UNP’s Vasantha Senanayake attends cabinet meeting

President declares war heroes month

President Mahinda Rajapaksa today officially declared the?commencement?of the war heroes month, at a ceremony held at Temple Trees. The Prime Minister, politicians, defence secretary and commanders of the three forces attended the ceremony. The Ministry of Defence said that the month between 08th May and 08th June 2013 has been declared as the National War Heroes Commemoration month and a series of events have been scheduled to be held to coincide with the War Hero Commemoration including the Vi

08 May, 2013

Dalai Lama criticises Lankan monks

The Dalai Lama has implored Buddhist monks in Myanmar and Sri Lanka to put an end to a series of recent attacks on Muslims in their countries, the Associated Press reported today. The Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader spoke Tuesday night about religious violence when asked questions following a speech he delivered to 15,000 people at the University of Maryland. He condemned all killing being carried out in the name of religion and then turned to his own religion. He said Buddhists, including mon

08 May, 2013

Ameena Salley goes to HRC

Ameena Azath Salley, the daughter of former Colombo Deputy Mayor Azath Salley, has filed a petition at the Human Rights?Commission?(HRC) against the arrest of her father. In the petition filed today, Ameena says her father was wrongfully arrested and that she will also be filing a case in court. Meanwhile a public statement signed by several individuals, clergy, organisations and politicians, vehemently condemned the arrest and detention of Azath Salley, by a team of officers from the Criminal I

08 May, 2013