The Board of Management of the South Asian Institute of Technology & Medicine (SAITM) said today it had secured approval both from the Police and from the Kaduwela Pradeshiya Sabha keep specimens of human body parts and bones for teaching purposes.
MP Namal Rajapaksa today filed two defamatory cases in the Colombo District Court against two investigative officers of the FCID on the manner in which it had investigated allegations of misappropriating Rs.70 million paid to him by the Krrish Company for a rugby tournament in 2013.
Former Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa and former IGP Mahinda Balasuriya arrived at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry to Investigate and Inquire into Serious Acts of Fraud, Corruption and Abuse of Power, State Resources and Privileges (PRECIFAC) to give statements over two separate allegations.
Government MP Hirunika Premachandra alleged todaythat former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa gave all forms of protection to the person convicted of the murder of her father Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra after the crime, and, therefore, she had her doubts about the incident .
Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Organizer Mahinda Amaraweera said the party leadership had no intention of taking disciplinary action against members who work with the Joint Opposition and organize meetings and gatherings against the current government.
School is the place where the child, given birth by mother is converted to a philosopher, scholar, intellectual, artist, politician and leader of the people, while teacher is the one who makes the child a true human, President Maithripala Sirisena said recently.
Though the Government of Sri Lanka is not a party to the UN Convention on Refugees, Sri Lanka remains committed to work in coordination and cooperation with the UNHCR to address issues pertaining to asylum seekers in accordance with international norms Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ravinatha Aryasinha said.
The Madras High Court has upheld the decision of the Film Certificate Appellate Tribunal (FCAT) to deny certification to Bengaluru-based filmmaker K. Ganeshan’s Tamil film Porkalathil Oru Poo (A flower in a battlefield). The film’s script is based on the life of slain LTTE journalist Isaipriya, who was allegedly raped and killed by the Sri Lankan armed forces during the final stages of the civil war in 2009.
“Some groups say that the government is trying to divide the country by betraying it. They say that Buddhism is going to lose its pole position due to the new constitution. They say the government is removing the military camps in the North. I kindly invite them to meet me and show me where these things are taking place”, President Maithripala Sirisena said.
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