JK: Cultural prog organised

Speaker gets tough with SC

Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa says no outside body can dictate terms to him, parliament or any?committee appointed by him. The Speaker said this in response to petitions filed in the Supreme Court (SC) against the Parliament Select Committee (PSC) appointed by him to look into the motion to impeach Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake. The Supreme Court had issued summons to the PSC members but the Speaker said that the court has no authority to issue notice to the legislator.

29 Nov, 2012

UNP warns will “hit back” at convention

The United National Party (UNP) warned that it will “hit back” at any attempt to disrupt the party convention tomorrow. UNP MP John Amaratunga said that there were reports of attempts by some groups to?disrupt?the convention tomorrow. The UNP is expected to announce some radical changes during the convention at Sirikotha. Amaratunga told the Colombo Gazette that no one will be allowed to?disrupt?the convention from outside or inside. There is strong opposition to the current UNP administrati

30 Nov, 2012

US concerned over Jaffna incident

The United States Embassy in Colombo said it is greatly concerned about reports of attacks on students in Jaffna. ?”We call upon authorities to exercise restraint and respect peaceful demonstrations,” the Embassy said. An Embassy statement said it was also concerned?about the recent threats to freedom of expression in Sri Lanka. The November 28 beating of a reporter in Jaffna, harassment by Government of Sri Lanka officials of independent media outlets, and searches without warrants of journal

29 Nov, 2012