Sri Lankan Government Denied The Allegations Leveled By Channel 4 TV In Britain

Sri Lankan Government today has categorically denied the allegations leveled through a British Film "Sri Lanka's  Killing Fields" on deliberately targeting it's own civilians during the war against Terrorism.The said film was produced by British T V Channel 4 is currently screening in some western countries.

The Sri Lankan High Commission in London today issued a release regarding this film and said that
The Government of Sri Lanka is concerned about the distress the images in the Channel 4 film aired without any guarantee of their authenticity might have caused to the viewers, particularly to those belonging to different communities in Sri Lanka. This is an exercise which is carried out by a small section of international media at the behest of certain parties with vested interests and it caters only to the interests of separatist forces living outside Sri Lanka according to the High Commission., The final objective of which is to push Sri Lanka back to war, by way of lacerating the wounds that the country is attempting to heal.” it says.


“The Channel 4 film has the potential to incite hatred amongst different communities in Sri Lanka, including future generations, and thereby, adversely affect the ongoing national reconciliation process.”

The malicious allegations in the film regarding the conduct of the Sri Lankan Army are in striking contrast to the standards maintained by the Sri Lankan Army. As the Channel 4 has continuously depended on footage already publicized by the LTTE websites and media bodies and also those claimed to have been supplied by the pro-LTTE lobby, the viewers may use caution in drawing any conclusions on the basis of this film. Channel 4’s gross simplification of sensitive matters, on face value, insinuates only a sinister motive driven by a political agenda against Sri Lanka.”

“If the allegations leveled by Channel 4 or any other party are found to be genuine, the LLRC will take due note of all such cases and remedial measures will be taken by way of legal sanctions. This process will also take into consideration all matters that are important to the Sri Lankans living in Sri Lanka, and therefore, it should be allowed to continue without any hindrance or prejudice. It is recalled that reports of some well known Commissions in countries with much richer resources have taken decades to see day light.”





The Government of Sri Lanka continues to remain engaged with UN agencies, INGOs and peoples representatives on improving the conditions and the rehabilitation and resettlement of the affected people, the High Commission of Sri Lanka in Britain  has further stated.

Unsafe Abortions Are In Arise Among Married Women

Around 90 percent of women who are under going  Unsafe Abortions in the country are married women according to the Gynecologist Dr.Lakshman Senanayake.Unwanted Pregnancies and related Socio-Economic reasons are the main causes behind these Unsafe Abortions Dr.Senanayake stressed.

S peeking at the Media Workshop organized by  Family Planning Association (FPA) today he said that although some organizations and individuals giving  statistics of the number of Abortions performs in the country per day it cannot calculate correctly due to the lack of date available at the moment.Under the Penal Code of the country Abortion can perform legally only to  save a life of a women and even there is malfunction of the fetus or in a rape case Abortion cannot perform according to the law Dr.Senanayake said.

1350 HIV Postives And 313 AIDS Patients Reported From Sri Lanka Since 1987

Around 1350 HIV infections were reported from Sri Lanka up to now since 1987 and out of this number 313 developed HIV/AIDS according to the Director National Sexually Transmitted Diseases/AIDS Control Programme Dr.Nimal Edirisinha.The First HIV Positive was detected from the country in 1987.

So far 221 HIV Positives have died from the disease Dr.Edirisinha has said.According to the latest HIV/AIDS Statistics there are 47 infants who got the disease through their mothers and 9 of these infants are reported during this year.

However besides these statistics Sri Lanka still rated as the low prevalence country on spreading HIV/AIDS and currently the prevalence rate stands as less then 0.01% Dr.Edirisinha has stressed.

Trade Unions Attached To Apparel And Health Sectors Sent A Petition To ILO On Violating Their Rights

Joint Trade Union Alliance compromising around 13 trade unions attached to Apparel and Health Sectors sent a petition to the International Labour Organization in Geneva ,Switzerland and appeal  to intervene and stop discrimination faced by their trade unions with the hands of  the government at present.

From the petition which has sent a week ago the trade unions have stated that at present if they are launch a trade union action their members even got arrested by the authorities by violating their trade union rights.

33 Percent Of The Total Number Of Dengue Patients Reported This Year Are From Colombo District

The majority of the Dengue Patients reported througout the Island this year are from Colombo District according to the Additional Secretary of the Health Ministry Dr.Palitha Mahipala.He said that 33 percent of  the total number of Dengue Patients reported so far this year had reported from Colombo District.

Colombo District along with the Colombo City are among the 11 high risky zones identified as the Dengue prone areas Dr.Mahipala has stressed.

Addressing a Press Briefing held today at Family Health Bureau this morning He also said that the Presidential Task Force on Dengue Prevention has declared a "National Anti Mosquito Week" between 20th to 26th of June and during that week Po;ice along with tri forces will accompany the Health Officials who are conducting inspections on Dengue Mosquito Breeding Places throughout the island.

University Academics To Withdraw From GCE Advanced Level Examination Evaluation Process

The Federation Of University Teachers Association (FUTA)has decided to withdraw academics from this years GCE Advanced Level evaluation process scheduled to be conducted during september.The Association has said that the decision of  withdrawing academics from the process was taken during the Executive Meeting of FUTA held in last Friday.
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FUTA is due to inform the Examinations Commissioner officially on the trade union action during this week.Few weeks back  The University Academics have withdrawn from their voluntarily posts held within Universities by demanding a pay hike

According to the President of FUTA Dr.Nimal Ranjith Dewasiri this trade union has taken to strengthen University Teachers Trade Union Action as they still not received a solution for their demand on substantial pay hike.

Ten New SSP Posts To Be Promote As DIG's

Ten new senior superintendents of police(SSP) have been promoted to the rank of deputy inspector general of  police(DIG) with effect from 13th of June according to the police media.

However according  to the Police Media Spokesman the new Inspector General Of Police(IGP) will be appointed on 18th of June after the retirement date of former IGP Dr.Mahinda Balasuriya.