Finance Minister assures will honour dept repayment next year

BBS not sole voice of monks

The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) is not the sole voice of the Sanga (monks) community, Bellanwila Wimalaratana thera said today. The leading monk said this when asked about the tense situation created among Muslims and?Buddhists in the country as a result of the anti-Halal campaign carried out by the??Bodu Bala Sena. He noted that in any community there are extremists, fundamentalists and other elements. Bellanwila Wimalaratana thera said that the?Buddhist?clergy in Sri Lanka do not want to create a con

11 Mar, 2013

BBS not happy, makes more demands

The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) today called for a complete ban on Halal products instead of just removing the logo from products sold locally. Addressing the media today the?Bodu Bala Sena said that Sinhalese Buddhists must completely boycott Halal products. The All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU) had earlier said it had decided to withdraw the Halal logo from local food products as a result of the tensions which arose in the country recently. Addressing a joint media briefing yesterday between the AC

12 Mar, 2013

No record of Indian fishermen killed in Lanka

There ar no official records of Indian fishermen being killed in Sri Lankan territorial waters over the past one year, the Indian Defence Ministry said. Indian Defence Minister AK Antony said in a statement that from time to time, there have been reports of incidents of attack on Indian fishermen, allegedly by the Sri Lankan Navy. He says the Indian Government has been consistently taking up such issues with the Government of Sri Lanka to ensure that the Sri Lankan Navy acts with restraint and I

12 Mar, 2013