Show Cause Letter to Sajith Not Delivered Due to Court Case
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4 Tuesday 21st June, 2011 The Island Home News University... ‘Divi From page 1 without the supervision of Neguma’ a university teachers. Show cause letter to Sajith not Addressing the media, FUTA Vice President Ven. big success Dambara Amila thera said that due to the low salary system in - Basil the university sector, at pres- ent, it had become difficult to BY LAL GUNESEKERA delivered due to court case recruit university teachers. Minister of Economic He said that many of capa- Development Basil Rajapaksa said ble teachers had gone abroad that through the ‘Divi Neguma’ for good. programme, launched in all dis- PG meets today: Two months since last WC meeting tricts of the country, there had being a marked improvement in BY ZACKI JABBAR the cultivation A letter calling on Sajith Wickremesinghe in particular, UNP Working Committee has to be raised, the sources said. Polls chief ... and production Premadasa to explain his public with some very strong state- been cited as respondents. Ranil Wickremesinghe, who From page 1 of vegetables, utterances against the UNP lead- ments, a consensus had devel- While confirming that a is entitled to nominate 20 names He had requested the Court fruit, coconuts ership, including Ranil oped that disciplinary action show cause letter has been draft- to the 92 member WC, submitted to order a re-count of all the and allied crops. Wickremesinghe, has been draft- needed to be taken in terms of ed, the sources said that it would only 16 at the last meeting, votes. The fisheries sec- Wijeyadasa Rajapaksa PC tor, too, had ed by the party hierarchy, but the new constitution, but the in any event have to be present- which was held about two appeared with Gamini shown a big not delivered due to the ongoing decision making bodies were ed to the Working Committee months ago. It is unclear if the Hettiarachchi, Dilum Jayanath improvement. legal proceedings challenging unable to act due to the case first. subsequent appointments of Through the the appointment of the National filed by UNP Western Provincial The WC is expected to meet Ruwan Wijewardena, Harin and Dasun Nagasheva for the programme the country’s veg- Organiser. Councillor Maithri Gunaratne once a week, but has not con- Fernando, Shanthini petitioner. etable and fruit production will be Informed sources told The in the Nugegoda Magistrate’s vened for nearly two months. Kohongahage and Niroshan The Bench comprised increased by 25 percent and nutri- Island that since Premadasa has Court, challenging the appoint- The UNP Parliamentary Group Perera to the WC were made on Justice S. Sriskandarajah and tion intake too will increase, he of late been publicly targeting ment of Ravi Karunanayake as was scheduled to meet today and the leader’s list, the District list Justice Upali Abeyratne. said adding that the annual con- the leadership and National Organiser. The entire recent developments are bound or Provincial Council list. The case will be called sumption of vegetables per person again on June 27, 2011. was 49kg. Minister Rajapaksa was of the opinion that the daily consump- CEA to collect... tion of vegetables per person From page 1 could be increased to 175 grams K’pitiya from 134 and that the country level programmes for managing elec- could add Rs. 15 billion annually to tronic waste within the country. the coffers, through vegetable cul- Electronic equipment exposed to the tivation. fire doused environment after use such as computer He said that up to June 10, veg- parts, monitors, televisions, mobile etable seeds and fertilizer to the A major fire dousing the flames. phones, calculators, audio visual equip- tune of 987,416 bags had been dis- which broke out at The spokesman ment, printers, scanners, fax machines, tributed, and arrangements had a tea and rubber further said that air conditioners and all other home elec- also been made to distribute two factory in fire had caused tronic appliances cause damage to the million coconut saplings. Kerawalapitiya this extensive damage environment due to the toxic materials Also on line to be distributed afternoon has been to the rubber facto- incorporated in them. this year are 200,000 day-old brought under con- ry while the adjoin- Along with the CEA, some of the pri- chicks, 5,000 head of cattle and trol after more than ing tea factory was vate companies involved in selling and 5,000 goats. To improve the fish- five hours, the also damaged. assembling of electronic equipment in eries industry, too, Rs. 130 million Colombo fire There are no the country, including Sri Lanka will be spent on a number of proj- brigade said. reports of casual- Telecom, Mobitel, Dialog, Etiselat, Hutch, ects. Minister Rajapaksa said that A spokesman at ties as a result of Lanka Bell, representing the telecommu- these projects under the ‘Divi the fire brigade the fire. nication field, Singer and Abans from the Neguma’ programme will assist said that seven fire Investigations have Tele seminar was held at the Department of Government Information for 200 field of home electronic appliances, the people to increase their nutri- engines had been been launched into teachers and 400 school children as a part of multimedia technology training. Metropolitan, E-Wis. Virtusa, ABC Trade tional level and also increase deployed from the cause of the From Left, Director General Government Information Ariyaratne Athugala, and Investments representing office national production. He said that Colombo while the blaze. Director Online Education Services S.T. Nandasena, Education Ministry equipments and, Geo Cycle and Green the income of the people too will army and air force Secretary Sunil Jayantha Navaratne, Secretary Media Ministry W.B.Ganegala, link in the field of bulk waste disposing increase. had also assisted in (News Now.lk) Director Government Information P. Ramanayake and Director Development sector, have joined hands with the CEA. Media Center Ariya Rubasinghe. There are people... From page 1 “In light of the improved no longer home to them. The vast 2010, the lowest number in 20 Millions of Sri Lankan devotees human rights and security situa- majority – about 80 percent – are years, the UNHCR statement said. tion in Sri Lanka, there is no hosted and cared for in developing “It is necessary for the inter- longer a need for group-based pro- countries, the statement said. national community to step for- tection mechanisms or for a pre- Today’s chronicle conflicts are ward and act. Whether it be to paid homage to sacred Buddhist sumption of eligibility for Sri a cause for special concern: What keep borders open to those seek- Lankans of Tamil ethnicity origi- we see is that as new conflicts ing safety from violence or perse- nating from the North of the flared old ones are left unresolved. cution, or to provide solutions to country,” the UNHCR report stat- This leads to new displacement on long-term refugees. We need to relics from Pakistan ed. the one hand and millions of peo- invest in peace, people need to be Currently, more than 43 mil- ple being prevented from return- helped to go home, or to be given a The sacred relics of Lord fifty thousand devotees visited The exhibition of the sacred lion people are displaced by vio- ing home on the other. Fewer than chance to start new lives, it fur- Buddha brought from Pakistan these relics every day.On 13th of relics in Sri Lanka has further lence around the world. Europe is 200,000 refugees went home in ther said. were taken back to Pakistan yes- June, 2011, the sacred relics were strengthened the already existing terday after conclusion of the taken to Tissamaharama temple deep rooted cultural relations exposition of these sacred relics in Hambantota to mark celebra- between the two friendly nations ‘Producer and broadcaster... From page 1 in Sri Lankan. These sacred relics tion of Poson Poya day on 15th of as it has marked the 2600th Year were sent by the Government of June. The sacred relics remained of the attainment of enlighten- some British MPs, had made an abortive attempt had forced expatriate relief workers out of the Pakistan on the special request of at Tissamaharama temple for a ment of Lord Buddha. to thwart the deportation of a group of Tamils cit- Vanni to make way for the military to target civil- the President of Sri Lanka period of 3 days where they were Buddhism left a monumental ing ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’ as evidence of ongo- ians. “They couldn’t be unaware the ICRC remained Mahinda Rajapaksa, during the visited by over a million devotees. and rich legacy of art and archi- ing repression targeting minorities. in the eastern part of the Vanni even in January On 17th of June, tecture in Pakistan. Despite the Sources said that Channel 4 based at 124, 2009,” the Defence Secretary said. the sacred relics vagaries of centuries, the Horseferry Road, London SWIP 2TX, had nothing to The ICRC told The Island it quit Puthukudirippu were brought back Gandhara region preserved a lot do with research, production and presentation of in January 2009 following the battle for Kilinochchi. to Colombo at of the heritage in craft and art. the 50-minute documentary. The Army regained Kilinochchi on January 1, 2009. Mahamewna Much of this legacy is visible UK based sources said that Jon Snow, who pre- Responding to Al Jazeera regarding ‘Sri Lanka Asapuwa Malabe even today in Pakistan. The sented ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’ and Sri Lanka Killing Fields’ UPFA National List MP Prof Rajiva from 16th to 19th of Gandhara civilization was not critics, Jonathan Miller and Krishan Gurumurthy, Wijesinha recalled how former British Foreign June where they only the centre of spiritual influ- were employees of Channel 4 News at the ITN build- Secretary David Miliband played politics with the were kept in the ence but also the cradle of the ing.