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Economic Summit kicks off withwake-up call for Sri Lanka

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Chief Guest, Senior Minister Dr. Sarath Amunugama

FOC 2012FOC 2012 took place last Sunday atWinchmore Hill.Even the wet English summer or theaccidental fire could not stop the event.The crowds mingled and we would liketo thank all the people who came andsaid hello to Newslanka.However the cricket had to be cancelledas the grounds keeping staff advisedthat it was too slippery to play.There was also a very unfortunate fire atone of the food stalls which was quicklytaken care of by a speedy fire service.Our photograph shows: The marquee ofthe main sponsors, BOC, with Bank ofCeylon Chairman, Dr GaminiWickramasinghe (5th from left) andHony. Chairman of FOC 2012, MrWickrama De S Waidyanatha (3rd fromleft) as well as representatives of theHigh Commission and BOC staff.Please see next weeks paper for the fullstory. PICTURE BY NIMAL NAVARATNE

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By Norman PalihawadanaA Public Health Inspector was assaulted todeath with a wooden pestle yesterday near theSaliyapura Community Hall in Kantale while hewas inspecting the compound of a house.The assailant, a dismissed Civil DefenceForce member, was immediately arrestedby the Thampalagamuwa police.According to the police, PHI MohammedJaleel (52) had been on an inspection tourof the area accompanied by other workers.When they entered the compound of thesuspect, they found it in a neglected stateand Jaleel had warned the suspect thatlegal action would be taken against him ifhe did not clean up the place.The suspect got into an argument with thehealth official. When the PHI turned to

leave, the suspect rushedout with a heavy pestle andstruck him on the back of thehead. When he fell thesuspect struck him again.The other workers who hadaccompanied the PHI ran fortheir lives.

PHI Jaleel died prior to admission to hospital.The 38-year-old suspect was dismissed fromthe CDF about seven years ago for attemptingto shoot someone. He had even chased awayhis family recently and was living alone, thepolice said.

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Mine clearance comingto a close

Mahinda Aluthgedera(dailynews.lk) The clearance of landminesfrom residential areas in the North is comingto a close with around 98 percent of theaforesaid areas being categorized as minefree by authorities.Presidential Advisor on North and EastDevelopment Chandra Fernando said thatrest of the areas too will be cleared of landmines shortly paving way for civiliansettlements. He said that Sri Lanka Army,government and non governmentalorganizations were involved in the effort.

(dailynews.lk) The students of Udagama Vidyalayain Kottagoda, Hali-Ela who had to vacate their twoschool buildings due to a major landslide inFebruary last year and shift into the preaching hall(Bana Maduwa) of the Galgepitiya Purana RajaMaha Viharaya as a temporary measure will moveinto a modern two storeyed classroom building onJuly 12 due to the efforts made by ForeignEmployment and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera.Minister Perera who visited the school after thelandslide promised to relocate the school on a firmlocation free of landslide threats.He arranged with a Korean organization named'Blessing Flow World' (BFW) to provide the schoolwith a new building on a plot of land donated byKamalawathie Jayatilleke of Udagama Kottagoda.BFW sponsored the new school building project ata cost of Rs 40 million and construction was donewith the assistance of the parents under thesupervision of technologists with the approval of

the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau. The newschool building will be opened by First LadyShiranthi Rajapaksa on July 12 on the invitation ofMinister Dilan Perera.

The new school building of Udagama Vidyalaya,Kottagoda Hali-Ela built at a cost of Rs 40 million by

the Korean ‘Blessing Flow World’ organisation.

Priyanka Kurugala(dailynews.lk) ‘Prof Senerath Paranavithana is thefirst Sri Lankan Archaeological Commissioner.‘He worked to make people aware of thenationalheritage and made them love theirheritage, National HeritageMinister Jagath Balasuriya said.The minister was addressing aceremony to open the SenarathParanavithana monument at thepremises of the ArchaeologicalDepartment yesterday.The Minister said: “ProfSenarath Paranavithana was anexpert in epigraphs andliterature.“He gave his best services to thecountry in the Archaeology field.‘The National Heritage Ministry will name the mainroad towards the Sigiriya Fortress after SenarathParanvithana as a mark of respect to the eminentarchaeologist to coincide with the Archaeological

Week in 2012.“In addition, 16 stamps will be issued in the SigiriyaFortress premises” the minister said.A showroom selling replicas of artefacts wasopened at the Archaeological Department by the

Minister. Books were provided tostudents in the Udugampola,Prof Senarath ParanavithanaNational School.The Senarath Paranavithanamonument was built by ProfSarath Chandrajeewa.National Heritage MinistrySecretary Kanthi Wehesinghe,Archaeological Director GeneralSenerath Dissanayake, ProfSenerath Paranavithana’snephew M A Nissanka also

spoke. National Heritage Ministry Senior AdditionalSecretary Vijitha Nanada Kumara, formerArchaeological Director Siran Deraniyagala andexperts in the field participated at the event.

(dailymirror.lk) Amid claims that the Army has noplans to acquire lands in Jaffna to establishcamps, the military said it would acquire only alimited extent of land to expand the Palaly Airportand the Kankesanthurai Harbour, which are beingexpanded.Jaffna Security Forces Commander MahindaHathurusinghe said this during a meeting withBritish High Commissioner John Rankin onMonday.Mr. Rankin who was accompanied by politicalofficer Asma Edris are in Jaffna on a two-dayvisit.He commended the Army’s role in helping ex-LTTE combatants and the war-affected civiliansin post war Jaffna and inquired about the alleged

acquisition of lands by the Army.Maj. Gen. Hathurusinghe rejected theseallegations and described them as exaggeratedreporting by the media with a hidden agenda.“Military presence in Jaffna has been graduallyreduced after the war ended in 2009 while theremaining troops are engaged in humanitarianactivities and development programmes. Likeeverywhere else in Sri the Army is essential fornational security and only a required number oftroops will remain in Jaffna. Troop reduction willbe based on the security situation. The Armydoes not want to face a security risk similar towhat happened in the 1980s,” Maj. Gen.Hathurusinghe said.

Prof Paranavithana instilled lovefor national heritage

Modern building for Udagama School

(island.lk) Children taking part in a protest by theWomen For Rights protest yesterday opposite theFort Railway Station in Colombo in protest against

government’s failure to curb violence againstwomen and children. Pic by Jude Denzil Pathiraja

Army won’t acquire land in Jaffna

Dengue raids: PHI clubbed to death

Sandun A Jayasekera(dailymirror.lk) The government has decided tospeed up the prosecution of all remaininghardcore LTTE cadres and rehabilitate thosewho have been charged with minor offences,acting Attorney General Palitha Fernando saidyesterday.He said the cases would be heard within threemonths and a four-member committee has beenappointed by the government to do this work.The committee headed by Additional SolicitorGeneral and Former Justice Ministry SecretarySuhada Gamlath comprises Senior StateCounsel Shavindra Fernando, Dilan Ratnayakaand Sudharshana De Silva.“The preliminary investigations carried out by the

Terrorists Investigations Division (TID) havefound some former LTTE cadres to haveallegedly committed serious war crimes such asbombing, killing civilians and attackingeconomically sensitive places while the othersare alleged to have committed minor offencesand can be considered for rehabilitation,” Mr.Fernando said.He said the investigations were not easy orsimple because many LTTE cadres maintainedlinks with the LTTE network and refused to grabthe opportunity offered by the government to berehabilitated.The Committee will categorize those requiring tobe prosecuted and others requiring rehabilitation.“The government is keen to complete theprosecution and rehabilitation process as soon

as possible because the internationalcommunity especially India are concernedabout it. Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leaderR. Sambanthan has held several rounds oftalks with the government on this issue andis also keen to have the prosecution processexpedited,” Mr. Fernando said.Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms MinistrySecretary A. Dissanayaka said 670 hardcoreLTTE cadres were held in remand prisonand while 700 LTTErs were to be consideredfor rehabilitation.

Cases against LTTE cadres to be speeded up

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UK hunts Lankanconvict(dailymirror.lk) The BritishPolice are hunting for aconvicted fraudster who hasbeen on the run for nearly sixyears and officers suspect hemay have returned to Sri LankaSri Lankan-born PonnutharaiSuresh, who is also known asSuresh Ponnutharai, has been

missing since September 2006 when he wasrecalled to prison.The 34-year-old, who has links to Ealing,Harrow, and Milton Keynes, was released onlicence in July 2006 after a jail term for affrayand fraud.But he was recalled to prison later that year fora breach of his license because he was wantedby police for conspiracy to steal.He went on the run and has not been seensince despite efforts to trace him. Officerssuspect he may have returned to Sri Lanka, andhave appealed for any information to help findhim. (Source: Harrow Times)

(dailynews.lk) Ayomi Perera of the Sri LankaArmy won first place in the face of stiff

competition at the Ranaviru Real Star - Missionll. She was presented the keys to a brand newluxury house valued at Rs 17 million by FirstLady Shiranthi Rajapaksa. The second place,secured by Gayan Anurapriya of the Sri Lanka

Navy was presented the key to a Toyota Avanzacar sponsored by Toyota Lanka and Rs 1

million together with a trophy. The third placewas won by Kavinda Dumindaraj of the Sri

Lanka Army and awarded Rs 5 million and atrophy. The fourth and fifth places were

secured by Asela Manukulasooriya of the SriLanka Army and Imali Anuruddhika of the Sri

Lanka Air Force. They were awarded Rs 500,000each and a trophy at the finals at the

Sugathadasa Stadium on Friday. Here AyomiPerera with her parents.

Picture by Nissanka Wijeratne

(island.lk) Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella isexpected to come to an amicable settlement withan Australian hotel, which he sued after falling offits balcony in February this year.Rambukwella told The Island on Friday that hisMelbourne based lawyers were discussing theterms of settlement and he hoped to settle thematter shortly."I fell off the balcony and landed on a flower bedeight meters below; it is a miracle that I am still

alive," he said, adding that the injuries to his headand legs were healing slowly.The Minister said he had got locked out of hisroom while he was on the hotel balcony andslipped and fallen while trying to re-enter the roomthrough a window.Prior to returning home, Rambukwella underwenta string of operations to have his foot corrected.He was in Melbourne with his son who requiredtreatment for knee ailments, when the mishapoccurred.

by Zacki Jabbar

Five forest fires countrywide

By Ravi Ladduwahetty(island.lk) Five major forest fires have beenreported countrywide during the last 24 hours. Themost serious one broke out in the KnucklesMountain range, where 150 acres of valuablePatna land were destroyed.The fire on the Riverstone Estate in Matalebordering the Knuckles range, in an area calledPatiala Pathana, which broke out at around 7.15pm on Friday night, had been doused with the helpof the Air Force around 4.30 pm yesterday, DeputyDirector (Media) of the Disaster ManagementCentre Lal Sarath Kumara told The Islandyesterday."This was a valuable area of Patna land and wefound it extremely difficult to douse the fire but we

managed to accomplish the task with the help ofthe Air Force, Army, Police and the villagers of thearea," Sarath Kumara said.Air Force spokesman, Group Captain AndrewWijesuriya, said that the SLAF had deployed an MI17 helicopter from the Minneriya Air Base. It haddone three sorties dropping water from thechopper’s 900 litre-capacity bambi buckets.Meanwhile, there were four forest fires in otherparts of the country One was at the 70th intersection, at Hingurakgoda, where 15 acres of forestland were destroyed. At Walapane, in the NuwaraEliya District, 20 acres of Pinus were gutted.Another fire raged at the 4 th Milepost on theBadulla- Mahiyangana Road. Tn HulangdawaSouth in the Moneragala District over 10 acres offorest were destroyed in a fire.

(dailynews.lk) The Sri Lanka ComputerEmergency Readiness Team (SLCERT) warnedInternet users in Sri Lanka about a total Internetblackout. According to SLCERT, thousands of SriLankan Internet users will be among millionsworldwide who will face a total Internet blackoutfrom today, due to a malicious piece of softwarethat may infect their computers without theirknowledge. That is the warning from the Sri LankaComputer Emergency ReadinessTeam|Coordinating Centre (Sri LankaCERT|CC), which recently issued a statementappealing to Internet users to check to verify iftheir computers were infected.The web blackout from today will be enforced bythe FBI, which is shutting down several webservers through which infected users. It isshutting them down because of an investigationinto a sophisticated Internet fraud ring that usedthe servers to manipulate people’s webbrowsing, Sri Lanka CERT|CC said.The malware changes a user’s domain namesystem (DNS) settings, diverting all webrequests through servers that the FBI seized inNovember, but has been temporarily maintainingto ensure Internet services were not disrupted.This maintenance is to finish today, meaningcomputers still infected will face Internettroubles.Sri Lanka CERT|CC states it is likely that usersinfected will be unable to connect to the Internetwhen the temporary DNS solution is switched offin July.The ways in which users are most likely to beinfected by this malware is by opening malicious

attachments in emails or by visiting suspectwebsites through links included in an email.Sri Lanka CERT|CC said it has not as yet receivedany complaints regarding infected computers orany Internet users being a victim of this malware.They advice Internet users to check if theircomputers have been infected by this malicioussoftware and remove it if necessary by visiting thefollowing link; http://www.dcwg.org/detect

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Post of Chief SanghaNayaka suspended

Lakna ParanamannaThe Asgiri Maha Vihara hassuspended the post of GalleDistrict Chief Sangha Nayakaafter the former Chief SanghaNayaka the Ven. MigettuwaththeSumiththa Thera was arrestedon charges of having assistedsuspects to carry out severalrobberies.Asgiri Chapter Chief Registrarthe Ven. AnamaduweDhammadassi Thera said thedecision, which was taken on

Monday would be effective till the courtproceedings on the charges were completed.Ven. Sumiththa Thera was appointed to the post ofChief Sangha Nayake on September 21 2009.He was arrested on Sunday. The robberiesincluded the Rs.40 million worth of cash andjewllery robbed from a shop in Aluthgama.

Knuckles: 150 acres of Patana land gutted

(dailymirror.lk) The court order directing theColombo Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) to conductthe postmortem examination on the body of Dr.Geethanjana Mendis was revoked by a Colombocourt after his wife filed an affidavit that she had nodoubt about her husband’s death being of naturalconsequences. However, Dr. Mendis’s brother andthe wife of had earlier informed the police that theyhad doubts about his death and had requestedthat an inquiry be conducted. This led to theKompannaweediya police to obtain a Court order

directing the JMO to conduct the post mortemexamination on the body of the well-known neurophysician. Later his wife Vinodani Mendis in heraffidavit had stated that she did not suspect anysort of foul play in her husband’s death.She said he had been receiving treatment at aprivate hospital in Colombo 2 for some threeweeks. On the basis of the affidavit, ColomboAdditional Magistrate Nishantha Peiris revoked theprevious order to carry out a postmortemexamination.

No doubts over Dr. Mendis’ death: Wife

Fall from balcony: Keheliya to reach settlementwith hotel down under

Irangika RANGE(dailynews.lk) Sixty percent of work on theColombo-Katunayake Expressway has beencompleted. The rest of the work is progressing at arapid pace, Ports and Highways Deputy MinisterNirmala Kotelawala said"This will create a highmobility link betweenColombo and theBandaranaike InternationalAirport enabling motorists totravel to the airport in 20minutes," Kotelawala said.He said work is expected tobe completed by the end of2012. The Expressway willbe commissioned during thefirst quarter of 2013.The length of theExpressway will be around25.3 kilometres starting from the New KelaniBridge and ending at the Airport Access Road atKatunayake.The Expressway will have four to six lanes withthe width ranging from 26 metres to 33.5 metres.

The total estimated cost of the project is US $ 292million. Exim Bank of China is funding US$ 248. 2of the total cost. The government has spent US $45 million on the project.The deputy minister said the development of thecountry's road network is instrumental in

accelerating developmentprogrammes."The commencement ofthe construction of this longawaited project will providea number of benefits to thepeople. Among them arepromoting outwardmigration of public fromColombo, improving userbenefits to the rapidlyexpanding transport trafficand improving mobilityneeds of the industrialdevelopment areas in the

vicinity and the associated container traffic," thedeputy minister said."We have basically targeted to reduce prevailinghigh traffic congestion on the A3 road (Peliyagoda-Puttalama road)," he said.

"The Expressway willhave 42 bridges and100 culverts to ensurethe smooth flow oftraffic. We havecompleted theconstruction of 30bridges and 87culverts," he said.A flyover, 480 metreslong, is being erectedin Hunupitiya. An 800metre flyover will alsobe built from theKatunayake junction tothe airport. There arefive interchange, thedeputy minister said.The project isimplemented byMetallurgical ChinaGroup Corporation.

Sixty percent of Colombo-KatunayakeExpressway complete

(island.lk) The Kotahena police took into custodyon the 05th four persons including the father of a 3month old baby, who had been sold for Rs.25,000. Investigations have revealed that thetransaction was done despite strong objections bythe baby’s mother. When the child’s mother wasmaking arrangements to go abroad foremployment, her husband had suggested givingthe baby to someone for adoption.Disregarding his wife’s opposition the baby’sfather had made arrangements through anintermediary and the child was given to a couplefrom Jaffna in Kotahena on June 27.The father later disclosed that he had sold the

baby for Rs. 25,000 and forced the mother to signa letter to the effect that she had transferred thechild’s guardianship and the couple who boughtthe baby and returned to Jaffna. As the motherwas deeply grieved over the loss of her baby shehad complained to the Kotahena police, who actedfast to trace the suspects and the baby wasrestored to the mother.

Baby sold for Rs 25,000

Trade Unions protestagainst Wimal

(dailymirror.lk) Pro government trade unionsprotesting opposite the State EngineeringCorporation today, charged that Minister WimalWeerawanshe has over 35 vehicles for hispersonal use and were filling the corporationwith henchmen who are given bogus posts.The convener of Joint Trade Unions ThusharaGunasekara said that Minister WimalWerawanshe is directly responsible corruption inthe corporation. “ The Minister has over 35vehicles for his personal use, he also has givenhis henchmen bogus posts and they are paidhuge salaries without even reporting to work” hecharged.




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(island.lk) The first accident on the newly re-constructed 18- elbow bends on the Kandy-Mahiyangana Road and which wasceremonially declared open by PresidentMahinda Rajapaksa recently, took place onSaturday when a lorry transportingcommunication equipment overturned atGurulupotha. The lorry ran off the road andwent off a precipice. The driver has told theHasalaka Police that the brakes had failed.Two of the three inmates who were injured,were admitted to the Mahiyangana basehospital. Police investigations are continuing.Picture by Ranjith Karunaweera-Mahiyangana Additional Correspondent

First accident on new 18 elbow bends (Hood)

Sri Lankans to be tried formurder in New Zealand

Two Sri Lankan men will stand trial on charges ofmurdering 28-year-old Sameera Chandrasena,whose body was found in a burnt-out house herented in Domain Rd, Oxford, in February.Police said an autopsy showed thatChandrasena, who was also from Sri Lanka,was found with injuries consistent with himhaving died of an assault before the fire started.Thuvan Prawash Sawal, 23, and VirajAlahakoon, 33, a jeweller, both of St Albans, arejointly charged with arson and murder.They were committed for trial when theyappeared in Christchurch District Court onFriday and are next due to appear at a HighCourt pre-trial conference on August 24.Both remain in custody.

Missing students found

Collapsing wall killsschoolgirl

Sanath Desmond(dailymirror.lk) Six female students aged 13 to19, who were missing from their school hostel inHatton since Sunday night, were found onMonday evening, Police said.Police said that one of the girls, who is fromAmpara, had gone to her home in Ampara andthe others had been found in Minneriya. The girlshad had left behind a letter addressed to theschool authorities stating that they were leavingbecause they were dissatisfied with the facilitiesat the school.Steps have been taken to hand over the studentsto their parents.

(island.lk) A 13-year-old school girl ofGomarankadawela diedwhen the wall of a houseunder constructioncollapsed and injured herhead. The deceased child,Sakuni SamanthikaWickramasinghe, a grade 8student, had been on aswing with ropes tied on tothe scaffolding where a wallwas being built. She hadbeen admitted to hospitalwith severe head injuries.

By W.M.Wickramasinghe

Kandy Esala peraherafrom July 19

by Gamini SAMARANAYAKE(sundayobserver.lk) The Kandy Esala Peraharawill commence on July 19 and conclude on thefinal night perahara on Aug. 01. The water-cutting ceremony will be held at GatambeMahaveli River on Aug. 02. Four Devalaperaharas will be held from Aug. 19 to 22, theKumbal Perehara from 23 to 27 and theRandoli perehara from 28 to August 01.The Diyawadana Nilame Nilanga Dela Bandarahas issued instructions to officials to provide allthe facilities for the devotees during theseason.A large number of pilgrims and sightseers areexpected to throng the hill capital.The threat of terrorism is no more but usualsecurity arrangements will be in place this yeartoo, Diyawadana Nilame said.

Kataragama Esala festivalfrom July 19 - Aug 2

Devinuwara Esalafestival from July 19

by M. Nelson PIYARATNE

by A. W. Gunawardhana

(sundayobserver.lk) The Basnayake Nilame ofKataragama Maha Devalaya, SashindraKumara Rajapaksa said the 2012 Annual Esalafestival will commence on July 19 and concludeon August 1 followed by the water cuttingceremony on August 2. He announced thedates to the final Esala Festival ReviewCommittee which was held to assign duties tothe respective officers in charge of the festival.

(sundayobserver.lk) The Kap plantingceremony of the Sri Vishnu Maha Devalaya inDevinuwara, in connection with the Esalafestival will be held on July 19.The first Peli perahera will be held on July 26and the other Peli peraheras will parade thestreets from July 27. The Randoli Mahaperahera, with elephants, up country and lowcountry and Sabaragamuwa dancers will beheld on August 1st.The festival will concludewith the Deva danaya on August 10. DevaThovilaya will be on previous night 9 August.

By Charundi Panagoda(sundaytimes.lk) Human rightsadvocates, civil societies andpolitical parties have asked theGovernment to ensure thesafety of prisoners, followingthe death of an LTTE suspectGanesan Nimalaruban whowas injured in the prison clashin Vavuniya and succumbed tohis injuries last Tuesday.Members of the Civil MonitoringCommission, Tamil NationalAlliance and other groups faxeda letter to President MahindaRajapaksa requesting that thebody of Nimalaruban behanded over to his family inVavuniya for the last rites. Thebody is presently at theRagama Teaching Hospital mortuary.They have also asked the Government toconduct an impartial investigation into the causeof his death.The LTTE suspect was injured during theVavuniya prison incident that began on June 28,when three prison guards were taken hostage by32 LTTE suspects.TNA MP Suresh K. Premachandran told the

Sunday Times that the incident began when theprisoners went on a hunger strike protesting thetransfer of three prisoners to Boosa. The situationescalated to the hostage crisis after Prisonofficials forced the prisoners to end their fast.MP Premachandran alleged that the commandosfired at least 13 tear gas cannisters at theprisoners and they were badly beaten up.Following the incident, all inmates at theVavuniya prison were transferred to

Anuradhapura, KandyBogambara andColombo Maharaprisons.The Government saidthat prisoners had intheir possessionvariouscommunicationdevices, cash andmakeshift weapons,and faced with ahostage situation,defensive action hadto be taken.Meanwhile, the UNP,in a statement, saidthat, “the Governmentshould not try to thrustproblems and violenceon Tamils.”GovernmentSpokesman, MinisterKeheliyaRambukwella refusedto comment on thecase.

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By Ajith Alahakoon(island.lk) President of the Socialist Students’Union and Central Committee member of theJVP, Dr Nalinda Jayatissa said that the moneyspent on getting down two Indian actresses forthe Carlton Rugby sevens tourney, would havebeen sufficient to pay the salaries of 138 seniorlecturers in the universities for a period of twoyears. Addressing a news conference held at theJVP headquarters at Pelawatte, he said that theuniversity teachers were not engaged in astruggle merely in order to have their salariesincreased, but to protect the entire stateuniversity system and added that though thereshould be 5,800 university teachers there wereonly 4,200.Instead of protecting state universities the higherEducation Minister was trying to protect theprivate universities and the government wouldsoon have to appoint a minister for privateuniversities in the manner they appointed aminister to look after the private bus services, DrJayatissa said.

By Ravi Ladduwahetty(island.lk) The Tamil National Alliance (TNA)yesterday said that it had no confidence in theproposed Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC)on the national question."We have no confidence in the proposedParliamentary Select Committee as that will alsobe a strategy adopted by the government to delaythe process of finding a solution to the ethnicquestion," TNA spokesman and Jaffna District MPSuresh Premachandran told The Island yesterday.His comments came in the wake of governmentspokesman and Media Minister KeheliyaRambuwella’s statement at the weekly Cabinetnews conference last week that the governmentwould wait for the TNA to participate in theParliamentary Select Committee and that it waswilling to wait as long as it took.Premachandran said that his party had not

decided whether to take part in the SelectCommittee process or not until yesterday. "Howcan we expect the government to provide ussolutions to the ethnic question in the North andthe East through a PSC when it cannot negotiatewith the TNA independently and come to asolution?""The government was unwilling to go ahead withthe negotiations with the TNA," Premachandrasaid.Responding to a question whether the TNA wasstill pursuing its earlier stand on self-determination, he said that his party had told thegovernment on what basis power could bedevolved to the two provinces.

(dailymirror.lk) Former Army Commander SarathFonseka said that he is still a prisoner. “I wasreleased as a faced to show the public that I’m afree man, but in reality, I’m still a prisoner on onehand. My democratic rights have been curtailedand I’m fighting to restore them,” he said.The Former Army Commander made theseremarks when his appeal against a court martialconviction was taken up today at the Court OfAppeal. “I have come here to ensure that thepeople here the truth. They said that I dabbled inpolitics while I was in the Army and convictedme,” he said. Speaking on the increase in crimerates in the country Fonseka said that manycriminals believe that they would not have to facejustice. “Most of the recent crimes have beencommitted by grass root level politicians attachedto the government. They are of the belief thatthey would not have to pay the price for theircrimes and that the government would somehowtake care of them which is why they committhem. We have to put an end to this,” he said.

The Court of Appeal today re- fixed the writapplication of former Army Commander Sarath

Fonseka to the 2nd of October. Fonseka ischallenging the verdict 1st court martial whichsentenced him to be cashiered from the army.

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by Jayampathy JAYASINGHEsundayobserver.lk) Unprotected railway crossingshave become the most hazardous path formotorists, motorcycle riders and even for thosewho walk along railway tracks where several havedied due to being knocked down by trains whilesome have sustained serious injuries and maimedfor life, the Police Media SpokesmanSuperintendent of Police Ajith Rohana told theSunday Observer .He said according to reports reaching policeheadquarters 44 persons have died while 26 havebeen injured while attempting to cross unprotectedrailway crossing without paying attention to oncoming trains. The latest tragic accident wasreported from Chilaw area on 3rd July 2012around 4.30 p.m. "The tragic accidents happendue to carelessness and negligence of motoristsand motor cycle riders. Therefore motorists shouldcarefully observe road and traffic signs and switchoff radios and cassette players in their vehicleswhile crossing an unprotected railway crossing,"the spokesman said.The following railway accidents have been

reported up to 30th June 2012:(1) 3rd July 2012 at Bogahawetiya railwaycrossing where a man (52) and a woman (58)died; (2) 29th June 2012 at Suduhumpola Kandyrailway crossing a man (42) died; (3) 27th June2012 at Gunesekera Mawatha railway crossing atKamburugamuwa Matara a man (36) died; (4)27th June 2012 at the Magoda-Galle Harbourrailway crossing a man (32) and a woman (45)were injured;(5) 18th June 2012 at Nittuwana Kurunegalarailway crossing a man (42) and a woman (32)died; (6) 12th June 2012 at Karapitiya Gallerailway crossing a lorry was damaged; (7) 12thJune 2012 at New Bus stand railway crossing aman (25) died; (8) 1st July 2012 atDiyabudyamagama at Anuradhapura railwaycrossing a man (65) died; (9) 30th June 2012 atMirigama Ganegoda railway crossing a man (21)and woman (45) injured; (10) 27th June 2012,150th mile post at Diyatalawa-Badulla railwaycrossing a man died (18) and woman (16) died;(11) 19 May 2012 at Dematagoda railway crossinga man died; (12) 17th May 2012 at Nanawela

Veyangoda railwaycrossing 15 personswere injured; (13) 5thMay 2012 atWellawatte railwaycrossing anunidentified man died;(14) 5th May 2012 atWedikanda-MountLavinia railwaycrossing a man (56)died; (15) 5thDecember 2011 at FortRailway station at 6thplatform a man (67)died; (16) 2nd May2012 Thudella-Ja-elarailway crossing a boy(13) died; (17) 13thMay 2012 atWellawatte railwaycrossing, a man (64)died.

Sri Lanka's new Ambassador in SwedenOshadhi Alahapperuma held a round oftalks with Swedish Foreign Minister CarlBildt.The discussion held in a cordialatmosphere, helped promote ties betweenthe two countries.Alahapperuma impressed on the Swedishgovernment about the massiveinfrastructure launched to expedite SriLanka's development schemes andstrategies adopted by Sri Lanka under theleadership of President MahindaRajapaksa.Alahapperuma expressed his deepappreciation for the generosity of theSwedish nation towards Sri Lanka'sdevelopment. Carl Bildt said that he wasimpressed by the recent achievements inSri Lanka and expressed a desire to visitthe country shortly.The Swedish Foreign Minister said that SriLanka could emerge as a modern state, and theLLRC commission's recommendation couldcontribute towards it immensely.

Alahapperuma said that the Government hadtaken many steps to implement the LLRCrecommendations.

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(island.lk) Five-year-old Binuthi Kusalma wasdiagnosed with a multifocal hepatoblastomainvolving the left and right lobesof the liver in December 2011. NMscans done after a course ofchemotherapy revealed a residuallesion. The lesions in segments IIand III were not apparent.At laparotomy, it was noted thatthe lesion was extending to theleft of the falciform ligament andthere was a 2cm nodule at theinferior margin of segment HI.Biopsies from these lesions werepositive (hepatoblastoma),according to Dr. MalikSamarasinghe, ConsultantPaediatric Surgeon, LRH.As paediatric liver transplantservices are not available in Sri Lanka, the childwill have to be taken to Global Hospital in Chennai.The transplant will cost in the range of SL Rs. 7 to8 million.As the child’s parents are poor and cannot raisethe funds required for the surgical procedure, theyappeal for financial assistance from the public.Those interested can credit their contribution tosave little Kusalma’s life, to A/C No.001650022110, Sampath bank, GampahaBranch, in favor of S. A. I. S. Samarathunga.

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(sundaytimes.lk) President Mahinda Rajapaksayesterday told Sri Lanka’s diplomatic corps thattheir jobs entail much more than ceremonialfunctions and they should not only be flag-carriersfor the nation.Noting that the functions of the diplomacy are fastchanging in today’s world, he told the country’shigh commissioners and ambassadors assembledat Diyatalawa that the role of diplomats in themodern world is quite different to that it used to be."There are significant and far reaching changes tothe role of the modern diplomat and those whostudy the new trends in diplomacy will realize thatthis role is no longer one of ceremony alone," hesaid.Today’s diplomat has a much more functional rolethan that of being a mere decoration or ceremonialornament from the home country. His role goes farbeyond entertainment of other diplomats andattendance of official parties and other routinediplomatic events. There is a far more importantpurpose required of diplomats than the routine ofattending parties and other ceremonies."I am not asking you to not attend parties or hostother diplomats or state guests of importance," hesaid. ``That must also be done. But your workmust go beyond such photo opportunities.’’Since they have been appointed to represent thecountry, it was necessary that they must acquire adeep understanding of the country, its many

assets, short-term and long-term requirementsand the problems and challenges it faces."Your representation should be one that iscomplete in every aspect," he said. ``You must beready, willing and capable of persuading othersabout the needs of your country and how it cancontribute to other countries, regions and theworld."The President also said that the head of missionmust be father, mother, guide and mentor tomission staff. Unless all persons serving themission are united as a family, it is nearlyimpossible to run an efficient mission."There must be trust among the entire missionstaff including the heads of mission and basicoffice practices must be duly observed to make themissions function effectively,’’ he said.The president also asked the ambassadors/highcommissioners to ensure that they represent SriLanka’s culture and traditions in the countries towhich they were accredited. They had to face upto their challenges through knowledge of SriLanka’s culture."Let this knowledge help to take Sri Lanka on theway forward," he said. ``Remember that you arenot one who waves the Sri Lankan flag in a crowdof others. Consider yourself as a flag of Sri Lankain every sense. You are the symbol andembodiment of our country. Live up to thestandards this demands.

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(sundaytimes.lk) Two healthactivists staged a 12-hourhunger strike in Jaffna onThursday to protest allegedcorruption and fraud in the JaffnaTeaching Hospital and the recentattack on a medical specialist.They called on the governmentto expedite inquiries into theseallegations and the attack.The activists V. Kanthevel wholeads the Jaffna regional groupof the People’s Movement for theRights of Patients (PMRP) andM. Chandrapalan, inquirer into

sudden deaths, staged the strikeoutside the hospital director’sroom. The activists weresupported by the GovernmentMedical Officers’ Association(GMOA) which had also plannedto stage a token strike on Fridayin support of the same demands.But a court issued a stay orderpreventing the token strike.Mr. Kanthevel said they weregiven an assurance that theHealth Ministry would takeurgent and effective action onthese issues.

by P. Krishnaswamy(sundayobserver.lk) In a desperate attempt tosecure political leverage in the run-up to theEastern Provincial Council polls, UPFA ally, SriLanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) led by JusticeMinister Rauff Hakeem is now holding talks withthe Government and the Tamil National Alliance(TNA).The party has already held several rounds oftalks with the TNA and is in the process ofdrafting an MoU to be presented to theGovernment at discussions next week.Party sources told the Sunday Observer that itwas most likely that the SLMC will contest along

with the Government.Their MoU will incorporate their recommendationson the full implementation of the 13thAmendment, including police and land powersand an independent unit of devolution to theMuslim community of the North and the the East,the sources said.The SLMC has considerable representation in theProvincial Council and all other local governmentbodies in the province, with some of them underits administration.The TNA which propagates the North-East re-merger and received SLMC support has calledupon the SLMC openly, to contest the polls eitherindependently or with them.

(island.lk) Maverick UPFA politician Azath Salleyrequested the three major Muslim political parties,recognized by the Elections Commissioner, to joinhands and make known their election manifesto tothe Muslim community, in the Eastern Province,before the Provincial Council elections, tobe held later this year.Salley, a former UNP Deputy Mayor ofthe Colombo Municipal Council, who nowacts as an in dependent in the UPFAGroup, told The Island that the Muslimpolitical parties, headed by CabinetMinisters Rauff Hakeem (Sri LankaMuslim Congress), Rishard Bathiudeen(All Island Muslim Congress) and M.Athaullah (National Congress) mustmake their solutions, for the burning issues thatremain unsolved concerning the Muslimcommunity, destroyed despite being in theCabinet.He said that the Muslim political parties contestingthe forthcoming Provincial Council elections

separately will cause further friction and divisionsamong the Muslim voters in the villages they live.Salley said that the SLMC was formed by the lateM. H . M. Ashraff to identify the issues pertainingto the Muslim community in general and special

issues relating to the Eastern ProvinceMuslims, who are a majority in the province.He said that the leaders of the three majorMuslim political parties have not made anycontribution to resolve the burning issuesfacing the Muslim community in the EasternProvince and other areas, particularly thetsunami housing scheme in Deegavapi, in theAmpara district and attacks on Muslimreligious places in the country.The outspoken Azath Sally said that the

elections coming in the middle of Ramazan wasfor Muslims to engage themselves in religious andmeritorious activities and Muslim political leadersmust protect the religion and ethnic rights insteadof depending on the perks associated with Cabinetportfolios.

Keheliya deniespolls chief’scomplaint NPC polls must be

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By Norman Palihawadana(island.lk) Reacting to ElectionCommissi-oner’s lament that he washelpless in the face of thegovernment giving jobs, promotionsand transfers in the Sabaragamuwa,North-Central and Eastern Provincesdespite it having announcedelections to those councils, MediaMinister Keheliya Rambukwella lastnight maintained that till nominationswere received the government waswithin its rights to carry out anydevelopment work or provide jobs orpromotions in those areas.Elections Commissioner MahindaDeshapriya had reportedly said thathis powers had been curtailed by thecontroversial 18th Amendment, whichreplaced the earlier 17thAmendment, under which there wasprovision for independent elections,police, bribery and public servicecommissions among other things.Minister Rambukwella said thatwhatever was being done was for the

benefit of those people and there hadbeen no violations of the electionlaws.

(dailymirror.lk) The first-everelections to the Northern ProvincialCouncil must be “perfect andtransparent”, and an environmentconducive to the holding of free andfair elections could be created in theNorth by September 2013, thegovernment said yesterday.“The first Provincial Council electionin the North has to be perfect andtransparent. We don’t want to hold anelection and then get blamed,”Economic Development MinisterBasil Rajapaksa told Daily Mirror.The minister said President MahindaRajapaksa and Defence SecretaryGotabaya Rajapaksa were both verykeen to have elections in the North,but emphasised that an environmentfor a proper election had first to becreated.“Confounding all expectations, we

managed to resettle almost 95% ofthe IDPs. But there are older IDPsfrom all three communities who haveto be resettled. We have to createthe suitable environment for theirreturn. It is the duty of thegovernment to create such anenvironment before holding elections.Otherwise, we will be accused ofdepriving the displaced persons oftheir right to vote,” he said.“The people in the North had beenunder a repressive regime for almostthree decades. Grassroots levelorganisations have not beenestablished. Even for the SLFP, thereis no environment for a propercampaign. All political parties areentitled to campaign on an equalfooting; and it is the government’sresponsibility to create such anenvironment,” Mr. Rajapaksa said.Explaining the rationale behind theholding of early elections to threePCs, Mr. Rajapaksa said, “Regularelections are an importantdemocratic tradition. It is essential tocheck the pulse of the people fromtime to time, If we are on the wrongtrack, we can adjust and takecorrective action.” (Ayesha Zuhair)

Mohammed Rasooldeen(dailynews.lk) The Sri Lankan embassy in SaudiArabia rejected reports in Colombo claiming a SriLankan domestic worker was arrested in SaudiArabia for worshipping a Buddha statue.Reacting to the reports, a senior official at themission said the story was totally fabricated andhad nothing to do with worship.The diplomat, who had met the domestic workerin jail yesterday, said he had been booked onsome other charges by Police in the UmmulHammam district.According to the official, the suspect who worksas a driver, had visited another Saudi’s house toresolve a dispute involving a housemaid there.The suspect said the maid was his relative andduring the dispute, Police arrested him.In his statement to the embassy, the worker saidhis Saudi sponsor had nothing to do with thecase and had surrendered his passport and otherdocuments to prison authorities for deportation. It

has been alleged those employed in Muslimcountries are prevented from practising theirreligious faiths and those found doing so arepunished severely. A Sri Lankan woman wasrecently arrested for practising witchcraft aftershe allegedly gazed at a child in a shoppingcomplex while wearing a black cord around herwrist, a report said. An organisation accused theSri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment of noteducating Sri Lankan workers travelling to SaudiArabia on the country’s religious laws.The diplomat, responding to the allegations, said:“So far, no Sri Lankan has been found guilty ofpractising his religion in the Kingdom.”He said no one had been executed for practisingtheir religion. The official said Vesak wasobserved at Lankan missions in the Kingdomrecently. More than 20,000 expatriate workersattended the functions in Riyadh and Jeddah, hesaid.

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(dailymirror.lk) Defence Secretary GotabayaRajapaksa said yesterday that all the necessaryfreedom and authority had been given to the IGPand the Police Department to enable them tocontrol the crime that takes place in the country.“Today no one influences the police. The police donot take orders from ministers. Extensive freedomhas been given to the IGP to enforce the law andarrest the culprits and do everything necessary toreduce crime in the country,” he said.He denied that there was a crime wave in thecountry. “The crimes committed today are not thefault of the police or me or the government. If a

father rapes his daughter or a step father rapes astep daughter, why do people blame the police? Ifpeople are killed due to rage are the policeresponsible? The police alone can’t control thesecrimes. Religious leaders, parents and the mediamust also help,” he said.“On the other hand, if criminals are not taken intocustody, or if organised gangs misbehave invillages, and they are not removed from society,the police are responsible. Therefore we gavethem powers and freedom to punish the offendersirrespective of their positions,” he said.

By Ravi Ladduwahetty(island.lk) The opposition United National Partyyesterday dared the government to hold theforthcoming polls to the three Provincial Councils –North Central, Sabaragamuwa and EasternProvincial Councils on the same day, claiming thatif it did, it would lose.The government was scared of holding electionson the same day to all the Provincial Councils as itwas now aware that it would be routed and thatwas why it was holding them on a staggered basiscausing tremendous difficulties to the voters andthe public, UNP General Secretary TissaAttanayake told The Island yesterday.However, government spokesman KeheliyaRambukwella told The Island on the day thecouncils were dissolved, that the government had

every right to do it.The UNP General Secretary said that thegovernment was maintaining stoic silence on theholding of the election to the Northern ProvincialCouncil which was deemed urgent, whiledissolving the other three councils ahead of time,which was not necessary at present.He also alleged that the government was abusingstate property and all candidates and the formerstaff of the dissolved councils had not returnedtheir vehicles. "The government also is adoptingmeasures violating election laws in providingvoters with jobs and other incentives in the run-upto elections.Attanayake said that what people were worriedabout was the soaring cost of living as well as thesevere drought in the North Central province andnot elections.

By Dean Nelson, Colombo(telegraph.co.uk) General SarathFonseka, the former Sri Lankan armychief jailed for running as anopposition candidate, has declaredhe will lead an Arab Spring-styleuprising to force the government fromoffice.Outlining his return to active politicsafter he was released from jail in Mayfollowing pressure from the UnitedStates, Gen Fonseka sought toscotch speculation he had struck adeal with the government to keep alow political profile.Instead he launched a bitter attack onPresident Rajapaksa, whom heaccused of persecuting his family andterrorising opponents, and pledged a newcampaign to topple his government. "I'm definitelyasking people to rise up," and "overthrow thegovernment by democratic methods," he said.Speaking to The Daily Telegraph he denouncedhis former commander-in-chief as a "dictator" andcalled on the international community to "de-recognise" the government.General Fonseka criticised British prime ministerDavid Cameron for meeting President Rajapaksaat a Jubilee lunch in London last month and saidthe international community must instead isolatehis government to stop its abuses."[They should] derecognise the government andgive protection to the people...if there is a dictatorviolating human rights and the democracy of thepeople, I think the world will have to take care ofthat.He cited a series of abuses by pro-governmentpoliticians including rapes and murders ofopponents and pointed to an incident in Februarywhen police opened fire on a crowd of 5000fishermen, including women and children,protesting against rising fuel prices. Onefisherman was killed and three were wounded.Two teenage girls were recently gang-raped bysuspected pro-government figures while twomembers of the JVP which supported hispresidential campaign were shot dead bymotorcycle gunmen last month."You have seen how it took place in othercountries and how those people were rescuedfrom tyrannical regimes. I hope and pray it will notbe like Libya," he said.Despite his family's "sacrifices", he said he washappy to be the figurehead of opposition."It's a sacrifice I'm making in order to get freedomand democratic rights for the people of this country

.They are sacrifices, but otherwise who will standagainst the mal-practices of this government andthose who control this country?" he said.Despite being banned from standing for electionfor the next seven years, General Fonsekaremains a popular hero in Sri Lanka for leading itsarmed forces to victory in its 27 year civil war withthe Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in2009. He was hailed by large crowds at ralliesthroughout the country but his popularity led to arift with President Rajapaksa and his brother, thedefence secretary Gotabaya.Gen Fonseka said although the victory was not hisalone, "I commanded the army to victory, I plannedthe operations and commanded the troops...Idefinitely feel proud," he said.He eventually resigned later that year andchallenged Mahinda Rajapaksa in the 2010presidential election. He was defeated in what hedenounced as a rigged ballot and was later jailedfor three years on corruption charges and strippedof his rank, medals and pension.He spent the next two years in jail where he washeld in solitary confinement "24 hours a day" anddenied contact with other prisoners, he said. Hisson-in-law disappeared amid rumours that thegovernment was seeking his arrest and has nowbeen missing for two and a half years, while hiswife was unable to rent or buy a home becausegovernment officials threatened potential sellersand landlords. "Now the intelligence bureau followme wherever I go, even to weddings," he said.He dismissed allegations that Sri Lankan troopscommitted war crimes but criticised thegovernment for failing to answer them fully. Hewas ready to face any accusations and denied hisarmy had targeted civilians sheltering in a no-firezone in the last stages of the war – estimates ofcivilians deaths range from 9,000 to 40,000.

Sri Lanka's former army chief General Sarath Fonseka

Sri Lanka's former army chief Sarath Fonsekacalls for Arab Spring-style uprising

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By Piyasena Disssanayake(island.lk) Opposition political party leadersyesterday alleged that the government was gettingready for a massive ‘robbery of votes’ at theforthcoming Provincial Councilpolls.They said that despite theElections Commissioner, too,recently pointing out the possibilityof such a ‘robbery of votes’ noaction had been taken to prevent it.Addressing a press conference atthe Opposition Leader’s office inColombo, UNP MP Mangala Samaraweera, TNAMP M. A. Sumanthiran, and New Left Front LeaderDr. Wickramabahu Karunaratne said that thegovernment had already begun its campaign towin those provincial councils through terror and

intimidation.Soon after the elections were announced thegovernment had effected the transfer andpromotion of State officials in the three provinces.

Despite there being lawsprohibiting promotions andtransfers in public service duringelections, the government haddone so with impunity.The government used Stateresources, officials and funds fortheir campaign in the provincesand this had caused severeinjustice to other parties in the

fray, the Opposition politicians said.The lower rung politicians in the provinces wereusing undemocratic methods and unleashingviolence to force voters to support the UPFAcandidates, the party leaders said.

Govt. readying for vote robbery - Opposition

By Franklin R. Satyapalan(island.lk) The All Ceylon Muslim (ACMC)Congress demanded to know how Tamil NationalAlliance leader R. Sampanthan could state that ifthe SLMC teamed up with the government tocontest the forthcoming Eastern Provincial Councilpolls, it would be a betrayal of the Tamilcommunity.ACMC general secretary Y. L. S. Hameed said thatSampanthan had stated that the late SLMCLeader M. H. M. Ashraff would have never agreed

to any such alliance against the Tamil minority."Although the SLMC and the TNA have hadnumerous bilateral discussions they have nevercome to any understanding on a solution or aseparate Council for the Muslim Community,"Hameed said. "Sampanthan cannot expect theMuslims to fall in line with the TNA as there is nounderstanding on any of the issues. The questionarises whether the SLMC has had a privateunderstanding with the TNA regardless of itsconsequences to the Muslim community."

ACMC asks if TNA has secret pact with SLMC

UNP dares govt. to hold PC polls on same day

Police empowered-Gota

By Shamindra Ferdinando(island.lk) The National Languages and SocialIntegration Ministry yesterday said that asuccessful post-war reconciliation effortmeant the Tamil National Alliance (TNA)wouldn’t have an environment conducivefor its project.In the wake of the conclusion of theconflict in May 2009, nothing could be asimportant as pursuing nationalreconciliation efforts, though there wereshortcomings, advisor to the ministry,Sankajaya Nanayakkara said.A genuine effort on the part of the governmentwould help defeat the TNA, Nanayakkara said.

Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara’s son wasresponding to a query by The Island at a briefingto explain ‘Social Integration Week’, a joint

initiative undertaken by the GoSL andFLICT (Facilitating Initiatives for SocialCohesion and Transformation). Germanyfunds the project through FLICT.Nanayakkara lambasted the TNA forrepeatedly refusing to join theParliamentary Select Committee (PSC)appointed to deal with the post-conflictsituation.

Alleging that the one-time LTTE proxy was beingan obstacle to the reconciliation process, theofficial queried whether the TNA represented the

interests of the Tamilspeaking people orthe Tamil Diaspora hellbent on destabilizingthe country.Senior Advisor, TomesAnsorg of German aidagency, GIZ andTechnical AdvisorDayani Panagoda ofFLICT explained thecircumstances underwhich Germanystepped-in to supportthe ongoing initiative.‘Social IntegrationWeek’ will getunderway on July 16,with the presentationof ‘Social IntegrationPolicy Framework’ to

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by Easwaran Rutnam(colombogazette.com) The Thamil MakkalViduthalai Pullikal (TMVP)says party leaderSivanesathuraiChandrakanthan is the frontrunner for the government asthe candidate for the post ofChief Minister at the EasternProvincial council elections.TMVP spokesman AzadMaulana said that while thegovernment has not yetofficially namedChandrakanthan aliasPillayan as the Chief Ministercandidate at the Easternpolls, so far there is no oneelse to challenge him.“Our leader already has tosacrifice one year as Chief Minister as theelections are being held early and there is no

one else in the government to challenge him forthe post either so he is most likely to be thecandidate,” Maulana told the Colombo Gazette.

During the last local councilelections in the Batticaloadistrict in March 2008, whichwas held after 10 years. theTMVP won all 9 councils.The Batticaloa town was theonly local council where theTMVP contested under theUnited People’s FreedomAlliance.Overall the 37 memberprovincial council election inthe East in 2008 was won bythe ruling UPFA with thehighest number of 20 seats.TMVP leader SivanesathuraiChandrakanthan gained thehighest number of

preferential votes in Batticaloa and was namedthe Chief Minister of the Eastern Province.

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Universities paralysedfor the seventh day

FUTA signature campaign against govt.

(island.lk) The Federation of UniversityTeachers’ Associations (FUTA) yesterday saidthat they would collect signatures from thepublic beginning tomorrow for a petitionagainst the government’s delay in solving theirproblems.The universities remained paralysed for theseventh day yesterday due to the strikelaunched by the university teachers.FUTA media spokesman Dr. DevakaWeerakoon said that they had collectedsignatures for the petition from all universitiesduring last week."Our target is to collect one million signatures,"he said.Dr. Weerakoon said that the FUTA would holda discussion with Presidential Secretary LalithWeeratunga on Thursday.FUTA launched an indefinite strike on June 04demanding the allocation of six per cent ofGDP for the education sector, engagement ofuniversity teachers in the decision makingprocess related to the higher education sectorand a pay hike.

by Dasun Edirisinghe

Addressing the media after leading delegation ofUNP MPs to a meeting with Amarapura NikayaMahanayake Davuldena Gnanissara thero, atWijayarama in Nugegoda, the MP said that themeans and methods employed by politicaleunuchs have come to an end therefore the daysof political eunuchs was numbered."Mudslinging, character assassinations andscheming were the means those political eunuchsused, owing to their deviant nature. Their mindswere so warped with queer thinking that they couldnot see the truth that they could not survive in

politics if they do not go out and serve the people.They also do not know that we would be strongerand better off sustaining their sinister attacks," theMP said.Premadasa recalled that his father, formerPresident Ranasinghe Premadasa, too had been avictim of such sinister campaigns, but thoseattackers themselves had helped him to be astrong leader of the people.The ountry is heading towards difficult times, hesaid adding that the people must rally behindcapable and competent leaders to save it.Associated with Premadasa wereParliamentarians Gayantha Karunatilake, TalathaAthukorala, Dilip Wedarachchi, BuddhikaPathirana, Ashok Abeysinghe and SujeewaSenasinghe.

by Dasun Edirisinghe(island.lk) UNP Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasayesterday said that the end of the road was insight for political eunuchs in Sri Lankan politics.

By K.T.Rajasingham(Asiantribune.com): The Tamil people want to havethe share of their political power. They want thepolitical settlement. They want to look afterthemselves. This must be clearly understood bythe leaders of the government.It is better to allow the people to decide forthemselves - what to do and how todo. Let the people do their owndevelopment work. Why do you wantto decide from Colombo? - AskedSuresh Premachandran.The TNA parliamentarian SureshPremachandran said, “Actually it ismore and more alienating the peoplefrom the government and thegovernment could not win the heartsand minds of the people.The best example is in the parliamentary electionsand in the local government elections, TNA wonconvincingly. You must consider why the Tamilpeople are voting for the TNA?

In fact Tamil people wanted to look afterthemselves. They want to develop their own area.They want to keep their own security. They want totake care of their children’s education, theireconomical growth and they want to do all thesefor themselves.Suresh Premachandran when talking to Asian

Tribune said at present, the landissue is the primary issue. We arenot against Arm Forces. You know in1983 also they had a camp atPalaly. And also in Vavuniya andthey can go back to the 1983position.He said If the government want tokeep their armed forces in the Northand East and if they want to grablands and if they want to put up the

Buddhist temples where there are no Buddhists,then the Tamil people will think that there is nopoint in talking to this government and there is nopoint in living in this country. So they have only anoption of going out of this country or fight back.

(asianmirror.lk) Defence Secretary GotabayaRajapaksa addressing the gathering at 'specialwork shop' conducted for Sri Lanka Ambassadorsand Heads of Missions explainedthe actual ground situation duringthe humanitarian operations atfinalstage and how government andthe security forces rescuedthousands of innocent civiliansheld captive by LTTE.Secretary, Gotabaya said thateven in the last stage LTTE usedsuicide bombings to preventcivilians fleeing from the area andpointed out the Vishwamaduincident where hundreds ofcivilians including women and children and military

personnel were killed in suicide bomb attacks.Speaking further, Secretary said that all roadbarriers are now removed and people could move

about freely anywhere in thecountry while more than 53,000members of Tamil Diaspora,NGO s and Diplomats whovisited the country and travelledto the North have witnessed thepresent situation along withgovernments efforts to rebuildNorth and East parts ofthe country and the progress inrehabilitation and reintegration ofex-LTTE cadres.President Mahinda Rajapaksagraced the occasion as the Chief

Guest of 'special work shop' organized by Ministryof External Affairs at Sri Lanka MilitaryAcademy in Diyatalawa.

Tamil People want the share of their politicalpower - Suresh Premachandran

Days of political eunuch’s numbered -Sajith

Defence Secretary explains the actualground situation to diplomats

By Franklin R. Satyapalan(island.lk) General Secretary of the All CeylonMuslim Congress (ACMC) Y. L. S. Hameed saidthat with a Muslim population of 42 per cent in theEastern Province the Muslim community wasdetermined not to give in this time on the matter ofhaving a Chief Minister from the community.He said that out of the nine Provinces in thecountry, the Eastern Province was the onlyprovince in which a Muslim could become ChiefMinister and on the last occasion, in May 2008,though the Muslim Community had the majority ofmembers elected to the Eastern Provincial Counciltheir Chief Ministerial candidate M. L. A. M.Hisbullah had to forfeit his chance in favour ofSivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, alias Pillayan,due to the intervention of President MahindaRajapaksa.The last time the UPFA received 105,341 votes inthe Batticaloa district and won six seats. In theAmpara district it obtained 144,247 votes and woneight seats and in the Trincomalee district 59,298votes and four seats for a total of 308,886 votes(52.21%) and 20 seats including 2 bonus seats.The UNP received 58,602 votes in the Batticoloadistrict for4 seats, 121,272 votes in the Amparadistrict for 6 seats and 70,858 votes in theTrincomalee District for 5 seats for a total of250,732 votes and 15 seats (42.38%).The Peoples Liberation Front (JVP) got 9,390votes to obtain one seat and the Tamil DemocraticNational Alliance (TNDA) obtained 7,714 votes to

obtain one seat.The voter turnout was 65.78 per cent. The EasternProvincial Council consists of 37 seats.This time around the Muslim community would bewilling to consent to be patient on crucial issuessuch as their political, religious, economic andcultural rights which affect the community butwon’t be willing to give in on the matter of electinga Muslim Chief Minister.The All Ceylon Jamiyathul Ulama and Council ofMuslim Organizations, was making a secondattempt to bring the SLMC breakaways, the AllCeylon Muslim Congress (ACMC) and NationalCongress (NC) together to contest the forthcomingelections to the Eastern Provincial Council (EPC)under the UPFA Banner and Betel symbol, MuslimPolitical sources said yesterday.They said that the All Ceylon Jamiyathul UlamaPresident Rizvi Mufthi and M. N. Ameen, Presidentof Council of Muslim Organizations’ first attempt tounite the three Muslim political parties to meet inColombo last week failed as only ACMC Leaderand Minister Rishard Bathudeen, GeneralSecretary Y. L. S. Hameed and SLMC ChairmanDeputy Minister Basheer Cegu Dawood turned up,the sources said. The notable absentees wereSLMC Leader Minister of Justice Rauff Hakeemand National Congress Leader Minister A. L. M.Athauallah.The next meeting to forge unity among the threeMuslim political Parties was scheduled to takeplace yesterday at an undisclosed location inColombo, the sources said.

Another attempt at unitary Muslim partiesto elect a CM

R. K. Radhakrishnan(thehindu.com) Elections to Sri Lanka’s northernprovincial council will take just over a year fromnow. “We want to hold elections in September2013,” President Mahinda Rajapaksa told TheHindu. “We are working towards it [the elections] ina systematic manner.”In an interaction at his official residence, TempleTrees, here, Mr. Rajapaksa said there were manyissues to be resolved ahead of holding ofelections. The primary one related to the electoralrolls. People who fled when the Tamil Tigers werein power and during the war were still coming inand staking claim to their land and property afterthe defeat of the Tamil Tigers in May 2009. Thesepeople too had to be accommodated in the rolls.The last rolls were more than 30 years old andhad no relation to the current eligible voters in theprovince.The second issue was the completion of therehabilitation and resettlement process. This wason with international support and was expected tobe completed soon. Livelihood issues too werebeing addressed.The holding of elections hold the key to movingforward on the question of granting Tamils thepolitical space they lacked. In fact, this shouldhave been possible soon after the India-Sri Lankaaccord of 1987 (later called the 13th Amendmentbecause the Sri Lankan Constitution wassubsequently amended to include this provision),which also had a clause on devolution of powers.Ironically, the amendment benefitted all the otherregions — albeit in a very limited manner — andall the provinces, barring the North, had a

provincial council.On the issue of glaring visibility of the Army in allwalks of life, Mr. Rajapaksa said he had instructedthat the Army should be visible only whenrequired.Mr. Rajapaksa refused to accept that the Indianvote against Sri Lanka in the United NationsHuman Rights Council was because Colombo didnot implement the promises it made to the Councilin 2009. Insisting that his government had workedon all the promises that were delivered and wasserious about fulfilling all undertakings that weregiven, he said he had even said that he was willingto go beyond the 13th Amendment.Clarifying for the first time what the plus was, Mr.Rajapaksa said this was the creation of a Senate.“I said 13th Amendment plus. Then Shankar [ShivShankar Menon, Indian National Security Adviser]remarked if I meant the creation of a Senate, and Isaid yes.”Mr. Menon had met Mr. Rajapaksa on June 29 onpost-Geneva issues. India is the chair for theUniversal Periodic Review at the UNHRC thatcomes up in November.Mr. Rajapaksa made it clear that the creation of aSenate and the fleshing out of a solution neededto come from Parliament. “This is [where] theParliamentary Select Committee is important,” hesaidWhen The Hindu brought to his notice the plight offive fishermen from Tamil Nadu, who were beingheld in a Jaffna prison since November 28, 2011,he said he would first ascertain the facts of thecase. He had called the Inspector General ofPolice and received an update on the issue.

Royal Park convictsentenced to death

(dailymirror.lk) The Court of Appealconverted the 12 year prison sentenceimposed by the high court on ShramanthaJayamaha, for the murder of a 19 year old atthe Royal Park apartment complex to a deathsentence. Yvonne Jhonssen was murderedon the steps of the Royal park apartments onthe 1st of July 2005.Earlier the Colombo High Court sentencedShramantha to 12 years rigorousimprisonment and a fine of Rs.300,000.Details in the Judicial Medical Officers (JMO)report state that Yvonne Jhonssen died offatal strangulation. According to the JMO,Dr.M.P.A.A. Abeysinghe, Yvonne had 48injuries on her horrendously mutilated body.The Attorney Generals department appealedthe verdict given by the High court andmoved court to convict the accused for theoffence of murder.

(dailymirror.lk) Police personnel on night patroldetected a trishaw transporting a buffalo with its

feet tied and covered with gunny bags. The buffalowas rescued while the trishaw and its driver were

taken into custody. Pix by S. Galappatthi

Buffalo transport

Northern Province elections in September 2013,says Rajapaksa




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A young Sri Lankan engineer Dexter DeSilva has been selected as the TechnicalCo-ordinator at Grange Hotel in Londonfor 2012 Olympics.An old boy of Wesley collage Colombo,Dexter has graduated from HertfordshireUniversity in 2005 and is now reading forhis Masters.While pursuing his carrier in Audiovisualand Broadcasting engineering he isalways seen providing his expert

assistance for free at many a Sri Lankancultural events in London.His attention to detail and commitmenthas earned him a good reputation in hisindustry. Among his clientele are IBM,Microsoft, Metropolitan Police dept,Conservative party and many prestigiouscooperate organisations lines up.Dexter is the Son of Godfrey andSunethra De Silva.

Young Sri Lankan Engineer selectedfor London Olympics.

By Madura Ranwala(island.lk) Sri Lanka Law College A team won thefirst ever ‘Hulftsdorp Debates 2012’ competitionheld with the participation of ten teams from sixuniversities, beating Moratuwa University A team inthe grand final at the Advanced Legal Institute Hall,of the Law College.The best debater was Poornima Wijemanne whileMalik Azeez became the best adjudicator. Dr. J. A.L. Cooray Memorial Challenge Shield was awardedto the winners.The maiden Hulftsdorp Debates 2012 competitioncould also be considered an Inter-Higher EducationInstitutions Debating Competition, an organizingmember of English Language Association of the SriLanka Law College, Kanishka Herath said.He said that this would be the platfrom to enhancethe debating skills of students of higher educationinstitutions in the country to represent thecountry at International levels as the standardsof them are lower than that of school at themoment.The debate competition was organized by theEnglish Literary Association (ELA) of the LawCollege and it was fully backed by the Debaters’Council to enhance debating standards of LawCollege and Universities in Sri Lanka, he said.Pointing out the main objective of theirs, hesaid, "the present debating standard of theuniversities and the Law College is not even onpar with the school standards as they have toexit before going further in open debatecompetitions because the standard of the

schools are much higher than us."He said that Sri Lanka Law College took theinitiative to bring the standard up by organizing thiskind of debates among universities and highereducation instituions.The chief guest was Solicitor General PalithaFernando while guest of honour was President ofBar Association, Wijedasa Rajapakshe.

Law college A wins Hulftsdorp Debates 2012(dailynews.lk) SriLankan Airlines will expand itsservices to Beijing and Shanghai, with daily flightsto the two cities running from July 15 to serve theincreasing number of Chinese travelers toColombo, Male, Bangkok and other points on itsglobal network.The additions will take the airline to 21 flights perweek to four cities in China, includingfour to Guangzhou and three to HongKong.SriLankan Airlines chairman NishanthaWickremasinghe said: “SriLankanAirlines has made a strong andconsistent effort in recent years toenhance services between thehistorically friendly nations of Chinaand Sri Lanka. We are pleased to seethe level of growth in business up tonow.“We believe there is a tremendous amount ofpotential for the future, hence our decision to havedaily frequencies to Beijing and Shanghai.”The airline launched services to Guangzhou in2011 and Shanghai in 2010, having served Beijingsince 2005. It has served Hong Kong for over 30years.

Asia Pacific regional manager DimuthuTennakoon: “The new daily frequencies will furtherenhance our services for Chinese tourists toBangkok, Colombo and Male, which are the mostpopular destinations for Chinese travellers to SriLanka. “We also have excellent connections to ourdestinations in Europe and the Middle East, which

offer convenience for travellers fromthose regions to visit China and viceversa.” The number of Chinesetravellers to Sri Lanka increased by 56percent in 2011 to a total of more than16,000. Relations between the twocountries have been strengthened byan increasing Chinese investment inSri Lanka, together with expandedtrade in consumer goods.Sri Lanka welcomed an all-time record

of 855,975 travelers in 2011. The government hasset a target of 2.5 million tourists per annum from2016. The new flights to Shanghai will operate onWednesday, Friday and Sunday, in addition to thefour existing flights on Monday, Tuesday, Thursdayand Saturday.Courtesy: Xinhua

SriLankan expands daily flights to Beijing

(island.lk) The National Blood TransfusionService (NBTS) in Sri Lanka has clinched thetop accolade for developing countries 2012awarded by the International Society ofBlood Transfusion (ISBT).The certificate will be awarded today (8) atthe 23rd International ISBT Congress whichwill be held in Cancun, Mexico. The honourswill be officially received by the Sri Lankanteam headed by Dr. Ananda Gunasekara,former Director NBTS and incumbentDeputy Director General of Medical Servicesand Dr. Vijith Gunesekara, Director, NBTS.In this competition, performances of 2009,2010 and 2011 were evaluated covering allaspects that accounted for theimprovements of the relevant transfusionservice. (More details on

http://www.isbtweb.org/news/article/winner-isbt-award-for-developing-countries/)

NBTS bags top global accolade for DevelopingCountries - 2012

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This week, Tony Mason, Managing Director ofLycafly,said goodbye to his staff and headed off toa new venture as Managing Director of theFalkland Islands Tourist Board. We are sure atsome point we will see him again in Newslanka asTony has always been andstill is a long-time supporterof ethnic travel and tourism.We wanted to find out moreabout this move and whattype of exotic and adventureholidays our readers mightalso enjoy in theFalklandIslands. It's a destination thathas been in the news a lotlately so we thought wewould ask Tony a fewquestions.

First of all, tellus a bit about your new role.

First of allChin, thank you forinterviewing me forNewslanka.I've always enjoyed workingwith you in support of the SriLankan community. Theethnic community is one of adiverse nature and I have been blessed to workalongside great people in the ethnic markets andcertainly plan to keep supporting it whereverpossible.I certainly hope everyone will stay in touch, as thenew project will have high commission holidayswhich will benefit the community and open up newopportunities to see a different part of the world.The new role is very exciting and will not only open

up new opportunities for me, but also for the traveland tourism sector to experience what the FalklandIslands have to offer.When the opportunity presented itself to me, I

thought, just do this, it will be anexciting adventure.I plan to strengthen current and newpartnerships with cruise line andexpedition voyages and mainlandtours.To create a high profile brandawareness of what we have to offer.We will be working to develop newhotel products and infrastructure tosupport an increase in numbers inpreparation for an oil boom.We would love to welcome ourSriLankan brothers and sisters to visitus.

My Initial plans involve workingvery closely with my current air links,cruise and travel partners to developseveral standing adventure and natureholiday experiences. There are somany varieties of birds and penguinsthat it would be a fantastic holidayexperience.

People are just unaware of what a lovely anddynamic experience a holiday in the FalklandIslands would provide, one with life long memories.

We are focusing on developing strategicpartnerships which will boost our numbers. As Imentioned I am keen to develop standard andbespoke holiday packages with very attractive

incentive programmes for agents, which can bemarketed around the world through a largenetwork of travel agent partners. Basically this willbe achieved by making travellers aware of themany opportunities for adventure and natureholidays.

One of my favourite areas is niche marketing.I will be looking at reachingout to ethniccommunities, EMEA markets, singles, retirees,groups and incentives and specialty groups, butalso developing anincentives and teambuilding experiences forexecutive corporatetravel.

It goes withoutsaying travel agents will play a big part in mystrategy. I'm working on a lucrative compensationplan at the moment to encourage learning andincentives which will include FAM trips andhopefully get the UK's top mainstream and ethnicagents out for a week with me for an educationalagents experience.I've worked on agent side so I'm clearly aware ofthe necessity and benefits which come from strongagency relationships. I'm looking forward towelcoming our first FAM trip aroundJanuary/February 2013.

We are looking at many opportunities at themoment and we do have a new cruise productwhich I can't reveal at the moment but we willmake sure Newslanka readers get the news themoment I can share.We are preparing and planning the infrastructure towelcome travellers from all walks of life, offeringproducts from inexpensive to luxuryaccommodation to ensure the needs of all of ourvisitors are met.

This is a very importantsector/market for us.UK markets are essential as wecurrently have direct access tocharter flights running fromGatwick.Passengers can also reach usby flying LAN from London toChile and connecting to the

flight to the Falklands. The UK market is seeing an

It has only given the public a greaterawareness of the Falkland Islands. More peopleare talking about us than ever before.There's quite a buzz and travellers want to knowmore. With the current worldwide media attentionmore people than ever before know where we areand that's exciting. This is why we are stepping upour initiatives this year while there's a buzz aboutthe Falklands, to establish ourselves as a need tosee holiday destination.

Newslanka:

Tony Mason:NL: What are your initial plans?TM:

NL: You mentioned working with Travel Agentpartners...TM:

NL: Will you target any niche sectors?TM:

NL: How important aretravel agents in yourstrategy? Can youreveal any plans forthem i.e. FAM's,Incentives, etc?TM:

NL: What are the current developments/newsfrom the islands i.e. new hotels, trends, new

cruise lines etc.TM:

NL: How important is the UKmarket to the FalklandIslandsTM:

NL: And finally Tony, the Falklands have beenmentioned a lot in the press recently but hasthis affected tourism?TM:

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(asianmirror.lk) The foundation stone layingceremony for new Secretariat Building forPersonal Identification was held under thepatronage of Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa andDefence and Urban Development Secretary,Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Battaramulla today (05)adjoining to ‘Sethsiripaya’ Complex.The Secretariat building will be constructed withthe advisory and supervision of BuildingConstruction Department by InternationalConstruction Consortium (Pvt) Ltd (ICC), whoconstruct from Concept to Conclusion at anestimated cost of Rs.7.5 billion to be completedby year 2015.Among the other participants at the ceremonywere Chairman of Urban Development Authority(UDA), Nimal Perera and staff of State Defenceand UDA.

Seen here are the significant events in theceremony captured by Asian Mirror camera todayat Battaramulla.

July 10, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's state-runports agency is evaluating nine proposals

from nine investors to build industries near thenortheastern port of Trincomalee, chairman

Priyath Wickrema said."Most probably we may get about fiveinvestors finalized," Wickrema said in thesideline of a forum organized by Seatrade,an shipping policy event management firm.Proposals have been received in the areasincluding cement, ship building, ship repairand fish processing.Sri Lanka's Hambantota port has alreadyreceived about 800 million US dollars ofinvestments and a second investmentround where bids are closing on August2012 is expected to net a further billion USdollars of projects he said.

A Design and Construction Secretariat forPersonal Identification in Battaramulla

July 11, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is holding itskey interest rates at which money is injectedinto the economy at 9.75 percent amid risinginflation, though credit and money supplygrowth is starting to slow, the Central Banksaid.The monetary authority said Sri Lanka hadmet end-June targets under an InternationalMonetary Fund program.The only serious target (performancecriterion) for the last tranche of 450 millionUS dollars under a 2.5 billion US dollarbailout was an end month level for foreign

reserves.Sri Lanka had reservesof 5,815 million USdollar by end May, theCentral Bank said.Sri Lanka's inflation rose9.3 percent in June 2012from a year earlier, withrupee depreciatingsharply from 110 to 133levels in the period,pressured from highcredit growth andsterilized foreignexchange sales.Loans grew steeply lastyear as credit togovernment rose 44.7percent up to May andcredit to stateenterprises rose 107.7

percent mainly due to loans taken tomanipulate tariffs by energy utilities.The Central Bank also printed more than 200billion rupees to inject rupee reserves in tothe banking system, driving credit, the tradedeficit and current account deficit of thebalance of payments to unsustainable levels.In February energy prices were raised, theexchange partially floated to reduce the needto sterilized interventions, more credit, moredomestic demand andfurther foreign reservelosses.The Central Bank saidgrowth in broad moneydefined as M2b fell to 20.9percent in May 2012, from29.9 percent in April 2012.Private sector credit fellfrom a peak of 35.2 percentin March 2012 to 33.5percent in May 2012."In the meantime,provisional data shows thatthe growth of importexpenditure has beenshrinking sharply in the firstfive months of the year,thereby narrowing the tradedeficit, compared to the highlevels recorded in 2011," thecentral bank said in its Julymonetary policy statement."With weaker global

demand, most international commodity pricesare also on a declining trend, which should,on a net basis, further ease pressure on thecountry’s imports this year, although thecontinuing sluggish global economic recoverymay affect export earnings as well."Sri Lanka however was holding policyreverse repo rate at 9.75 percent and therepo rate at which excess liquidity at 7.75percent.

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Words Daleena Samara and MadhawaNagahawatte Photography RasikaSurasenaSri Lankans with a sweet tooth will tell you thatthere is no better sweetener than kithul jaggery.This unrefined sugar, prepared from the treatedsap of the graceful kithul or fishtailpalm (Caryota urens), is the best ofthe country's original sweeteners -soft, honeyed and healthy. Kithuljaggery's two local contenders,coconut palm jaggery and palmyrahjaggery, cannot match its distinctivesweetness. White refined sugar is apale imitation.The fishtail palm, called kithul inSinhala and koondalpanai in Tamil,belongs to the family Caryota urens,a native of tropical Asia. It flourishesin Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar andNepal. Growing to heights of 20metres, it proliferates in the luxuriantforested areas of Sri Lanka's low-country wet zone, especially in theSabaragamuwa Province and inmixed species perennial gardens inthe central highlands.For lovers of sweets, it is the kithulflower that holds the magic. It is onlywhen the palm has reached its maximum heightafter a period of about 20 years that it begins toblossom; florets bearing budding cascades offlowers that will eventually turn into hard cherry-sized fruit, begin to appear at the topmostintersection of branch and trunk. New bloomsprogressively arrive on the lower branches, untilthe appearance of the last bloom on the lowestbranch sounds the death knell for the palm, whichdies shortly after it produces fruit.Sri Lanka fell into the kithul palm's honeypotcenturies ago. The palm is mentioned in numeroushistorical records including the Ummagga Jathaka.The islanders learned early that they could harvestthe flow of sugarysap, called thelijjain Sinhalese, inthe floret and turnit into a headyliquor calledtoddy, or boil itdown into adelicious treacleor jaggery(hakuru inSinhalese).They refined theart of makingjaggery that theywere able toprepare five different varieties of the sweet: sudu(white) hakuru, a rare, soft and sweet pale jaggerymade of refined sap; the rock-like wax or iti hakuru,prepared with slightly fermented sap; madolhakuru, which is soft and easily soluble; the grainyweli hakuru, traditionally prepared by pouringtreacle into a pouch made of areca nut leaves anddrying it over a fireplace, and the very commonkithul hakuru, infused with subtle woody and

smoky flavours.Kithul jaggery is a food fit for royalty. It is said thata certain monarch from the Kandyan period had aspecial fondness for sudu hakuru.An old man famed for his sweet and soft suduhakuru was tasked with keeping the King happywith a supply of his favourite sweet. One day, the

King asked him how hewas able to preparesuch delicious suduhakuru. The mananswered: "Oh, King, thehakuru is prepared on afull moon night, underthe shelter of a whitesheet and on a floorcovered with white, in agolden pot, over a fire ofwhite sandalwood andstirred with a silverspoon."Intrigued, the Kingdisguised himself as acommoner and visitedthe man's house situatedin a jungle. He found theman preparing thehakuru in a simple mudhut. Dressed in a simplesarong, he was stirring

the liquid with a spoon made of coconut shell overan ordinary wood fire.When the King revealed his identity, the mantrembled. He fell on his knees and said, "May youattain Buddhahood, Oh King... for is it not said, thateverything is but an illusion."Pleased with the man's reply, the King pardonedhim and was able to enjoy a continuous supply ofsudu hakuru. Like the old man, Upali Ranjith, aprofessional tapper for 30 years, lives in a humblehome in a village bordering the Sinharaja Forest.He makes a living tapping clusters of privately-owned trees deep in the forest. In return, he gets aday's wages and two thirds of the thelijja that he

collects from the trees.His wife transforms thisproduce into jaggery ortreacle. She boils thewatery thelijja into athick syrup in a largepan, adds crushedherbs into it, and sets itaside for a few days.The liquid forms into athick dark gold treacle.To make jaggery, sheboils the treacle threetimes, then pours it intococonut shells thathave a little hole at one

end. The mixture hardens in a day and she is ableto pop it out of the shell by pushing it through thehole in the coconut. She wraps the jaggery in aspecial smooth leaf called "hakuru kenda". Theprocess is not as easy as it sounds, because thetrick in making the best hakuru is to know how tostir it and when to take it off the fire.Kithul tapping is a hazardous occupation. The palm

grows very tall, and its smooth bark has littlegrip. In the past, the task was dominated by a

special skilled caste of tappers who made a livingfrom it. Today, it is a general occupation of villagersdwelling on the outskirts of forests. Often, a villagewould have a small group of tappers who tap allthe palms in the neighborhood. In recent years,government initiatives have been set in place toinvigorate the industry and get more rural folk to

take up tapping as an occupation.A skilled tapper respects his trees. He would nevertap the first flower of the palm, because its seedsmake the best kithul saplings and the palm mustbe propagated. He also cleans out the ridges onthe trunk left behind by branches as a mark ofrespect. He twists a ladder of bamboo fibre aroundthe tree to help his climb and erects a platformbeside the flowers. He begins tapping with thesecond flower from the top when it is about twomonths old, priming it by warming its base,removing part of its sheath, and tying a poultice of

herbs on it to stimulate the flow of thelijja. Hemakes a deep incision into the flower, which willthen, he says, "shed a tear" because it is losing thenutrients it has collected from the sky and earth.He sets up a pot at the base of the floret to collectthe thelijja. A master tapper can make a singleflower produce thelijja for two months, and each

palm will yield up to seven flowersin a lifetime.Tapping is done in either themorning or the evening, but neverat noon when the supply of sapdrops. The supply increases duringthe rains. Often, wild animals andbirds help themselves to some of it;Upali does not mind this becausehe says they have to eat as well.Sri Lanka's indigenous system ofmedicine - ayurveda - treats kithuljaggery as a very rich food, whichcan make you gain weight in ahealthy way. Ayurveda posits that ifyou are thin and weak, you will gainweight by eating kithul jaggery, butnever gain weight in excess. Richin calcium, minerals, salts and fibre,this sweet is slower to digest, thus itdoesn't provide the rush of energythat refined sugar delivers. Like itsSouth American counterpart,panela, it is said to be a source ofiron and vitamins.Kithul jaggery is the sweetener ofSri Lankan gastronomy. It is kithuljaggery and no other that takespride of place as the perfect sweetaccompaniment to the auspiciousdish of milk rice on festiveoccasions. It is the sugar substitute

to be nibbled on with a cup of herbal tea, thesweetener with congee and the honey in the richdessert wattalapam. More recently, it has becomethe flavour of modern sweet treats like cake andice cream, available in large supermarket chainsand confectionery stores.Undoubtedly, kithul hakuru is the nobility of SriLanka's original sugars. From forest to gourmetdining, it has marked a trail of incomparablesweetness across the land.




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supportive of the proposed social integrationstrategy.When The Island pointed out that the latestinitiative, too, had failed to tackle destructivestrategies adopted by the Tamil Diaspora andthe TNA, the ministerial advisor said that thegovernment couldn’t drop projects due to thepremise that some weren’t receptive to them.Nanayakkara said that the government shouldexplore every opportunity to win hearts andminds of Tamil speaking people.Recalling how President Rajapaksa’s resolutepolitical leadership brought the war to asuccessful conclusion on May 19, 2009, theofficial said that the country was now fightingon a different front. The Canadian government

had provided substantial assistance in supportof the ongoing initiative, he said. The TNAshould throw its weight behind thegovernment’s efforts to provide relief to thoseaffected by the war, he said. Instead of workingwith the State for the benefit of the Tamilspeaking people, the TNA was actuallyundermining government efforts, he said.Nanayakkara commended slain EPRLF MPSam Tambimuttu’s son, Arun, SLFP organizerfor the Batticaloa District, for being a pragmaticpolitician. Tambimuttu could be an example toothers, he said, while reiterating thegovernment’s commitment to promote nationalreconciliation.

Athula Dassana International Buddhisttemple held its one year anniversarycelebrations successfully at the templepremises on Saturday 7th July 2012.This day was special as devotees andother members of the community couldremember the past events of the yearorganised by this temple under theguidance of the head of the templeVen. Wanduramba Kassapa Thero.On that day Mr. H. M. K. Herath whowas the Head of the Educational andCultural Division in Sri Lankan HighCommission carrying the honor ofreliquary (Dhathu Karaduwa) in to thetemple. A pirith chanting was held inthe afternoon in a beautiful pavilion(mandapa) at the temple. EightVenerable monks attended thechanting ceremony, venerableNaranvita Soratha Nayaka Thero, thechief incumbent of the GampolaNaranvita Purana Viharaya, venerableAbagasduwe Gnanavimala Thero, thechief incumbent of Valimadaabagasduwa Sri Visudharamaya andvenerable Kalatuwawe PangnasaraNayaka Thero the chiefincumbent ofDhathukanda PuranaViharaya, VenarableDediyawala VimalaThero head ofLetchworth BuddhistVihara, VenarableTeldeniye Amitha Therohead of LeicesterBuddhist Vihara,VenarableBambarakotuwe AnandaMangala Thero and VenerableSuriyawawa Kusala Thero alsoparticipated in this ceremony. Morethan 250 devotees participated in theevent with great devotion and took partin the ceremony until it finished.

The temple opened on the 7th July2011 and the temple has held anumber of various religious, culturaland social services within this first year.The temple held its first KatinaCeremony in October 2011 after theevent full Vassana retreat. AthulaDassana Buddhist temple celebratesevery full moon poya day, devotees gettogether to observe the eight preceptsand participate in other religiousactivities.On the 1st of January 2012, people

came to the temple carrying milk rice(kiri ahara) early in the morning andoffered the Buddha Puja and the almsto the Mahasanga. On that day thetemple organised a Nawa ArahadiBuduguna Puja and on January 2012,a pirith chanting was organised toinvoke blessing to the devotees in theNew Year.On the 4th of February the templecelebrated Sri Lankan Independence

Day; Dr SunilKariyawasam gave aspeech. The templewere organisedcelebrate the NewYear Rituals forspecially introducethe Sri Lankan cultureto the children whowere living in theLondon. A Dhammaschool for childrenbegan on the March

2012, currently there are more than 20children studying both Buddhism andSinhala.The Sri Lankan New Year celebrationsfor children were held on the 22nd ofApril 2012, where the rituals and

traditional games wereundertaken giving priority tothe children who had littleknowledge of our traditions.The temple celebrated Vesakday on the May where theyundertook many religiousactivities. In preparation forthis day, devotees made alarge Vesak Lantern whichwas surrounded by 60 small

lanterns. A month of June a Posonpoya sil programme was held; peopleobserved the eight precepts and spentthe day in the temple dedicating theirlives to the triple gems. Free foods(Dansela) were given on the same day,where we also gave blessings to hermajesty the queen on her DiamondJubilee. In preparation for this specialday a 15ft high replica of the Mihintalain Sri Lanka was built.The Athula Dassana Buddhist templehas part taken in various religious

activities in the pastyear; this hasenabled the templeto becomeestablished. Ven.WandurambaKassapa Thero isvery grateful andgives his blessingsto all the devoteeswho havesupported him tomake the templesuccessful.

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Athula Dassana International BuddhistTemple Celebrates its 1st Anniversary

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By Shira KirkhopeAn anniversary is a joyful occasion, a celebrationof achievement and an opportunity for friends,family and well-wishers to gather to congratulateand to reminisce.The 10th Anniversary Celebration of Scotland'sBuddhist Vihara was no exception and despite twoprevious days of dreadful weather and traveldisruptions, a largegathering of Sri Lankandevotees who had comeall the way from Dundee,Aberdeen, St. Andrews,Stirling, Edinburgh andGlasgow as well as UKguests joined VenerableRewatha Nayaka Theroand a Sangha of 10monks and 2 nuns tocongratulate him on awonderful achievement.The ceremony began in the Vihara on the eveningof Friday, 29th June with Maha Pirith Chanting bythe 10 monks. This took place in an elegant andbeautiful Mandapa (pavilion) built by devotees inthe traditional Sri Lankan style and sited in theshrine. The most Venerable KeppitiyagodaGunawansa Nayaka Thero administered the fivePrecepts before the Maha Paritta chanting.A sermon on the significance of chanting wasdelivered by Dr. Kassapa Thero OBE and Parittaand Maha Pirith Dasana were lead by VenerableAmitha Thero of Leicester Buddhist Vihara andVenerable Soratha Thero of Jethavana Vihara,Birmingham, respectively. This was a beautifulexperience for new Scottish Buddhists as well asthose born into the Buddhist traditions. It was alsoa special occasions for others who were simplyvisiting.

The ceremony continued next day, Saturday 30thJune, at Partick Burgh Halls, Glasgow.It was a delightful ceremony full of warmth andlight-hearted moments creating an atmosphere ofaffection and happiness. Ven Rewatha NayakaThero, who took on the role of Master ofCeremonies, introduced each section of theprogramme with a brief explanation and some wittyremarks.

The Keynote Speech was given bythe much respected Ajahn SisterChandasiri, originally a resident ofEdinburgh, who ordained as a nunin the Thai Forest tradition, 30years ago. She gave a veryinteresting account of her life andher spiritual developmentspeaking of the value ofmindfulness in everyday life andimparting her good wishes for thefuture of the Vihara. The subject of

mindfulness was expanded later on in theprogramme by Alistair Kelly,one of our regularmeditators, who gave an inspirational talk on theimportance of the “Present Moment”.Brian Cox, acclaimed actor and rectorof Dundee University and Bob DorrisMSP both spoke in an entertainingfashion interspersed with anecdotesof their friendship and respect forVen. Rewatha Nayaka Thero. Theyboth emphasised how Scotland'sBuddhist Vihara had become an assetto the local community as well ashaving a great influence on manyaspects of Scottish life.Mr M.R.K. Lengala, Deputy HighCommissioner for Sri Lanka in theU.K. passed on his own good wishesand read a message of congratulation

from His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa, Presidentof Sri Lanka.Among the special guests were Dr Sirisena,advisor to Scotland's Buddhist Vihara. The SriLankan High Commission in London wasrepresented by Mr Lenagala ,the Acting HighCommissioner, Mr. Chaminda Kularathne, Head ofImmigration and Mr Padmanadan, Head ofInternational Relations.Currie High School in Edinburgh was representedby Mr & Mrs C. Walton, Depute Head Teacher, Mr& Mrs P. Farren, Senior Deputy Head Teacher, Mr.Robertson, Principle Teacher history and RME andMr and Rev Duncan Lead Teacher RME. Dr.Kenneth Hutton represented the Buddhist CollegeUK and University of Glasgow.The vote of thanks at the end of the ceremony wasdelivered by Mr. Dhammika Siripala.We must also commend the skills of the youngdrummers and dancers who provided a traditionalaccent for the ceremony and of course, the arrayof delicious Sri Lankan dishes provided for lunch.Not to be forgotten is the enormous amount ofwork done by the organising committee whoseattention to every detail made this such a

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Report & photos by Thakshila UdageBuddhists from across the West Midlands jointlycelebrated Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II'sDiamond Jubilee at an afternoon ceremony atBirmingham Buddhist Maha Vihara on Saturday,7th July. The ceremony began by invitingdistinguished guests to light the traditional lamps.In addition, red, white and blue candles, distributedduring the passing of the Olympic Flame throughBirmingham, were lit and the audience invited torecite the “Torch Faith Pledge” to grow incompassion and righteousness and enrich the livesof those living in the city.The service began with paritta and a blessing ofthe country and its ruler; this was followed bychanting by representatives of the Order ofBuddhist Contemplatives and Sokka GakaiInternational, and by a devotional song from theBuddhist Women's Groupof the Dr AmbedkarBuddhist Association inGreat Britain ofWolverhampton. Dr. JagjitTaunque, the Queen'sofficial representative, waspresent to pass on her

thanks and to receive on her behalf thepresentation of a Buddha-rupa by committeemembers of The Midlands International BuddhistAssociation and its associated charity, TheInternational Buddhist Relief Organization.In welcoming the afternoon's many guests andfaithful friends, the Maha Vihara's incumbent, Ven.Dr. W. Kassapa OBE, pointed out that we also hadother reasons to celebrate Her Majesty's Jubileeyear. In April Chevalier William Ozanne, theCatholic Archbishop's long-serving InterfaithAdvisor had received a Papal knighthood. In Maythe Deputy Lord Lieutenant's wife, SatinderTaunque, was created a Lord Lieutenant in her ownright and, that same month, Michael Wilkes, LordMayor of Birmingham for 2009-10, was created anAlderman. In the Queen's Birthday Honours inJune, the Maha Vihara's Secretary, Yann Lovelock,

was awarded a British Empire Medal for hisservices to Community Cohesion and Inter-FaithRelations, while 31-year-old local Councillor,Waseem Zaffar, received an MBE for his voluntarywork. We were pleased to note that all have beenassociated with the Maha Vihara.Yann Lovelock, acting as Master of Ceremonies,then introduced the afternoon's other speakers, DrTaunque, Alderman Wilkes and Councillor Zaffar,all of whom mentioned the Queen's inspiringexample and the Maha Vihara's record of service tothe local community. This was followed by aSharing of Merit ceremony, during which Yann andthe Maha Vihara's Community Outreach Officer,Mrs.Manjula Senanayake, poured out the nectar ofblessing into a bowl. The afternoon closed with anEnglish tea offered to all present, with curry on theside for those who find English food too bland!

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The Peterite Silver Jubilee year 2012commenced with a well supported “St.Peter's Night of Reunion 2012” on 24thJune at the Arista Bar, Kingsbury. Thiswas followed by the 25th AnnualGeneral Meeting of the OBU UKbranch held on Sunday 1st July 2012,at the Rising Sun Pub, Sudbury Hill,Middlesex HA1 3QL.

The day ended with fellowship and abuffet dinner.We cordially invite all Old Peterites tojoin the O.B.U., by contacting theMembership Secretary Joseph NirmalFernando on 078 9536 1528.The following were elected to serve onthe committee for the year 2012/2013:

PresidentThemiya de Mel

(1971/83)

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(1941/52)

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(1948/57)

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(1978/88)

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(1978/88)

Asst. TreasurerThushara Visvakula

(1986/90)

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(1987/00)

Social SecretaryLen Ludwick

(1952/61)

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(1986/98)

Gerald Daniels(1930/41)

Claude Walawage(2001/03)

Mervyn Peter(1978/91)

Roger Jayasundera(1989/02)

Joseph Gabriel(1981/90)

Ranil Fernando(1986/98)

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Peterites are all ready to celebrate a glorious Silver Jubilee!

3 Month Dana

Mrs. Padma PereraThe Perera family belatedlythank those who kindlyoffered their assistance forour Amma's Funeral on the28th April 2012.There is great appreciationfor those who comforted uswhilst we mourned for ourloss.We would like to take thisopportunity to invite you toattend Amma's almsgivingon the 14th and 15th July.

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Anura Hegoda's new book,

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Anura Hegoda's Book Launch in ColomboLondon Hegodayagey Colama, a collection ofcolumns written by LondonSolicitor Anura Hegoda to Sunday Divaina and"Supasan Japan Divi Gaman" columns written to

Sunday Lakbima by his brother Lal Hegoda werelaunched on 7 July at Mahaweli Kendraya inColombo.Professor J.B.Dissanayake, Professor Carlo

Fonseka and Mr. Gamini Sumanasekera, the ChiefEditor of Sunday Divaina spoke on LondonHegodayagey Colama and Mr. SunderaNihathamanee De Mel, the Chief Editor of Sunday

Lakbima spoke on "Supasan Japan Divi Gaman"First copies of the books were presented toProfessor Sunil; Ariyaratne. Veteran journalistSaman Athaudahetti conducted the launch.

Veteran CompereSaman Athaudahetti Part of the Crowd Prof Carlo Fonseka lighting the lamp Anura lighting the lamp also present

Prof J.B.Dissanayake, Prof. Sunil Ariyaratne,Dr. Leel Gunasekera, Lal Hegoda,

Sundera Nihathamaneeand the Publisher Premasiri Haputhanthri

Lal Hegoda's speech

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Anura Hegoda Prof Carlo Fonseka Gamini Sumanasekera Prof J.B.Dissanayake

Part of the Crowd

Part of the Crowd

Photos by Herbert Perera

Maharaja appeals to SC

(island.lk) The Maharaja Television andMaharaja Broadcasting Company PrivateLimited have filed an appeal, in the SupremeCourt, against a judgement of the CommercialHigh Court of Colombo, which granted thepublicity rights of the forthcoming Olympics inLondon, to the Sri Lanka RupavahiniCorporation.

By Chitra Weerarathne

July 11, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Smart Media,an annual report consultancy, said 67 awards hadbeen given for annual reports of its clients at the2011 awards of The League of American

Communications Professionals.Three annual reports of Smart Media clients wereplace among the top 100 Annual Reportsworldwide and two ranked in in the Europe,

Middle East and Africa (EMEA) top 50.Six annual reports had been ranked on amongthe top 50 in Asia Pacific.Smart Media had bagged 5 Platinum awards, 13

Golds and 11 Silver awards. Twenty two of itsannual reports were included in a list of 25 SriLankan firms.This year, LACP has attracted over 5,500entries from more than 25 countries in one ofthe world's two largest and most prestigiouscompetitions for annual reports.Smart Media said it has clients in Bahrain,Hong Kong, Oman, Qatar, Sri Lanka and theUAE.

Team adjudged winners forapplication:(dailynews.lk) Two final year SoftwareEngineering students of SLIIT,Amodth Jayawardena and ThameeraSajith won the Android Challenge ofthe Champions 2012 competitionorganized by Etisalat and hSenidrecently at Waters Edge.The team were adjudged winners fortheir application, which wasdeveloped in line with the popularcard game Omi for android phones.Omi contains local language supportand can be downloaded at GooglePlay by searching for the keywordOmi. Selection and judging criteria for thecompetition included number of downloads of the

application, its utility value, and richness of thelook and feel and ease of use.

Winners of the Android Challenge (left) with Professor LalithGamage (CEO- SLIIT), Dr. Malitha Wijesundara (Dean

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Former Trinity Rugby Lion Dilshan Senanayakecarried the Olympic Flame on Sunday the 8th ofJuly 2012 through Huntingdon (Cambridgeshire)amidst hundreds of people who had lined up thestreets to see the flame go by. Dilshan wasnominated by his employers John Lewis wherehe is a Finance and Audit administrator.He was nominated for his role as a CoachingChampion and Mentor for John Lewis's Partnersin Sport program (in association with SportsCoach UK). Through this program over 500

individuals have gone ontoachievecoachingqualifications in a sport oftheir choice funded byJohn Lewis.Most of theseindividuals are presentlyengaged in volunteercoaching children in theircommunities.Dilshan himself is a level 1rugby coach and a level 2,referee coaching agegroup rugby in the UK.-Further in associationwith national sports store'Up and Running' Dilshanis working on an initiativeto source old surplusrunning clothing to beshipped and distributed tojunior athletes in ruralschools in Sri Lanka. Thisinitiative is in its infancy

and the first consignment will be sent to Sri Lankathis summer.Dilshan is presently attached to the LondonOlympic and Paralympics Organizing Committee(on a 6 month secondment from John Lewis). Heis attached to Village Management's SupportOperations team at themain games village inStratford. This team is responsible for alloperational phases that involve general villagesites and facility management, provision oflogistical support for village stake holders etc.My own sports background

A member of Tyrell Rajapakse's legendary Trinityteam of 1987, he played briefly for both Kandyand Havelocks before leaving for the USA wherehe playedand coached University rugby in theUSA and subsequently local club rugby in the UK.In 2002 he initiated and helped found theTCK/STC Washington DC rugby 7s tournamentfor old boys of Sri Lankan schoolswhichis nowthe most popular and best organized rugbytourney in North America.Photography by Rohan Herath.

UNP to contest alldistricts at PC Polls

resulted in village folkwanting to teach the Mahinda Rajapaksaregime a good lesson. With the grassrootslevel membership rallying round .

by Zacki Jabbar(island.lk) The UNP has decided to contest alldistricts at the forthcoming Eastern, NorthCentral and Sabragamuwa provincial councilelections.Gayantha Karunathilaka MP, told journalists inColombo that in keeping with the wishes of theparty rank and file, the Working Committee(WC) had decided to put forward candidatesfor each and every district in the threeprovinces. Asked to comment on various chiefministerial nominees being mentioned, he saidthat they would be announced after

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3rd Test - Stumps 4th dayPakistan 1st inningsMohammad Hafeez b Perera 22Taufeeq Umar lbw b Perera 29Azhar Ali c Samaraweera b Perera 0Y. Khan c †HAPW Jayawardene b Kulasekara 0M.-ul-Haq* c †HAPW Jayawardene b Perera 40A. Shafiq c †HAPW Jayawardene b Herath 75Adnan Akmal† b Herath 24Mohammad Sami c Perera b Mathews 9Umar Gul b Kulasekara 7Saeed Ajmal lbw b Herath 6Junaid Khan not out 3Extras (lb 11) 11Total (all out; 72.5 overs; 310 mins) 226

Bowling O M R W EconKMDN Kulasekara 16 4 44 2 2.75

NLTC Perera 18 5 63 4 3.50AD Mathews 8 3 20 1 2.50HMRKB Herath 18.5 6 40 3 2.12CRD Fernando 12 1 48 0 4.00

Sri Lanka 1st inningsNT Paranavitana b Saeed Ajmal 75LD Chandimal lbw b Junaid Khan 8KC Sangakkara b Junaid Khan 0DPMD Jayawardene* lbw b Mohammad Sami 12TT Samaraweera lbw b Saeed Ajmal 73AD Mathews c A. Shafiq b Junaid Khan 9HAPW Jayawardene† lbw b Umar Gul 20NLTC Perera b Junaid Khan 75KMDN Kulasekara c T. Umar b Junaid Khan 33HMRKB Herath lbw b Saeed Ajmal 2CRD Fernando not out 0

Extras (b 16, lb 7, w 6, nb 1) 30Total (all out; 100.2 overs; 448 mins) 337

Bowling O M R W EconUmar Gul 22 3 90 1 4.09Junaid Khan 28.2 3 70 5 2.47Mohammad Sami 17 1 69 1 4.05Saeed Ajmal 25 5 66 3 2.64Younis Khan 3 0 9 0 3.00Mohammad Hafeez 5 0 10 0 2.00

Pakistan 2nd inningsM. Hafeez c Paranavitana b Fernando 52Taufeeq Umar lbw b Kulasekara 4A. Ali c †HAPW Jayawardene b Fernando 136Younis Khan c Paranavitana b Herath 19M.-ul-Haq* c DPMD Jayawardene b Herath 5

Asad Shafiq not out 55Mohammad Sami lbw b Fernando 3Umar Gul lbw b Herath 0Saeed Ajmal lbw b Herath 5Adnan Akmal† not out 0Extras (b 6, lb 8, w 6) 20Total (8 wickets; 104 overs) 299

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Defending Champion Peteriteruggerites charging into a repeat winat Sri Lanka Schools Touch Rugby

U.K. 2012

(by SPC OBU UKBranch Media Team)

When the Sri Lanka SchoolsTouch Rugby U.K.tournament concluded onSaturday, 30th July 2011, atthe Harrow Rugby FootballClub, the Old Peterite'sproved that they were the

undisputed and dominant force in Sri LankaSchools Rugby in the UK, and will be in yearsto come. It was a swashbuckling display ofrugby with disciplined team work of the OldPetes throughout the tournament reflectingthe spirit of the game they played in theiryounger days in Sri Lanka, and waswholeheartedly supported by the members.Sri Lanka Schools Touch Rugby U.K. 2011Championship Cup was received by theteam's Captain Thariq Zuhair. RinazMohamed was awarded the Best Player of theTournament for his outstanding overallperformance. Each player received a 'CupWinner' medal for being part of the winningteam. The team included several star playerswho represented College, Clubs and Nationalteams including M. Tharique Zuhair (Captain),Rinaz Mohamed, Poornaka Delpachithra,Rukshan Wijesinghe, Dinuka Jayasinghe,Rizni Razak, Dilshan Dole, Rukshan

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men's/women's singles, men's/women's doubles,mixed doubles and men's women's team events.The Sri Lankan contingent: Men’s - ChamilDharshana Cooray, Dinesh Nishantha Fernando,Mommad Shefiffdeen and Ajith Chandrasoma(standby)Women’s - Joseph Roshita, MadushikaKanchanamala, Chalani Lakmali Liyanage andYasika Rahubaddha (standby)M.R. Mathiasz - Chief Referee of the ChampionshipHema Perera -Umpire

(island.lk) Nadeera Jayasekera of VisakhaVidyalaya, Colombo, recently created history at theSri Lanka Schools Age Group AquaticChampionships 2012, held at the Ananda CollegeSwimming Pool.She came first in all three Under-17 Girls’ events -50m Free Style (29.55), 100m Back Stroke(1:11.52) and 50m Back Stroke (32.86) – creatingnew records in all three events.Jayasekera was also a member of both the 100mMedley and the 100m Free Style Relay teams,which were placed first, setting new records.

by Russell Palipane(island.lk) The Sri Lanka U-10 Girls’ team wonthe bronze medal at the Asian Youth RapidChess Championship 2012, held at ChayaTranze Hotel, Hikkaduwa, from June 23 to July1.The bronze medal winning team comprisedTharushi Niklesha of St. Joseph’s Girls’ School,Kegalle, Roshell Askey of Ave Maria Convent,Negombo and Selani Weerawardana ofHoragamulla Primary School.The tournament was organised by the ChessFederation of Sri Lanka, on behalf of the AsianChess Federation.India won the gold while Vietnam took the silver.

Visakha’s Nadeera Jayasekera starsat Aquatic Championships

Lankan U-10 lasses win bronze at AsianYouth Rapid Chess C’ship

Teams P W D L T C P DG PF PA PD BP PT1 Havelock SC 5 5 0 0 30 16 4 0 194 57 137 42 Navy SC 5 5 0 0 24 14 5 2 169 67 102 43 Kandy SC 4 4 0 0 11 1 7 0 78 27 51 24 Army SC 5 1 0 4 15 6 7 0 108 89 19 65 CR & FC 4 2 0 2 13 9 6 0 101 121 -20 16 Police SC 5 2 0 3 8 4 8 1 75 127 -52 17 UC Lions 4 1 0 3 10 3 5 0 71 83 -12 28 Air Force SC 4 0 0 4 8 3 5 0 61 192 -131 19 CH & FC 4 0 0 4 5 3 4 1 46 140 -94 0

(dailymirror.lk) Havelock's SC and sailors kepttheir lead for the fifth weekend in the Dialog InterClub league with 29 points each against their

names.Both have played five games and stay ahead ofKandy SC, who has 22 points in four games.

Havies, Sailors stay on top

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By Tony Mike(dailymirror.lk) one of the biggest upset inrecent history of the Holcim FA Cup, the oldestclub in the country and former championSaunders SC was knocked out byKurunegala's Pelicans SC by one goal to nil ina thrilling encounter played at the Maliyadevagrounds on Sunday.The winning goal came with about ten minutesleft from full time when Dhammika Ekanayakewent above the defence of Saunders to headin a lovely cross by Liberian, Patrick Wilsonfrom the right flank.As the first whistle went off both teams playeda fast pace game which entertained the crowdgathered at the venue but by the end of thefirst half neither team had scored largely due toaimless kicking.The second half too saw both teams going allout for the winner but it was the Pelicans whofound the net to seal a historic victory. Thiswas the first ever win scored by Pelicans overSaunders in the 12 outings they have met andthis was the first clash between both teams inthe last seven years.

(dailynews.lk) Royal College, Colombo whosuffered three successive defeats in their lastthree outings will face a fierce challenge fromtraditional rivals S Thomas’ College, Mount Laviniain their 50th Guneratne Trophy match at the RoyalSports Complex on July 14 (Saturday).The formidable Royalists who began the seasonwith seven successive victories and were headingthe ‘A’ Division points table suffered two morale-shattering defeats at the hands of Trinity (11-34)and Isipatana (34-22) which saw them beingrelegated to the third position in the ‘A’ DivisionLeague points table and add to their woes werebeaten once again by Trinity (36-20) in the BradbyShield return match at Pallekele eleven days ago.Royal's lack of fitness and playing of a half fitArshard Jamaldeen in the pivotal fly half berthwere the main reasons for the three defeatssuffered by the Reid Avenue school.In the First Leg of the Bradby Shield match theTrinitians scored thrice in the last 12 minutes towin comfortably while the Isipatanians who weretrailing 20-22 crossed the Royal goal line twiceduring the last five minutes to dash Royal's hopesof retaining the ‘A’ Division League title.Then in the Bradby return the lads from Reid

Avenue were leading 20-19 ten minutes before thefinal whistle before the Trinitians exposed Royal'slack of fitness to score thrice including aninterception off a wayward pass by ArshardJamaldeen to emerge victorious.The Thomians who went down fighting to StJoseph's 26-37 and St Peter's by 24-36 in theirlast two games are a vastly improved side and willgo all out to end the seven-year wait by topplingRoyal and regain the Michael Guneratne Trophy.The lads from Mount Lavinia have some fineplayers such as Chanditha Samarasinghe, No 8Naheed Jainudeen, full back Devin Jayasinghe, flyhalf Arthiff Jawarth, winger Danaj de Silva andskipper Randika Peiris who should give of theirbest on Saturday.Royal College boast of easily the best set offorwards in the schools rugby scene. PropEroshan de Alwis and lock forward Wasim Bawahave been a source of inspiration to their team-mates with their terrific loose play ably supportedby Kaveen Perera, Andrew Siriwardena, ShuaibMuthaliph, Yasun Weerasuriya, Lahiru Pavithraand Madusha Kularatne who should once againreign supreme in the loose with a sterling display.

Priyan DE SILVASt Servatius college Matara won their under 15division one cricket match against Rahula Collegeby an overwhelming margin of 242 runs. Thematch was played at the Rahulacollege grounds recently.On winning the toss St Servatiusopted to bat first scoring 371 runsfor the loss of four wickets in their50 overs.Right handed batsman RameshNimantha scored 152 off 107deliveries with 16 boundaries andhalf a dozen hits over the ropes. His100 was scored in 85 balls.Chathura Jayawickrema hit ablistering unbeaten 53 in 19 ballswith five boundaries and four sixes.Together they put on 185 runs forthe third wicket. Skipper Randika de Silva scored53 off 97 balls with five boundaries.Sarith Loku Galappaththi was the only successfulbowler for Rahula as the other three dismissalswere run outs. The Rahula batsman did not makean effort to chase down the total and were all out

for 129 runs in 34.3 overs. ChathuraJayawickrema (Right arm fast) did well with theball too capturing five wickets for 28 runs.Rajantha Chandula took 2 for 22.

Left hand opener PirunaThilak Kumara scored 46off 69 balls which includedfive boundaries whileRahula skipper YasiruHewanadugala chipped inwith 21.Ramesh Nimantha fieldedwell taking two catchesbut could not capture awicket in the five overs hebowled.St Servatius 371/4(Ramesh Nimantha 152,Chathura Jayawickrema

53 not out,Randika de Silva 53, Mohamed Shihan 30,Kavindu Umesh 20 not out, Ashen Deemantha 17,Sarith Loku Galappaththi 1/46)Rahula 129 in 34.3 overs (Piruna Thilak Kumara46, Yasiru Hewanadugala 21, ChathuraJayawickrema 5/28, Rajantha Chandula 2/22)

Ramesh Nimantha152 in 107 deliveries.Pictures by Priyan de

Silva

Chathura Jayawickrema53 not out in 19 balls

and 5/28

(island.lk) The ’91 Rajans of Dharmaraja CollegeOBU will stage Kandy’s immensely popular‘Rally with Rajans’ motor rally for the thirdconsecutive year on July 14 to coincide with theschool’s 125th anniversary celebrations.This year’s rally will begin at the top floor of theKandy Municipal Council’s (KMC) four storiedcar park near the Kandy City Center ShoppingComplex and will end at the Dharmaraja CollegeSwimming Pool Complex.The first vehicle will leave the KMC car park at12 noon, whilst the remaining vehicles will be ontrack after a gap of two minutes each.The 2012 rally track will exceed 90 kilometres inlength, with a grueling mix of both on road andoff road driving. Furthermore, competitors willnot be given a rally route but will need tonavigate their way by referring to a ‘specialinstructions’ leaflet in which the majority ofinformation provided will be in time and/ordistance units.All rally drivers and navigators will be subject to

a thorough medical check-up prior to the event,and will be briefed on the rules and conditions,time and distance calculations and appropriatesafety practices to follow.The awards presentation and closing ceremonywill take place later in the evening at Queen’sHotel, Kandy, followed by dinner.The ‘Rally with Rajans’ motor rally is the onlyannual motoring event in the Kandy region. Firstorganised in 2010 by the ’91 Rajans, as a fund-raiser for their Alma Mater, Dharmaraja College,Kandy, the event today enjoys high popularityamongst both professional and amateur rallydrivers and sport enthusiasts. The mainobjective behind this year’s rally is to raise fundsfor the school’s state-of-the-art LanguageLaboratory, estimated to cost LKR 4 million.For further information, contact Asanka on 0772069 110, Ranjith on 0773 373 200 or Manjula on0777 291 486.Singer Sri Lanka is the principle sponsor of theevent.

(island.lk) Mid-fielder P.Kaveeshanth, shaved thecrossbar from close range, justbefore half-time, as TrinityCollege beat DharmarajaCollege, 1-0, to win theRegional Under-13 FootballChampionship, organised bythe Sri Lanka Schools’ FootballAssociation, at the BogamabraStadium, Kandy, recently.Earlier, in the semi-final, Trinitydrew with Bereverts College, Ampitiya, at theend of regulation time and the winner was

decided on penalty goals, where Trinityregistered a 3-2 win. For Trinity, E. M. A. V. B.Edirisinghe, K. S. Navaratne and P.

Kaveeshanth scored a goal apiece. (RR)

(adaderana.lk) Sri Lanka Badminton player ThiliniJayasinghe has qualified for the 2012 LondonOlympics, President of the Sri Lanka BadmintonAssociation Parakrama Basnayake said.Jayasinghe made history at the 2008 BeijingOlympics by becoming the first Sri Lankanwomen’s badminton player ever to represent SriLanka at the Olympics.She won her first title at the age of 13 in a Kandyunder-13 tournament and soon became thenational champion in the same age group. Shecontinued her success, winning national age grouptitles until she was 19.In 2004, she became the first player from theKandy district and Central Province to become the All Sri Lanka national women’s singles champion.

Shuttler Thilini Jayasinghe qualifiesfor Olympics

Royal face a fierce challenge from Thomians

St Servatius in mammoth win

‘Rally with Rajans’ on July 14

Kaveeshanth ‘shoots’, Trinity win




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Skipper Karunaratnescores 150 not out

SL ‘A’ Vs SA ‘A’ second unofficial ‘Test’ends in a draw(island.lk) The secondand final unofficialcricket ‘Test’ betweenSri Lanka ‘A’ and SouthAfrica ‘A’ ended in adraw at Kingsmead,Durban, on Monday.The South Africansfinished on 136 for 2,still requiring 219 runsto win and make aclean sweep of theseries.Earlier, Sri Lanka ‘A’declared at 302 for 5,with skipper DimuthKarunaratne scoring a superb 150 not out. Hisinnings included one six and 17 fours, and cameoff 240 balls. He made 83 in the first innings.South Africa won the two ‘Test’ series 1-0, by virtueof their win in the first ‘Test’.Brief Scores:Sri Lanka ‘A’ 336 all out and 302 for 5 dec. (D.Karunaratne 150 not out, MDK Perera 51, AKPerera 49; D. Elgar 2-17)South Africa ‘A’ 290 all out and 136 for 2 (Faf duPlessis 55 not out)

Thushan Jayasuriya

Prop Forwards : Nipuna Devinda, Hafiz Adahanand Shihan DimithriHookers : Prasad Madushanka, GemunuIndrachapa.Lock Forwards : Ranjula Perera, HasthikeBandaranayake and Chilanka SamaraweeraFlankers : Shehan Pathirana,Sajid Shuayb andPalatsala MoeleleNumber Eight : Ishan Noor ( Vice Captain)Scrum Half : Piyum Jayasinghe, RadheeshaSeneviratne.Fly Half : Luke MuggerridgeCentres : Mushin Faleel,Priyantha Ekanayake and SabirSlaimankhelWingers : Lasintha de Costa(Vice Captain), HeshanGunaratne, DumindaNayakaratneFull Back : Ashan de Costa(dailynews.lk) The CR and FC,which was in the forefront of theclub rugby during the last 15years will field a fresher ladenside this year. The club hasbeen compelled to field a youngside due to an exodus of theirsenior players to other clubs.Five of their players have joinedHavelock Sports Club whileanother five players havecrossed over to the newlyformed Up Country LionsSports Club.Last year’s skipperDushanth Lewke has joinedKandy Sports Club while Fullback Reza Mubarak has thrownin his lot with the Navy Sports Club.However ,With the post of yesteryear's school boyshaving joined the Longden Place Club .Theauthorities are confident of building up the side.CR

and FC emerged ‘A’ division league champions in1996 and 1998 and also clinched Club Rugby'srichest prize the Clifford Cup in 2006 with a 37 – 5win over arch rivals Havelocks in the final.Theyalso had the honour of bagging the premierchampions trophy in 2002 by overcoming Police 26– 17 in the final.The Red Shirts also won the rugby double in 1998by bagging the President's trophy by beatingKandy SC 30 - 26 in the final.In 2010, under the captaincy of Dushanth Lewke,they enjoyed one of the best seasons and failed towin the 'A' division league title by a whisker

finishing with 35 -00points to championsKandy SC's 35 - 50points and also clinchedthe Rugby Sevens title byedging out Air Force by21 - 17 in the finals. Lastyear, due to injuries tokey players and lack of aplace kicker , the ladsfrom Longden Placefinished in fourth positionin the 'A' division leagueregistering impressivevictories over CH and FC(14 - 8 ), Army SC ( 24 -12 ), Havelocks ( 15- 10)and Air Force (27 - 21)and holding theformidable Navy to an 18all draw while losing toPolice ( 10 - 11) andKandy (15-22) in the firstround but failed to liveupto expectations in thesecond round losing to

Havelocks ( 24 - 25 ), Navy ( 13 - 33 ) and KandySC ( 8 - 36 ).CR and FC also had the honour of emergingrunners-up of the ‘A’ division league for record

seven years from 2004 to 2010. having done soearlier in 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2002.The honor of leading the Longden Place Club hasfallen on the shoulders of Sri Lanka RuggeriteLasintha de Costa.He is a utility player who could play either asCentre, Winger and Fullback who has beenrepresenting Sri Lanka team since 2007.Two Sri Lanka youth players Nipuna Devinda(Isipatana) and Hafiz Adahan (Thurstan) will fight itout for the Prop Forwards berth along with ShihanDimithri. Former Policeman Gemunu Indrachapa islikely to occupy the hookers position with formerIsipatanian Prasad Madusanka making adetermined bid to oust him.Former WesleyiteRanjula Perera , former Royalists HasthikeBandaranayake and Chilanka Samaraweera willbattle it out for the Lock forwards berth.The experienced national player and Vice CaptainIshan Noor will be the regular Number Eight.Former Royal skipper Shehan Pathirana ,Isipatana and Sri Lanka youth player Sajid Shuayband New Zealander Palatsala Molele will be the

trio who are battling for the Flanker berths.Former Josephian Piyum Jayasinghe and ex-Airmen Radheesha Seneviratne are the duo whoare fighting for the Scrum Half position and pair offwith New Zealander Luke Muggeridge. Sri LankaRuggerite Mushin Faleel , ex-Policeman PriyanthaEkanayake and New Zealander Sabir Slaimankhelwill by vying for the Centre positions .Skipper Lasintha de Costa will man one wing whileformer Thomian Heshan Gunaratne and TrinitianDuminda Nayakaratne will fill the other position.The last line of defence will be manned by SriLanka ruggerite Ashan de Costa who has beenrepresenting the Red Shirts since 2006 and hasbeen turning out for Sri Lanka from 2007.The Red shirts are being coached by former CRand FC and Former Sri Lanka skipperC.P.Abeygunawardena assisted by another formerCR and Sri Lanka captain Viraj Prasantha.They are getting the alll the encouragement andsupport from Club President Rienzie Fernando,Secretary Hamza Hassanally and Chairman of theRugby board Sean Dwight.

The CR and FC Rugby Squad

CR field a young side

The CR and FC Rugby Team is seen here with Nick Nicklau CEO of HSBC, the main sponsorsof the Longden Place Club. Pictures by Nissanka Wijeratne

Lasintha de Costa (Captain) Ashan de Costa

Ishan Noor Hafiz Adahan

Dilwin Mendis - Moratuwa sports corrPrince of Wales' College, Moratuwa won the AllIsland Under 20 'C' Division Singer LeagueTournament-2012 by beating more fancied andformidable Ananda College, Colombo by 22 pointsto 15 worked off at Air Force Grounds, Ratmalanaand by virtue of thisvictory Cambrians will beplaying in the 'B' Divisionnext year.Moratuwites who arefamous for cricket since itwas introduce to the cityfor more than a century ofyears are taking a keeninterest in Rugger andthanks to formerCambrian and PastPrincipal of Prince of Wales M E C Fernando whointroduced Rugger. He was at the helm at hisAlma-Mater.The significant event of this year's performance isthey were unbeaten throughout the seasonwinning all the nine matches they participated andonly in the final game Anandians came out withsome resistance.The able skipper fourth year coloursman Randika

Warnapura is a leading player in the schools todayplaying in the centre position and scored the mostnumber of tries this season. His deputy PivithuruWijerathne a third year coloursman playing innumber eight was an asset to the skipper and herarely misses a conversion.

A special mention couldbe made about DulajRathnayake who too hadmany conversions. Asecond year player KasunRajakaruna is the wingerand the fastest player inthe team. A third yearcoloursman and scrumhalf Chanuka Dananjayais very active in the fieldfrom the word go.

The man behind this success is S M CSamarakoon the coach who coached theCambrians before seven years ago and took upthe challenge again in 2012. He was a formermember of the Police Rugby team and presentlythe Manager of the Police team.The Master in Charge and Prefect of Games isSusantha Mendis and the new Principal SampathWeragoda and both of them extended their fullest

co-operation,assistance andguidance andencouragement tothe Cambrian team.Special mentionshould be made ofthe Cambrian PastRuggeritesAssociation whichwas the tower ofstrength behind thissuccess. Whencontacted by theDaily News Sportsthe Secretary of theAssociation RushanMohomed said, "thattheir aim from thebeginning is tobecome 'C' divisionchamps and they arelooking forward tomaintain a betterstandard in the 'B'division next year.

Prince of Wales’ College All Island ‘C’ Division rugby champions – 2012 Seated(from left) Sudesh Edirisinghe, Susantha Mendis (Prefect of Games), DananjayaRanasinghe, Sampath Weragoda (Principal), Randika Warnapura (Captain), MrsMalathi Fernando (Deputy Principal), Pivithuru Wijerathne (Vice Captain). S M C

Samarakoon (Coach), Tarindu Lakshan, Standing second row – (from left) NeshakaMendis, Dulaj Konara, Kasun Rajakaruna, Chamath Sudara, Tarindu Kasun, PraveenSamarasuriya, Kasun Darshana, Vihanga Pivithuru, Prabuddha Samarasuriya, Ishan

Satchintha, Bagya Madushanka, Sujan Sandun. Standing third Row (from left) –Mohomed Naveed, Wenura Mayuk, Ushal Premalka, Madushan Asanka, Ashan

Buddhika, Lakshan Salanka, Nadeesh Suranga, Shehan Chanuka, Rajindu Yamal,Samindu Tharanga, Dinesh Neomal. Pictures by D Mendis – Moratuwa

Randika Warnapura(Captain)

Pivithuru Wijeratne(Vice Captain)

S M C Samarakoon(Coach)

Cambrians take Schools 'C' Division Rugby Title Sri Sangamitta andMusaeus declaredjoint champions

By L D Chandrasiri(dailymirror.lk) Sri Sangamitta Girls N.S.Matale (formerly BMS) and Musaeus CollegeColombo were declared girls joint champions,when Musaeus held Sri Sangamitta girls to aone all draw in the girls’ final of the all islandschools under 17 hockey championship 2012concluded at Shalika Ground, Narahenpitarecently.After a scoreless first half, centre halfNavanjana Ekanayake opened SriSangamitta’s account in the sixth minute ofsecond half and a few minutes later DinithiSatyapala scored the equalizer to make it oneall at the final whistle.The extra time too failed to break the deadlock in the run up to the finals Sri SangamittaNS remained unbeaten with six wins.They beat Ladies College Colombo 9-0, btJaffna Uduril College 5-0, bt Girls’ High SchoolKandy 1-0 and Yasodara Girls’ Colombo 1-0 inthe qualifying round, bt Bishop’s CollegeColombo 3-0 in the Q/final and then outplayedfancied Seetha Devi Girls’ Kandy 1-0 thesemifinal.Sri Sangamitta Girls’ led by ChaturyaWimalaratne andcoached by formerNational Hockeyplayer IndrawansaHerath dominated theentire tournament byslamming in 21 goalsas against one scoredby the opponents tobecome first fromMatale to clinch theall island schoolsunder 17 girls hockeytitle.NavanjanaEkanayake, who stolethe show with herbrilliant stick work toscore most number ofgoals (8) was namedthe best player of thegirls championship.




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