பாகிஸ்தானில் பெஷாவர் நகரில் அமெரிக்க துணைத் தூதரகம் மீது இன்று துப்பாக்கித் தாக்குதல்!

பாகிஸ்தானில் அமெரிக்கத் தூதரகத்தை குறிவைத்து இன்று மர்ம நபர்கள் துப்பாக்கித் தாக்குதல் மேற்கொண்டனர். 4 மணி நேரம் நடந்த துப்பாக்கிச் சூட்டுச் சம்பவம் அங்கு பெரும் பரபரப்பை ஏற்படுத்தியதாகத் தெரிவிக்கப்படுகிறது. பாகிஸ்தானில் பெஷாவர் நகரில் அமெரிக்க துணைத் தூதரகம் அமைந்துள்ளது.


பலத்த பாதுகாப்புடன் கூடிய அந்தப் பகுதியில், துப்பாக்கியுடன் நுழைந்த மர்ம நபர்கள், திடீரென அமெரிக்கத் துணை தூதரகத்தைச் நோக்கி சுட்டனர்.தூதரகத்தில் பாதுகாப்பு பணியில் ஈடுபட்டிருந்த பொலிசாரும் பதில் தாக்குதல் நடத்தினர்.

4 மணி நேரமாக நடந்த துப்பாக்கிச் சூட்டு சம்பவத்தில் உயிர்சேதம் எதுவும் ஏற்படவில்லை எனத் தகவல்கள் தெரிவிக்கின்றன. மர்ம நபர்களைப் பிடிக்க பொலிசார் தீவிர தேடுதல் பணியில் ஈடுபட்டுள்ளனர். அமெரிக்கத் தூதரகம் மீது தாக்குதல் நடத்த முயற்சி செய்த சம்பவத்தையடுத்து, அப்பகுதியில் பெரும் பதட்டம் ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது.பெஷாவர் நகரம் முழுவதும் பலத்த பொலிஸ் பாதுகாப்பு போடப்பட்டுள்ளது. (News-Neruppu)

Saudi govt. finds information regarding employers that tortured Lankan maid

Saudi-Arabian government has been able to detect information regarding the employers who had inserted nails in to the body of the maid who had gone to Saudi-Arabia From Kamburupitiya, Matara for employment.




According to the reports both electronic and printed media of Saudi-Arabia has given priority to this incident. The media had pointed out that the incident was a stigma to reputation of Saudi-Arabia and it produces misunderstanding about Arabic countries in rest of the world. Therefore Media institutions in Saudi-Arabia have requested their government to hold an investigation about the issue and operate the law strictly against the employers who had tortured the victim.
(News-Lankatruth)

Muslim Congress decides to support constitutional amendment

The Executive Committee of teh SLMC has decided to give their overall support to the government for the proposed constitutional amendment the leader of SLMC Mr. Rauf Hakeem said. He said this when he met the media following Executive Committee meeting of the party held yesterday (27).

SLMC has decided to give their fullest support for 2/3 majority to the government in Parliament and outside to pass the proposed constitutional amendment he emphasized.
(News-Lankatruth)

Vaima's solution to reduce failures in Maths

Minister of Education Bandula Gunewardana has decided to add extra half an hour to mathematics question paper part II of G.C.E (O/L) examination to reduce the number of students who fail mathematics. This decision will come to action from next December.

Even if extra half an hour is added the current syllabus of mathematics is not changed he pointed out. Two hour duration is not sufficient to answer the mathematics question paper part II so that large number of students fails this subject the Minister emphasized.(News-Lankatruth)

SLFP-President clash to follow constitutional amendment

It is reported that the conflict between SLFP and President has aggravated following the proposed constitutional amendment which is expected to be brought to extend the tenure of President. As a manifestation of this conflict General Secretary of Sri Lanka Nidahas Sewaka Sangamaya Mr. Lesley Devendra has vehemently criticized President and the action of Rajapaksha clan.


Trade Unions cannot be manipulated as president wishes and president's only purpose is to consolidate the power of Rajapaksha clan he had said. Mr. Lesley Devendra said this when he held a discussion on the 26th of August with President, Secretary, and Committee Members of Nidahas Sewaka Sangamaya in Lake House.
He further said that those who have crossed over to the government from the UNP have become the favorites of the president and two Ministers from them have challenged him. Moreover he has said that there is a difficult situation in certain Ministries to commence a trade union for SLFP due to this action of the President. So he has emphasized that the members of SLFP should rally against this trend immediately.
There is a massive slash of employees in Lake House at present so that Sri Lanka Nidahas Sevaka Sangamaya has expressed their opposition against that. They say that the Chairman of Lake House Bandula Padmakumara and his administration which is partial to him operate the programme of arbitrary retirement of employees. According to the reports it has been already decided to terminate 252 employees of the Lake House. (Lanka truth)

JVP denied access to IDP camps again

The JVP has once again been denied access to IDP camps in Vavuniya by the defence authorities, Parliamentarian Vijitha Herath said yesterday.




MP Herath told the Daily Mirror that he made a written request from the Defence Ministry to permit four MPs of his party to interact with the displaced civilians still being held in welfare camps.



“We asked for permission to visit these camps today and tomorrow. However, they did not even acknowledge our letter. We do not understand why it is,” he said.

Earlier, on several occasions, the JVP sought permission to meet with the displaced civilians. Each time, the party was not given permission. During the past few months, the JVP accelerated its political work in the Northern Province, where they conducted fact finding missions and had meetings with resettled people.



The JVP contested the April 8 General Election in alliance with the DNA led by MP Sarath Fonseka. The alliance won seven parliamentary seats, and four of them, belong to the JVP. They are Mr. Herath, Sunil Handunnetti, Ajith Kumara and Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

My Father was abducted, says Apsara Fonseka

Apsara

"He was not arrested but was abducted. One whole day our whole family did not know where he was taken," Apsara Fonseka, daughter of General Sarath Fonseka said in an interview with the Boston Lanka News that covered wide range of issues from the detention of General Fonseka to the accusation of Danuna Tilakaratne to the inner strength of Anoma Fonseka. Apsara Fonseka who lives in the United States also spoke freely about the bond between her father and her mother and about her loving relationship with her husband and how she is coping in a foreign land not having her husband and her father in detention. .





Responding to a question about the detention conditions of General Sarath Fonseka, Apsara said: "He does not get to see his personal doctor. He is in his 10X10 room 24 hours a day. He does not see the sunlight. As a person who is not convicted he has a right to stay outside under the sunlight at least for 4 hours every day. He is not given a chance to take x-rays. He has lots of shrapnel inside his body from the 3 suicide attempts on his life and those shrapnel are moving, so it's really vital that he does take x-rays . They don't bring the x ray machines to him or do not let him go to a hospital."

When asked about the accusations the retired army captain Upul Illangange who lives in Oklahoma came out against general Sarath Fonseka and Danuna Thilakarathne, Apsara responded by saying that "Its all because of money and he will do anything for money.



Responding to the comments made by Upul Illangange to the Sri Lankan media that he was the person who helped General Fonseka and his family getting the Green Card, Apsara went on explaining on how her mother won the green card lottery in 2003 and the reasons why General Fonseka initially opposed the idea of getting the Green Card in and how he changed his mind. Apsara went on saying that if Upul Illangange thinks that he is all power and all mighty and that He can get anybody green cards in USA he thinks very highly of him.
Talking about her husband Danuna, Apsara said that "on the day we believe that that he will be treated fairly he will come out." She went on further saying that the family cannot bear the thought of having two men in the family: one in detention and other missing.

Reflecting on how Government changed their propaganda of General Fonseka from being war hero to a political prisoner, Apsara said, " I think he is still a war hero to lots of people and I don't think that will change even though he is a political prisoner now."

Part of Apsara's interview will be included in the Boston Lanka News Edition on August 30th and the rest will be in the Boston Lanka: Point of View that will be out on First week of September.