President Mahinda Rajapaksa venerated the historical Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi and received blessings at a ceremony last morning. Lankaramadhipathi Ven. Walampanawe Dhammajothi Thera delivered an anusasana and blessed the President. Atamasthanadhipathi Most Ven Pallegama Sirinivasa Nayake Thera and Ruwanweliseya Chief Incumbent Ven Pallegama Hemarathana Thera were also present. President Rajapaksa called on Atamasthanadhipathi Most Ven Pallegama Sirinivasa Nayake Thera and received his blessings. Child Development and Women’s Affairs Minister Tissa Karaliyadde, North Central Province Governor Karunaratne Divulgane, and North Central Province Chief Minister S M Ranjith were also present. Picture by Nalin Hewapathirana

Cj took over GK case on single affidavit

When Justice Shirani Thilakawardena was hearing the Golden Key Financial Fraud Case successfully, Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake personally took the case under her wing on the basis of an incomplete affidavit submitted by a single person, alleged members of the affected Golden Key Depositors Association at a press conference recently. They said usually a person submitting an affidavit should finally mention the relief prayed by him or her in it,

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Independent Committee to study PSC report on CJ:

University lecturers laud President’s decision

If UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon could appoint a committee on Sri Lanka without UN approval as he did with the Darusman panel, there is no reason President Mahinda Rajapaksa cannot appoint an independent committee to advise him over the report of the impeachment motion on Chief Justice Dr Shirani Bandaranayaka, Colombo University senior lecturers yesterday said in an interview with the Daily News.

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Deyata Kirula 2013 national exhibition:

Over Rs 59,387 m for development projects

Massive development projects have been implemented in four districts, including Ampara at a cost of Rs 59,387 million to coincide with the Deyata Kirula 2013 national exhibition, Telecommunication and Information Technology Minister and Deyata Kirula Exhibition Committee chairman Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said.

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MRI cautions public against handling ‘alien’ objects

The Medical research Institute (MRI), Colombo requested the public not to handle any alien metal objects or other material which may have been deposited in the ground or had fallen on the ground, as they could be harmful to human health. The MRI requested the public to inform them about any such objects, a Health Ministry spokesman said.

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