POEM OF THE DAY- "WHO EVER LOVED" BY CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE

It lies not in our power to love or hate, For will in us is overruled by fate. When two are stripped, long ere the course begin, We wish that one should love, the other win; And one especially do we affect Of two gold ingots, like in each respect: The reason no man knows; let it suffice What we behold is censured by our eyes. Where both deliberate, the love is slight: Who ever loved, that loved not at first sight?

Jathika Hela Urumaya Party Condemned The Government On Organizing A Diaspora Festival In Colombo

The Jathika Hela Urumaya(JHU) Party has today(21) severely condemned the Government on it's decision to hold a Tamil Diaspora festival in Colombo.According to the Media Spokesman of the JHU Nishantah Warnasinghe the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has allocated over US Dollars 3.2 million  to hold the Diaspora Festival .

Tamil Diaspora is known as the main funders of the terrorist group LTTE which fought with Sri Lankan Armed Forces over two decades for a seperate homeland in Northern Sri Lanka.

The Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera has last week said in Parliament that the foreign ministry  is keen to organize a Diaspora Festival here later this year to encourage the Diaspora Community to contribute the activities in Sri Lanka.

Prime Minister Has Begun Talks With Minor Parties On 20th Amendment

The Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe  has begun talks with minor parties regarding the 20th Amendment to the Constitution which was included in Gazette recently the government sources have said. Prime Minister has concluded the first round of talks with minor parties on the Amendment today(21) at Prime Minster's official residence "Temple Trees".

Minor Parties including the Tamil National Alliance(TNA) have  decided to oppose the 20th Amendment to the Constitution  which includes the new electoral reforms and  scheduled to be presented to the Parliament shortly.

The minor parties are of  the view that  through the new electoral reforms introduced by the 20th amendment their parties will face injustice and therefore proposed to amend the new electoral reforms,

POEM OF THE DAY-"THE ARROW AND THE SONG" BY HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

I shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For, so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not follow it in its flight.

I breathed a song into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For who has sight so keen and strong,
That it can follow the flight of song?

Long, long afterward, in an oak
I found the arrow, still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend

Jaffna Youth Was Arrested At Katunayake Air Port When He Attempted To Fly Canada Through A Fake Visa

A 27 year old Jaffna Resident was arrested this morning by the Criminals Investigations Department(CID) at Katunayake International Air Port  when he was attempted  to fly  Canada through a passport with fake Canadian Visa.

When the suspect was arrived the Air Port around 12.30 this morning to board the UL-494 Flight to fly Canada through Japan ,the Immigartion Emigration Officials at the Air Port have found that his passport was including a  fake Canadian Visa .Later
the Katunayake CID Officers have arrested the suspect after they were informed on him.

The suspect is due to produce before the Negambo Magistrate Court.

Chinese National Who Tried To Smuggle 23 Kilos Of "Wallapatta" Out Of The Country Was Detained

The Civil Aviation Authority officers have arrested a Chinese National this morning at Katunayake International Air Port who tried to smuggle a stock of rare origin t" Wallapatta "  which also known as "Gyrinops Walla" worth Rs.472,000 out of the country .

The Officers have found a stock of Wallapatta weighing 23 Kilos and 600 Grammes concealed inside his luggage when it was  checked.

The 44 year old suspect had arrived Katunayake International Air Port early this morning to leave Thailand from Thai Air Ways Flight.

The Suspect was handed over to the Sri Lanka Customs to conduct further investigations on the incident,.

"Wallapatta" is a rare origin tree which use to make expensive  perfumes.

THOUGHT OF THE DAY