The UPFA nomination to election northern province will be filled with ex-LTTE leaders as a number of former LTTE hard-core members announced their candidacy under UPFA ticket. The latest addition to this wing is leader of LTTE Thamalini, currently in government rehabilitation camp in Vavunia's former wives.
The tension between the city council and Muslim communities in the area were increasing yesterday for attempted takeover urban council, the cemetery belongs to Muslim Mosque.
The Ministry of Higher Education has temporary suspended Twenty Peradaniya University students to attend lectures for three weeks. Earlier, many students from other universities also faced this suspension and university sources said these punishments are politically motivated.
17 year old student in Peradeniya area is reported to have hanged herslf. The investigation carried out into the cause of death said that the deceased had written a letter, No one is responsible for her death. The death body of the deceased is laying in the mortuary of Kandy general hospital and autopsy is due to be conducted on 8th of May 2013.
The wife of Asad Sali, the former Deputy Mayor of Colombo filled a Habeas Corpus befor the Court of Appeal yesterday pleading for an an order to CID to produce Asad Sali to any of the court in the country.
The health officials state that 36 persons died due to the Dengue fever over the past three months.During that period 11,000 Dengue patients have been reported. Whatever the government says, until now it has failed to process a successful program to control spreading Dengue. As a result of this in every rainy season thousands are infected and hundreds die. Doctors who express their view on this issue question that why has a country which successfully wiped out Malaria epidemic in a time of lack of technology failed to eradicate the Dengue epidemic.
The British prime minister David Camron will attend the common wealth summit which will be held in Srilanka.He has taken this decision despite the fact that numerous human rights organisation's calls to prevent from attending the summit.
The foreign media report that the Queen will not participate to the Commonwealth Summit schedule to be held in Sri Lanka.
Mr Mano ganeshan, the leader of People's Democratic Front stated that Azad Sally who was arrested under Prevention of terrorist Act had been forced into making a statement by enduring him to psychological tortures and agonies. Azad Sally was a former deputy mayor of Colombo.
The much debated road construction project run through the Sinharaja forest started again secretly, The Sri Lanka Haritha Movement said. The project which was started in 2011 in Imbulcanda area has halted by then environment minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa after considering independent committee report's suggestion that the project damages the bio diversity and the security of the Sinharaja.
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