lanterns for the first time and It was
a good opportunity for parents to show their kids how Poson
celebrations are taking place in Sri Lanka as most of childrens never
seen before.Poson Bath Dasala offerd with support of a devotees
and lot of people who participated enjoyed delicious Sri Lankan food
served.
This event was organized with blessings of Venerable Panamure
Thapassee Thero And the organizing committee is thank full for all
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PRINS TURNS 90
Mr Prins Gunasekara reaches his 90th Birthday
on 12th July 2014.Prins Gunasekara was an
intellectual, distinctive journalist an expert in law
and author of many books. He is a barrister by
profession and was outstanding figure at a certain
stage in SriLankan history. He was a prominent
advocate appearing in courts of appeals and
Supreme Court of Srilanka. His subjects areas
were mainly fundamental human rights, habeas
corpse applications and Buddhist temple
properties. He was known as journalist as well. As
a charismatic lawyer he has made profound
impact in the field of SriLankan politics and in
society.
Although the significant works done by Prins
Gunasekara is fading away from the minds of our
people as with time. But, the impact created due
to his courageous acts still remains unchanged in
our society. He fought tirelessly against brutal
UNP regime that came into power in 1977 under
which clergies, journalists, politicians and
intellectuals were abducted and disappeared
merely because, they against government's extra
judiciary killings. he awakened the consciousness
of his contemporary friends and
his students who apprenticed under him as
lawyers. Prins Gunasekara helped to make the
government's murderous acts known to the whole
civilised
world. prins was in the vanguard of bringing
international attention to the arbitrary killing of
people by UNP regime.
This learned man spends his time at his home in
East London on medical advice, in spite of the
fact that he is in the evening of his life, he is still in
good spirit and has never given up his habit of
reading and writing.
Prins cherished the idealism of socialist and free
society in which all citizens live together with
harmony and equal opportunities. With this in
mind, he entered into politics through Sama
samaja party, one of the biggest leftist movement
at that time in SriLanka. Prins rubbed
shoulders with N.M perera and Phillip
Gunawardena who were gigantic
figures in the leftist movement at that
time in SriLanka. But, later he lost his
faith in Lanka Sama Samaja party
due to its reformism, opportunism
and alliance with
capitalist governments.however, he
was interested in Marx-Lenin's
revolutionary dynamic theory
enthused by Rohana Wijeweera who
paved the way to establish a genuine leftist
movement in Srilanka which was known as
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna(JVP).
Mr Rohana Wijeweera was one of the candidates
of ill-famed presidential election in 1983 and
challenged the legality of the election on the basis
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of irregularities and massive corruptions. Prins
was the legal advisor of comrade Rohana
Wijeweera in the election petition. This election
petition was believed to be a crucial juncture. it
was the opinion of intellectuals and General
Public that if petition was upheld in courts, holding
of a fresh presidential election would have been
inevitable.
According to political analysis of the day, the
government was in the weak position to win the
election position. Prins pioneered to save the
lives of innocent youths who had been stuck in
the guillotine of UNP 88-89 terror
reign.
during this terror reign, some of the
prominent lawyers such as Wijedasa
Liyanarachchi,Charitha Lankapura,
Kanchana Abepala and Sarath
Rathnayake who active in the field of
Human Rights were abducted and
brutally murdered by government's
sponsored death squads known as
"Green Tigers" and "praa".
Prins Gunasekara was in the forefront
in establishing People's United Front(Mahajana
Eksath Peramuna) in 1956 under the leadership
of Mr Bandaranayake and Phillip Gunawardena
and at the same time, Prins was elected as the
co-secretary to the party and secretary to Philip.
Phillip requested Prins to contest for Horana seat
in 1956, but he refused the it due to work
commitment.However he secured an easy victory
which was held March 1960 from Habaraduwa
seat and became a member of parliament.
The king's speech was defeated in Parliament in
1960 and consequently, UNP government had to
call for another election in July 1960. Mahajana
Eksath Peramuna suffered a major setback in
July 1960 as a result of an unwise decision made
by Phillip Gunawardena during the voting for
king's speech. Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
refrained from voting for king's speech due to
Phillip's grudge against Mr Bandaranayake. This
move appeared to be an indirect support for UNP.
Therefore Prins experienced heavy defeat in the
General election which was held in July
1960.Prins contested 1060 July election as an
independent candidate from Habaraduwa seat
and he was able to achieve a recorded victory. He
campaigned for justice,equality and Human Right
within the parliament until 1977.
Prins Gunawardena was born in Habaraduwa at
Kathaluwa, a remote village in southern Srilanka.
He is an old boy of Ananda college in Colombo.
He obtained a degree from London University as
an external student and later entered the Law
college in SriLanka and was sworn in as a lawyer
in 1955, meanwhile Prins worked for Lanka
Deepa news paper as a journalist and he was
fortunate to rub shoulders with erudite journalists
like D.B Dhanapala and Julias Lanarol who have
contributed immensely for the development of
SriLankan journalism. He later became chief sub
editor for Lanka Deepa news paper.
Prins does not bother to waste time to talk about
old left in SriLanka, he never praised JVP but,
instead he criticised the principles of JVP. He
speaks with broken heart about the defeats the
youths have experienced in their journey towards
socialism.
" The old left leaders said one thing and did
something else, I know it very well,But Wijeweera
practised what he preached, he preached what
practised, sometimes, he acted unwisely, that is
why I am so angry. I loved him irrespective of his
shortcomings, they have courage and
determination to build up the country". These
were the words Prins uttered about JVP when we
met him last time.
In Conclusion, we salute him for his bravery and
wish this great gentleman healthy and long life.
By Sugath Senevirathna
[email protected]
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Letchworth Buddhist Temple Celebrated - 2014 Poson Poya
The Poson celebration commenced by
observing sill (retreat) by devotees on
Thursday, 12th June, the full moon poya
day and Saturday,14th June at the
Letchworth Buddhist Temple. The sill
program on both days were guided by
the Chief Incumbent Ven. Dediyawala
Wimala Thero and the visiting monk
from Glasgow Temple Ven. Mathugama
Palitha Thero., covering meditation,
dhamma sermons, dhamma
discussions, Buddha pooja and
invoking blessings to all. A large turnout
of devotees observed sill on both days.
In the afternoon, on 15th June, 2014
the Poson Celebration was held at St.
Michael's Church, Broad Way,
Letchworth. The day's event began by
observing the Pancha Seela (Five
Precepts) conducted by the Chief
Incumbent Most Ven. Dediyawala
Wimala Thero. followed by a special
Dhamma sermon delivered by Most
Ven. Dr. Sumanasiri Nayaka Thero.
highlighting the importance of Poson for
Sri Lankans. A senior member, Ms.
Joan gave a short talk of happiness in
life with mind fullness.
The other feature of the day was the
Gilampasa Pooja and Pirikara offered
by the devotees to Atawisi Buddhas.
Ven. Mathugama Palitha Thero
administered the Gilapasa pooja to
twenty eight Buddhas, and Maha
Sangha chanted Seth Pirith and
invoked blessings to all. The event
ended with a free food stall (dhansala)
sponsored by Mr. Kamal Wijesuriya and
his family and friends.
The both events were well attended by
Sri Lankans living in The UK and the
local residence. The Maha Sangha, The
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Arjuna Ranatunga promises
‘cricket culture’ in Canada
(lankareporter.com) Former world cup-winning
from parents and grandparents.
captain Arjuna Ranatunga promised to create a
The iconic cricketer would also tap into his
cricketing culture for expatriates living in Canada
contacts and welcome other international
by launching his own cricket academy in Toronto
cricketing greats to join him in coaching sessions.
recently through the assistance of Anil and
“I don’t want to mention any names, but we are in
Sharmini Perera.
touch with several former and
The Arjuna Ranatunga
active cricketers,” he said.
Cricket Academy, at Sorkkam
Ranatunga would coach at the
Indoor facilities will officially
facility three times a year; he
open in September, the
says the opportunity allows him
former Sri Lanka captain said
to visit his children in Los
in Toronto.
Angeles, something he missed in
Ranatunga said he would
his life as a sports star.
treat the children who train at
“As an international cricketer and
the academy “as his own”. He
now politician you sometimes
hoped to welcome up to 200
miss opportunities to watch your
Arjuna Ranatunga attends a press
children for training that would conference in Toronto to announce his children grow up,” he said.
cricket academy at Sorkkam Indoor
ultimately take them to next
Comment on Canadian cricket,
Nets. (Picture by Mahesh
level in representing Canada.
Ranatunga said he has seen an
Abeyewardene)
He highlighted the importance
improvement in cricketing talent
of reinforcing a cricketing
since his visits to the country as
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Sri Lanka Cricket chairman in 2008.
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(nation.lk) The Ladies
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under 18 4+ event at the
recently held Rowing
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worked off at Diyawanna
Lake. Ladies’ College
rowers finished as overall
winners, with 2 gold, 1
silver and 2 bronze
medals. According to a
release issued by the
teacher-in-charge for
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the winning crew
comprised Anoushka
Tissera(Captain ), Tarea
Karunaratne, Davina
Koch and Chanika
Goonetilleke with
Ashmitha Gunaratne
(Cox). The B Crew under
18 4 + team just after
winning their race. (RN)
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UDUGAMA - MRS. MALINI. - No. 57/4, Maha
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WEERATUNGE - PIYAWATHIE - 422/6,
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Road, Mahawila, Panadura
WIMAL DEVASURENDRA- 1/188, Allen
Avenue, Dehiwala
Proprietor of the Dasa Group
of Companies, passed away
Yum, yum. Yes, that was a wad of money knocking at your door. And
no, you don't have to share it with a single soul if you don't want to.
Still, you may find it a little lonely having fun all by yourself. But then,
what you do with your good fortune is up to you. And it's not over yet,
either. Fresh opportunities are presenting themselves every day.
Cancer(the Crab) 21st June - 20th July
Love is your thing. Particularly the kind that involves falling
head-over-heels in love with someone unsuitable. Is it the intimacy
you're after? Or is it the thrill of turning your back on convention and
cheesing everyone off. Not that there's a problem with either answer.
It's just best that you know what you're doing upfront.
Leo(the Lion) 21st July - 19th / 22nd Aug
Sense of humour failure, that's your problem. Which is a pity, because
this is exactly the time you're going to need every little smile you
can find. Not that your life has become terrible or anything. It's just
that there's more of the same - more responsibility, more problems
with loved ones, more work, and more guilt. Except for one thing.
Virgo(the Virgin) 20th / 23rd Aug - 22nd Sept
Earnings should be picking up, even if you feel passed over in the
promotion queue. No point dwelling on things you don't have.There's
a danger of becoming obsessed by that career you're not even sure
you want. Calm down. Remember, everything happens at the right
time. If you're unhappy with the status quo, think about moving on.
(dailynews.lk) President Mahinda Rajapaksa paying his last respects
to the remains of well-known businessman and proprietor of the Dasa
Group of Companies, Dalugama, S. D. Gunadasa (Dasa Mudalali) who
passed away on Monday. Gunadasa is the first businessman who
initiated the super market concept in the country. He is a founding
member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
Libra(the Scale) 23rd Sept - 22nd Oct
Haven't you been here before? Doesn't that person seem vaguely
familiar? And was that an old, forgotten love on the phone, claiming
your attention? It's "revisit the past" time. And for a Libra, the
prospect is only slightly worse than a slow removal of toenails.
So what. There's no escape.
Scorpio(the Scorpion) 23rd Oct - 21st Nov
No point beating yourself up. Your soul is in love with love - and none
too particular about where it directs its affections. So if there's more
than one love in your life, accept it from whence it comes and enjoy.
It won't be long before that ever-present secret yearning for a serious
commitment returns to haunt you.
Sagittarius(the Archer) 22nd Nov - 20th Dec
It's not that the money will stop, it's just that the usual routes seem
unpredictable. Don't make any hasty financial decisions and don't
sign any contracts. Also, don't be fooled by loud-mouth con artists.
This is your time to be adult. That may not be fun, but it's a better bet
than moving in with mom when you can't pay the rent. Be cautious.
Capricorn(the Goat) 21st Dec - 20th Jan
You have a week to sort out your true feelings, before Saturday's
Capricorn full moon does it for you. The truth is that you hardly ever
allow yourself to feel anything. So joy and love become almost as
terrifying as vulnerability and pain. Don't do this to yourself again.
It's your moment to accept and embrace your humanity.
Aquarius(the Water Carrier) 21st Jan -19th Feb
Someone wants to do you a favour. So will you get out of your own
way and let it happen? Besides, your reputation is looking particularly
good. Don't let the temporary planetary foul-ups tarnish it. In short,
say as little as possible - until you're sure - and let your instincts lead
you through a determined full moon on Saturday.
Pisces(the Fishes) 20th Feb - 20th March
The love life is still unstable. In which case, leave it alone. Right now
you're more interested in finding someone to loan you money and you
don't want to confuse generosity with love. Carry on with your daily
tasks and if your motives stay clear, love is likely to sneak up on you.
Forget it - and let it happen in its own time.
Colombo Chetty Association
Sports Day on July 20
(sundaytimes.lk) The Annual Sports
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P. Sara Oval in Colombo
commencing 9.30am.
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* A six-a-side softball cricket
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children of Under-14 (each team to
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* A netball tournaments for ladies
* A tug-o-war competition for men
* Outdoor games for ladies and
children and
* Indoor games for both young and
the old
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Suresh (0776 150395), Royce (0777
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WP women's soccer champs at NSF
Yasaratne GamageWestern
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National Sports Festival football women's final
played at the Sports Ministry Grounds and walked
away with the champions trophy. At half time
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From the start of the match they seemed well
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The champions defeated Uva Province by 2-1
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LONDON BUDDHIST
VIHARA
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Tel: 0208 995 9493 Fax: 0208 994 8130
MEDITATION SESSION
You are cordially invited to attend a
meditation session conducted
By
Dr. Sumana Perera
at
the London Buddhist Vihara
on
Saturday 12 July 2014
at 5.00pm 8.00pm
All are welcome!
MEDITATION & RELAXATION
SESSIONS
Every Tuesday
7:30pm – 9:00 pm
conducted by
Dr. Senevi Aturupana
Buddhist Chaplain
Aggamahāpandita
Ven. Galayaye Piyadassi, MBE
Chief Sangha Nayake of UK
ALL ARE WELCOME
REGISTER NOW
For any enquiries
020 8204 3301
Buddhist Religious School
oyus mdie,
Under the leadership of
Ketumati Buddhist Vihara,
Manchester
(Ketumati Buddhist Temple), the York
Buddhist Community has launched a three
hour Religious + Meditation class
to be held from 2pm to 5pm every
2nd Saturday of every month,
commencing from the
2nd week (14th)
of September 2013
at
Moor Allerton Sports and
Social Centre,
Stonegate Road, Leeds, LS17 6EL
(Opposite Fire Station)
Teachers Ven. Pidiville Piyatissa
(Chief Priest),
Ven. S. Buddharakkhitha and
Ven. G. Pemananda
Different age group classes will be
conducted. All age groups are welcome.
For more details:
[email protected]
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Mahamaya Girls All-Island Swim
Champs for 16th consecutive year
by Upananda Jayasundera,
Kandy Sports Special Corr.
(sundayobserver.lk) SWIMMING:
Mahamaya Girls College, Kandy
won the All-Island Swimming and
Diving Championship for the 16th
consecutive year. A special
assembly was held at the school to
felicitate the Mahamaya team:
The Champion Mahamaya
swimming team...... Front row
Squatting (from left): Savandi
Danasekera, Sheshmi Fernando,
Dahami Fernando, Ovini
Rathnayake.
Second Row (from left): Imani
Abaykoon (former captain), Vishaka
Herath (Deputy Principal), I.
Withanachchi (Principal), Tilini
Tennakoon (Captain).
Third Row from left: Niresha
Weeraratne, Tharani Kariyawasam,
Nikoli Bandara, Maheshika Hewage,
Methnimi Thilakaratne, Lahini Costa,
Senala Mishali, Rashmi Herath.
Fourth Row (from left): Pramudi
Modagama, Tharani
Kularatne, Vinoli
Siriwardena, Shenali de
Silva, Ayeshika
Jayawardena, Uththama
Silva, Nethmi Mahakumara,
Kaumadi Medagama.
Back Row (from left):
Kaveesha Silva, Anisha
Fernando, Nisali
Disanayake, Irushi
Mahanthe, Sanjali Gamlath,
Onethra Weerasinghe,
Nethuni de Silva, Mahesha
Yapa.
Picture by Upananda
Jayasundera,
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TULF UK Branch
Cordially invite you
to the Memorial lecture
to mark the late Leader
A.Amirthalingam's
25th Remembrance Day.
On
Saturday 12th July 2014
at 4.30pm
At
Bonus Pastor Catholic College
Winlaton Rd. Bromley BR1 5PZ
Keynote speaker :
Dr.Jayampathy Wickramaratne
(Director, Institute of Constitutional Studies )
Please RSVP: By 10th July 2014 to
[email protected]
St. Peter’s stun Holy Cross
with 5-goal win
St. Peter’s College stunned much
fancied Holy Cross College Kalutara
with an easy 5-1 win in the Kotmale
Chox Schools Under-19 Football
Championship match played at
Cooray Park on Wednesday (2).
Peshala Malik steered the Peterites
to a convincing win with four goals
as the eventual winners dominated
the game from the beginning.
The remaining goal was netted by
S. Naresh for the winners while Holy
Cross’ solitary goal game from the
boots of Milesh Kavinda.
SSLES: Annual General
Meeting
Annual General Meeting of the Society of Sri
Lankan Engineers and Scientists in the UK, will
be held on
the 12th of July 2014,
at the Rising
Sun 138 Greenford Road
Sudbury Hill Harrow HA1 3QL
starting at 11:00 am.
All Sri Lankans working or studying in a Scientific or
Engineering discipline are eligible to join the Society. If you wish
to attend the AGM or to get further information please contact
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South Asian under-18 boys’
Basketball Championship
(dailynews.lk) Lankan Lions stun Bangladesh 12636Sri Lanka drew early shock waves in the
ongoing South Asian under-18 boys’ Basketball
Championship in India as they thrashed
Bangladesh by a huge margin (126 points to 36) in
the opening game. Lankan lions stunned
Bangladesh by scoring over 100 points in the
curtain raiser after leading 68-15 at half time.
Team Sri Lanka played an impressive game at
their first preliminary round game, scoring 17 three
pointers and 35 successful field goals and five free
throws. Lankans also grabbed 38 rebounds and
recorded 56 turn overs in which exhibited the
domination over the Bangladesh team.
Skipper Praveen Ganlath came up with a great
performance, scoring 35 points and shooting
seven three points for the team. Umair Naleer (19
points), Nadeeja Nichula (19 points), Anushka
Chathuranga (17 points) and Dimitri Grebe (17
points) also contributed to double the margin. Sri
Lankans dominated the game from the beginning
and scored 47 points while restricting the
locals to just eight points in the first quarter.
Even though Bangladesh put up some
resistance in the following quarter Lankans
posted a comfortable 53-point lead midway.
“They played great and I can honestly say I
don’t think any of us expected this type of
performance, the boys were great. You have
to give them the credit for that best ever
game,” Kanushka Samarakoon, Chef de
mission and Assistant Treasure of Sri lanka
Basketball federation said. This victory will
be a certain moral booster for the Sri
Lankan team and will help them to face the
other teams with confidence.
Malcolm Perera heads Tape Ball
Cricket Federation
(sundaytimes.lk) The inaugural Annual General
Meeting of the newly formed Sri Lanka Tape Ball
Cricket Federation took place at the Carlton Sports
Network Auditorium.
Experienced veteran cricket specialist Malcolm
Perera was unanimously elected as the Hon.
President while Anura Ratnayake and Saman Grero
respectively assumed the posts of Hony. General
Secretary and Hony. Treasurer through unanimous
decisions.
What took routes as the Sri Lanka Tennis Ball
Cricket Federation later blossomed out as the Sri
Lanka Tennis Ball and Tape Ball Cricket Federation.
The Sri Lanka Tape Ball Cricket Federation which
quickly realised the revolutionary explosion that
could be visualised in Sri Lanka Cricket through the
introduction of the Tape Ball, are in the process of
planning and organising Tape Ball cricket in a
systematic manner with the decisive intention of
taking it to international levels.
Following office-bearers were elected for the year
2014/15:
Patrons: Navin Dissanayake MP, Deputy Minister,
M. Udaya Kumar and Palitha Gunasekera
Chief Adviser: Varuna Kularatne
President: Malcolm Perera
Deputy President: Susil Rajapaksa
Vice Presidents: Chitrasenan Muttiah, Wilmot
Jayasinghe, P. Ravindranathan, K.D.S. Kanishka
and Zulki Hameed
General Secretary: Anura Ratnayake
Asst. Secretaries: Ravi Mahawaduge and M.M.M.
Nilam
Coordinating Secretary: K. Yogaratnam
Treasurer: Saman K. Grero
Asst Treasurer: Susil Perera
National Organiser:
Duncan Weerasinghe
Tournament Secretary:
Robinson Fernando
Media Secretary:
Udaya Rupasinghe
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Proteas secure huge 75 run win
by Rex Clementine
(island.lk)A fine all-round performance helped
South Africa to start the three match limited overs
series against Sri Lanka on a winning note at R.
Premadasa Stadium yesterday. Chasing a target
of 305 runs to win, the Sri Lankans were bowled
out for 229 inside 41 overs to
lose the contest by 75 runs.
Once South Africa scored in
excess of 300 runs, Sri Lanka
were up against it as the
highest successful chase at
the venue is 287 runs. But
this being a day game there
were hopes that an in form
Sri Lankan side will pull it off,
but they weren’t up to it.
Midway through the Sri
Lankan innings, the DuckworthLewis Sheets came
out as it was dark and gloomy. The obvious
question in fans’ minds was why weren’t the
floodlights switched on.
Sri Lanka were not ahead of the DuckworthLewis
target at any time, but they were close to it when
Lahiru Thirimanne and Kumar Sangakkara were in
the middle. Sri Lanka had taken the Batting Power
Play and the sixth wicket pair had added 52 runs
off just 48 balls.
With the light fading fast both players took
chances and fell in the same over and that
derailed the Sri Lankan
chase.
Skipper Angelo Mathews at
the post-match media
conference agreed that
playing with the lights on
should have been the correct
thing to do. He said that he
had been informed by the
Match Referee that lights will
not be put on during the
series, but didn’t know why.
So were the fans who turned up in their numbers
to witness a keen clash.
Further inquiries from SLC officials revealed that
the Mou signed between the two boards stated
that the lights will not be put on for day games of
the series.
(Cont: on P37)
IRB accuses Sri Lanka winger Nuwan
Hettiarachchi of doping
(sundaytimes.lk) The International Rugby Board
(IRB) has sent a letter to the Sri Lanka Rugby
Football Union (SLRFU) stating that Sri Lanka
winger Nuwan Hettiarachchi has been ‘accused of
using a banned substance’ listed by the World Anti
Doping Agency or the WADA.
A copy of the letter also has been sent to
Hettiarachchi, who is yet to be found guilty by the
IRB pending an inquiry or a series of inquiries.
The IRB issued the letter to Hettiarachchi after the
post-match urine sample collected, at the Sri Lanka
vs Philippines Asian5Nation Top Division game in
Colombo, tested positive. The ‘A’ sample obtained
on May 17 and tested in a lab recommended by the
IRB is said to have contained a banned substance
by WADA. The letter from the IRB has prompted
SLRFU to impose a provisional suspension on
Hettiarachchi until the IRB complete the inquiry and
issue an official verdict, confirmed Nalin de Silva, the
spokesman for SLRFU.
“He (Hettiarachchi) has not been found guilty yet.
The IRB has stated in a letter that he accused of
taking a banned substance. Hettiarachchi will have
to reply quickly to the IRB as the SLRFU will
become a third party in this issue. It is clearly stated
in the anti-doping clauses that the athlete is solely
responsible for what he is,” de Silva stated.
Adding another twist to the episode it was reported
in local newspapers that Hettiarachchi, along with
two of his unnamed team mates left the Racecourse
ground soon after the game in a taxi not knowing
that his name has been randomly picked for the test.
The officers of Sri Lanka Anti Doping Agency
(SLADA) were made to wait until 11.00pm, almost
three hours since the end of the game, to summon
Hettiarachchi to obtain a urine sample. Some were
of the view that the player was intoxicated at that
time. But a top official connected to SLADA said that
alcohol is not among the listed substances banned
by WADA.
Hettiarachchi is now left with two options to clear his
name from being found guilty.
He holds the right to challenge the testing result by
giving an acceptable explanation or he has the
option of testing the ‘B’ sample in a laboratory
recommended by the IRB, at his own expense.
The third and final option he is left with is to admit
and testify, where the IRB could be even set him
free after a hearing.
If found guilty, Hettiarachchi may be banned for a
maximum period of two years from rugby related
activity by the IRB.
STC girls win bronze at International
Milo Karate Championship in KL
Text and pictures Priyan de Silva
(dailynews.lk) Eight students from St Thomas’s Girls High
School Matara represented the Sri Lanka at the 15th
International Milo Open Karate Championship held in Kuala
Lampur, Malaysia recently. Mallkini Upadya, Malisha Senuri,
Dikmina Dulanji competed in the Kata, Kumthe and Team
events for girls between 12-13 years while Chamodya
Shehani, Pubudi Dewmini and Parami Punsara competed in
the Kata and Kumthe events in the same age group. Sethmi
Sankalani competed in the Kata, Kumthe and team events
for girls between 14 and 15 years while Oshani Jayasekera
competed in the Kata and Kumthe events for girls 16-17
years. Sethmi Sankalani won bronze in the Kata, Kumthe
and team events for girls 14 - 15 years while Dikmina Dulanji
was awarded the bronze medal for the Kata event for girls 12
-13 years.
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10 JULY - 2014
Yamani returns to form
Shanuka Dulaj does Prince of Wales proud
Dilwin Mendis Moratuwa Sports
Special Correspondent
(dailynews.lk) Shanuka Dulaj Vithanawasam of
Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa was adjudged
as the Singer Schoolboy Cricketer of the year
2014 at the Bandaranaike International
Conference Hall last Monday night. In addition he
carried away the Best Batsman and the Best All
rounder awards.
Shanuka who was born on 4th March 1995 is the
only child of the family and his parents were
Chanthalal Vithanawasam and Bope Arachchige
Chamila Jayangani and they live in Panadura.
He was admitted to Grade One of Prince of Wales
College in 2001 and the then Principal was W D
Ramanayake and the teacher
was Mrs Kalyani Perera. At
the age of seven years his
father a former Mahindian
Cricketer taught him the
basics of cricket and at the
age of nine he was admitted
to the Prince of Wales Cricket
Academy and his coaches
were Nisal and Sujeeva
Gunarathne.
In his first year in the under
13 'C' team his captain was
Ashan Fernando and his
second year in the 'A' team it
was Aruna Fernando who led
the team and his final year Ashen Fernando
captained and he played as a Left Arm Off Spinner
and his coach was Sumith Fernando.
In his second year in the under 13 he was
selected for the bowling squad and the Coach was
former Sri Lanka Test Cricketer Ruwan Kalpage.
Also in the Prima Cup he was a member of the
under 13 teams in 2006 and 2007.
In the under 15 division one he played under
Kusal Mendis and in his second year under
Suchira Fernando mainly as a bowler and the
coach was Sumith Fernando and he played in
three matches in Prima Cup both these age
groups his Provincial Coach was Hemal Mendis.
When he came to under 17 his coach was
Suranga Wijenayake and the captains were Kusal
Mendis and Suchira Fernando. In this age group
he improved well with the bat and the ball. In the
under 17 Prima Cup he played in three matches
and against Southern Province he scored an
unbeaten 88 and versus Northern he got an
unbeaten 124 runs.
He carried away the Best Batsman of the Series
and Man of the Match in the finals representing
Western Province South. He toured with the Sri
Lanka Schools under 17 team to India for the
Coca Cola Cup along with Kusal Mendis and the
Captain was Sebastian Anuk Fernando and the
coach was Roger Wijesuriya.
As an under 17 player he was selected for the first
By Reemus Fernando
eleven team and played in the Limited Overs
match against Sebs under Isuru Thilina in 2011.
He was selected for the Coca Cola Pathway in
2012 at Matara and later Colombo under Sri
Lanka Cricketer Aravinda de Silva.
As an under 17 player representing in the first
eleven under Tarindu Dilshan in 2012 he secured
970 runs scoring three centuries against
Mahanama 117, Isipathana 105 and 106 versus
Trinity and he claimed 75 wickets. He was
awarded the Best Batsman Trophy in the Big
Match.
In the following year under Kusal Mendis he
scored 868 runs and collected a century against
Trinity and notched up six half centuries and
captured 48 wickets. In his final year under Ashen
Mendis he scored 1371 runs
and bagged 49 wickets. He
notched up four centuries
against St Peters 178, De
Mazoned 148, Thurstan 113
and Dharmasoka 106 with
eight half centuries and he
passed the thousand on mark
in eight matches and he
became the first schoolboy to
achieve this feat for the year
2013/2014.
Also he became the
thirteenth Cambrian to pass
the magical thousand runs.
He won College Cricket
Colours in 2011 and re-awarded in 2012 and 2013.
In the year 2013 Big Match he carried away the
Man of the Match award. He was in the under 19
World Cup squad and was unfortunate not to get
selected.
Representing Moratuwa Sports Club in under 23
division one Cricket Tournament in 2012 he scored
88 runs and took 5 for 20 versus N.C.C. And in
2013 in the same tournament scored 60 versus Air
Force and had a match bag of 9 for 46. So far in
this season playing against C.C.C. Scored 40 and
70 runs.
In his first two years Malshan Mendis was his
captain and this year Dilshan Dias is leading them
and the Coach is former Vidyalian Chintaka
Fernando.
His initial Master in Charge was Susantha Mendis
and later Akila Bandara and first Prefect of Games
was Geofrey Mendis followed by Amarasena
Fernando, Susantha Mendis and L W Somapala.
Commencing from W D Ramanayake during his
school career he came under S J P Wijesinghe,
Rathnaweera Perera, Rohana Karunarathne, W D
Jayasena, Sampath Weragoda and presently J W
S Siriwardene and all these Principals helped him.
When asked by the Daily News Sports He had a
word of praise for his parents and all the
authorities concerned and those who helped him
to come up the ladder and his sole ambition is to
represent the country in cricket.
Sean Wijesinghe to lead Kandy SC
Upananda Jayasundara - Kandy Sports
Spl Corr
(dailynews.lk) Kandy Sports Club one of the
oldest clubs in the island held its 167th
Annual General Meeting under the patronage
of Dr Sarath Kapuwatta on the 29th June
2014. The meeting was followed by a
fellowship lunch. The function was held at the
Captain
Secretary
Club House at Nittawela, Kandy.
President
Sean Wijesinghe
Leslie Soysa
The club has a proud record of becoming Sri Dr Sarath Kapuwatta
Lanka Rugby Champions for the last 12
current year. Old Royalist former Sri Lanka Cap
consecutive years. Sean Wijesinghe was
Malik Samarawickrama was elected as the
appointed as the captain of the rugby team of the
trustee. Leslie Soysa was elected as the secretary
club for the forthcoming rugby season.
journalist Hafiz Marikar with the Old Rajan Mahesh
Former ace placekicker of the club Nalaka
Weerasinghe were elected as vice presidents
Weerakkody was selected as the captain of the
while old Trinitian - former ruggerite Udaya
indoor games. Dr Sarath Kapuwatta, an old boy of Balasuriya was elected as the senior vice
St Thomas College, Mount Lavinia was elected
president. Former Lake Club Ruggerite M N
unanimously as the President of the Club for the
Majeed will represent the Club at the CPRFU.
Proteas
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Despite the drawback, the fact remains South
Africa played much better and were deserved
winners. Sri Lanka on the other hand were sloppy
on the field and a few batsmen threw away their
wickets.
Hashim Amla was the star for the Proteas with a
superb 109 that steadied the ship. He added 151
runs for the third wicket with captain A.B de Villiers
and that was the stand that gave the tourists the
edge. Both batsmen however were dropped.
Mathews put down De Villiers when he was on 17
while substitute fielder Thisara Perera dropped
Amla one run short of his fifty. De Villiers went
onto make 75 while Amla scored his 13th ODI
century and the second against Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka also unsuccessfully reviewed a caught
behind appeal when Amla was on 42. Although the
Decision Review System is in place for the series,
the host broadcaster doesn’t use the services of
snickometer or hotspot which give conclusive
evidence in caught behind reviews.
Sri Lankans of all people know the value of a fullyfledged DRS system as it was the DRS that saved
them from defeat at Lord’s last month.
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the Under-17 Girls 400 metres
won her the Best Athlete title.
The 58.6 seconds performance
was a new meet record in the
championships. She also
established a new record in the
Under-17 400 metres hurdles
winning the event in a time of
66.6 seconds. She was also
the winner of the 200 metres.
The sprinter, hailing from an
underprivileged family was
under
‘Kreedashakthi
Yamani Dulanjali
Programme’ but
of Ambagamuwa
pulled out after
M,V with the Best
Athlete Award.
she was
(Pix by Anuruddha
diagnosed with
Bandara Herath)
dengue while
attending a
training camp in Colombo.
Her performance was also vital for
Ambagamuwa MV to win the runner
Girls' overall Champions, Ratnayake Central,
up position ahead of fancied
Walala pose with their officials.
Mahamaya Girls School, Kandy.
While Ratnayake Central won the
Overall Championships of both Girls
and Boys categories, Trinity College,
Kandy and Ambagamuwa MV won
the runner up positions of the Boys
and Girls categories respectively.
Ratnayake Central won the Girls’
Over All title for the 22nd consecutive
year. Their boys team won it for the
16 time.
(island.lk) Yamani Dulanjali of Ambagamuwa M,V
who spent most of the last year recovering from
Dengue made a dramatic return to form winning
the Best Athlete title in the girls category ahead of
her senior counterparts at the Central Province
Schools Athletics Championships concluded at
Bogambara on Friday.
The 16-year-old trained by Anura Bandara
established two meet records and won three
individual events in the Under-17 age category.
Her outstanding performance of 58.6 seconds in
Boys' overall Champions, Ratnayake Central with their officials.
Netball finals in September
Kalutara Roving corr
(dailynews.lk) The 26th Sri Lanka Youth National
Sports Festival Netball Tournament was held at
Kalutara Vernon Fernando Sports Complex on
28th and 29th June 2014.
The event was organized by the Sri Lanka youth,
Sri Lanka Federation of youth clubs and
conducted by the ministry of Youth Affairs and
Skilled Development.
24 Boys netball teams and 25 Girls Netball teams
took part in this tournament from all parts of the
Island.
Jaffna and Badulla Boys teams and Kandy and
Matara Girls Netball teams qualified for the finals
which will be held on September at Beliatta D. A.
Rajapaksa stadium at Sri Lanka youth National
sports Festival Final.
Milo President’s Cup Knockout Rugby Tournament
Isipathana into final beating Science 39-17
Anuradha Abeysekera
(dailynews.lk) Hat-trick of tries by dynamic No.
eight, Omalka Gunaratne steered Isipathana
College to a comfortable 39 points ( three goals,
three tries and a penalty) to 17 (two goals and a
penalty) victory against Science College in their
Milo President’s Cup Knockout Rugby Tournament
first semi final match worked off at the Royal
Sports Complex, Colombo yesterday.
Fancied Pathanians captained by flanker Senal
Deelaka de Silva drew the first blood when their
full back Rehan de Silva touched down under the
post and W. A. C. Dilshan added extra points with
the successful conversion. Soon Science College
scored the equalizer through centre Chathura
Gomez who collected a quick pass from flanker R.
A. N. V. Perera to touch down from left. Winger
Prince Singhe made the conversion. Minors
Science lads came up with a superb teamwork in
the first half and scored their second try through
full back G. H. H. K. Sandaruwan from the left
corner flag where Prince fired off a lovely angled
kick to earn extra points.
Science widened the gap with Prince putting off an
over 35 metre penalty just before Pathana No.
eight missed a certain scoring opportunity due to a
bad pass.
Isipathana boys took time to gain their usual
rhythm with the unexpected strong attack by the
opponents.
(Contd: on P38)
Ananda edge out Gateway to win cager title
by Roshen Steelman
(island.lk) In a tournament where no team remained unbeaten Aananda College, Colombo edged out
Gateway International School, Rajagiriya 55-49 in the final of the Under-17 Colombo North Zonal
Basketball Championship which concluded at Maradana yesterday.
Ananda qualified for the finals after beating Colombo International School (CIS) by seven points in the
semi-final early on Sunday and they did well to hang onto a six point win in the final.
Yeshan Sahasra of Ananda College was named as the Most Valuable Player of the final. Vinu
Weeramanthri also from Ananda College was
adjudged as the Best Defensive Player.
Ranul Jayasinghe of Gateway scored 15 points
and he was named as the Best Offensive Player.
Meanwhile in the consolation final, CIS overcame
a fighting De La Salle College 70 points to 68. De
La Salle narrowly led at the half way mark but CIS
bounced back well in the second half. Shohan
Eroshan and Tharaka Perera scored 27 and 18
points respectively for De La Salle.
Ananda College, Gateway, CIS, De La Salle and
St. Benedict’s College, Kotahena were selected
Ananda College edged out Gateway International
School, Rajagiriya 55-49 in the final of the Under-17 for the All Island ‘A’ Division basketball tournament
which will get underway shortly.
Inter-School Colombo North Zonal Basketball
Championship that concluded at Ananda College courts
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Through to final with 30-29 win
Royal ruggerites stun Trinity
Thushan Jayasuriya
(dailynews.lk) A superb second half rally by Royal
College Colombo helped them to register a thrilling
30 points (three goals, three penalties) to 29 (two
goals, five penalties) win over Trinity College
Kandy and qualify for the final of the Milo
President’s Trophy Knockout Rugby Tournament
at Royal College Sports Complex yesterday after
trailing 9-13 at the breather.
Royal drew the first blood through a 42 metre
penalty by skipper and
Full back Nimshan
Jayawardena. Few
minutes later, the
visitors opened their
account through a try by
Lochana Girihagama
with Trinity skipper and
fly half Tharinda
Ratwatte adding the
extra points.
In the 12th minute,
Jayawardena scored his
second try, making the
score 6 -7. Two minutes
later, Trinity widened the
gap with Ratwatte putting over a 20 metre penalty.
Royal missed two golden opportunities of scoring
when Jayawardena missed two penalties in the
24th and 28th minutes. Ratwatte contributed once
again for the Trinitians with a 22 metre penalty in
the 35th minute which gave the Royalists and
anxious moment. However Royal managed to
reduce the deficit through a 35 metre penalty
booted by Jayawardena and Trinity led 13-9 at
lemons.
Several minutes after the resumption,
Jayawardena touched down near the post where
he added the extra points himself and snatched
the lead from opponents. However the lads from
Kandy regained their lead when Ratwatte fired
across two quick penalties.
The Trinitians who were maintaining their
dominance with their through defence managed to
punch holes in the Royal defence and score try
through Girihagama
giving Ratwatte an
easy kick at goal.
Supun
Warnakulasuriya
scored the third try
for the homesters in
the 36th minute
when Jayawardena
made a brilliant kick
to add the extra
points to make it 2326. However
Ratwatte booted a
penalty to maintain
their lead.
In the last minute, Royal’s Number Eight Nikhil
Gunadheera scored a push over try. Jayawardena
made the conversion which gave him a personal
tally of 20 points to edge out Lions by 30-29, much
to the jubilation of Royal supporters. Priyantha
Gunaratne refereed.
Royal will confront the winner of the previous
semi-final, Isipathana College on Sunday at the
same venue in the final and the game should turn
out to be a close tussle.
Pathanian defenders. Isipathana dominated the
latter half of the game while Science boys were
struggling to counterattack.
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Rehan broke the Science defence for the second
They managed to reduce the deficit as their prop
occasion to touch down from left, but Dilshan
Ganuka Disanayaka penetrated Science defence
missed the conversion. Omalka scored his third
just before the short whistle and Dilshan made no
try amidst a big cheer from Isipathana
mistake with the conversion. Science led at half
supporters with few minutes remaining for the
time 17-14.
final whistle.
Pathanians entered the second half with an
aggressive play where Omalka scored two back to Dilshan made no mistake with the conversion
back unconverted tries to seize the lead.
this time. Isipathana led 36-17.
Pathanians led 24-17. Even though Science
Science players seemed tired and they found
players tried hard to punch holes in Isipathana
hard to cope with tough Isipathana attack during
defence, they were blocked by the strong
the second half.
Pathanians trapped
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Weightlifters Indika and Shanaka
for Commonwealth Games
Upananda Jayasundara - Kandy Sports Spl
Corr
(dailynews.lk) Indika Dissanayake of the Sri Lanka
Navy has been selected to represent Sri Lanka at
the forthcoming Commonwealth Games to be held
in Scotland from July 23, 2014. He will compete in
the 62 kg weight category, in weight lifting.
He secured the second place and won a silver
medal at the Commonwealth Games held in 2009
also in 2013 held both games in Malaysia.
An old boy of Kingswood College, Kandy, he was
selected as the best sportsman of the year 2013 at
the National Games and won a new car as a prize
by the Ministry of Sports.
He is coached by National Weightlifting coach R B
Wickremasinghe, P K Dayan Chinthana Vithanage
and Pakistan Weightlifting coach Thisar Hiyath. He
is training at the Wewalpitiya weightlifting centre
run by Kandy Municipal Council.
Shanaka Peters of Sri Lanka Air Force will
compete in the 94 kg weight class at the
forthcoming Commonwealth Games to be held in
July this year in Scotland in weightlifting.
An old boy of Rathnajothi Vidyalaya, Udatalawinna
in the Kandy area, he developed the iron game
with a lot of determination and courage.
He won his weight class in the year 2012 and
2013 at the National Weightlifting contest. He is
training at the Wewalpitiya weightlifting center run
by the Kandy Municipal Council.
Shanaka Peters in action - pics by Upananda Jayasundara
Indika Dissanayake
His coaches are R B Wickramasinghe (National
Weightlifting Coach) and P K Dayan an
experienced weightlifting coach.
Mathews regrets lack of lights during first ODI
by Rex Clementine
(island.lk) Mahadenamutta, the self proclaimed
pundit of Sri Lankan folklore, would have
approved what was witnessed at R. Premadasa
Stadium during the first ODI between Sri Lanka
and South Africa yesterday, but most others
disagreed including the captain of the national
cricket team Angelo Mathews.
When there’s fine weather and floodlights are
available to overcome bad light, there’s no
reason why you should take out the
DuckworthLewis sheet. But in fading
light the formula was taken out
yesterday because the MoU signed
between Sri Lanka Cricket and
Cricket South Africa had said that for
day games floodlights will not be
used.
The clause didn’t impress many and
Mathews agreed that if lights are
available they should be made use
of.
"When we hit the 34 over mark, it
was getting dark and we needed to
be on top of the Duckworth-Lewis.
Unfortunately we couldn’t use the lights, so we
had to stay on top of the D/L. We lost a couple
of wickets and then it was all over for us,"
Mathews told journalists yesterday at the post
match media conference.
"If we can use the lights, it will be good because
it gets a bit dark in the evening. I’m not really
sure why, but we were told at the Match
Referee’s meeting we won’t be able to use it,"
Mathews added.
A target of 305 looked stiff, but when Kumar
Sangakkara and Lahiru Thirimanne were in the
middle it looked possible. "We had a good
game in our hands. Unfortunately the situation
changes and we’ve got to go with the situation.
In the end we had to change our approach a
little because of the light," Mathews went onto
add.
However, the Sri Lankan captain admitted that
his side had played poorly and indicated that
light wasn’t the cause for defeat. "We didn’t play
well. The South Africans played better cricket
than us today, and we were a bit rusty –
particularly at the crease. We dropped
some crucial catches. Our middle
order batting shot selection was not
good, so that cost us the game."
Attention also was given during the
media briefing for a decision that Sri
Lanka referred during South Africa’s
innings. With Hashim Amla on 42, a
caught behind appeal was turned
down. Sri Lanka referred but television
replays were inconclusive to overturn
the decision. The services of hotspot
camera and snikometer aren’t utilized
by the host broadcaster apparently because
they are expensive.
"Especially on caught behind decisions, there
needs to be a deflection to overrule the
decision. If you don’t have the hot spot and
snicko, it’s pretty tough for us to challenge a
decision. It’s always better to have those
through, but unfortunately we don’t.
"The snicko and hot spot give more evidence to
overrule a decision. That is out of our control
and we have to play with what we have,"
Mathews went onto say.
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