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Because of a suspicion that villagers had regarding a father of a certain child in Kuliyapitiya area supposed to have died as a result of AIDS, the child was rejected by a number of schools when he was to be admitted on the assumption that he too had been

Under these circumstances though it was a case of true happiness for being able to admit the child to a school,  nevertheless the parents had isolated this child and his teacher in these circumstances which only displayed the ignorance of those parents, so clearly. The fact that those parents refused to accept evidence of the medical certificate that the child concerned was free from AIDS which actually created an issue in this instance. Even if the said child was affected with AIDS, the aforementioned parents of Kuliyapitiya lacked the knowledge to simply understand that it would under no circumstance be contagious to other children in the school as such.

The 6 year old child of a mother of 2 children living a short distance away from Kuliyapitiya town had to face this most unfortunate tragedy. She had stated that she has had to face social discrimination in this manner because of a rumour that spread around that her husband died after suffering from AIDS three months ago. This is what she said: "It's not true that my husband got sick and died from AIDS. Those days so many stories went round. The Montessori teacher took steps to check my son's blood samples for the purpose of releasing us from this very embarassment and blame. What is very clearly stated in the child's blood report is that he is totally free from AIDS. It however was not strong enough to put a stop for these rumours going the rounds or to solve this problem. Though I approached about ten schools to admit the child, it was futile. It was after that that I had to start a protest in front of the Kuliyapitiya Education Office. When that came over the news the educational authorities mediated and managed to get a school for the child. But even on the very first day the parents took action to take the other children out of the school. The child thus became isolated in the classroom. What the principal says is that preparations are underway now for the other 186 children too to be removed from school. The child now has no father ... no school. Stories also have already gone round. I am helpless!"

Previous article about the incident, from here

President Maithripala has left the country to inquire about the health condition of Minister Rajitha Senaratna the latter of whom has undergone a heart operation these days at Mount
Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore. During his stay in Singapore, the president had walked the streets there just as much as a commoner would and had tasted a cup of tea from a restaurant. The incident was captured on camera by a Sri Lankan over there and the photo was sent to us. The photos, from below

On the 26th night a rare incident was reported from Nallthamby area on route to Adams Peak ,A group army soldiers who were in the forefront in the battlefield during the LTTE war and were

Twenty five disabled war heroes from the Ragama Ranaviru Sevana and in Anuradhapura and Kurunegala Ranaviru sevana institutions had been taken on a pilgrimage to worship Adams Peak.

This event had been organised by the Katunayake,Adiambalama, Saratissagama Sri Jayarajagama Chief Incumbent Ven.Daranagama Sumanatissa

Certain unions officials of the Jaffna university have revealed that the authorities of the university of Jaffna are to bring in laws to prevent the students from growing beared, hair and in regard to the dress shortly.

With regard to the new code of ethics that are to be brought the student unions have already aired

It has also been proposed that all female students should come dressed in saree every Friday and they should all participate in all religious activities that are conducted within the university premises.

The inter university students federation sources have added that these laws would not only affect the freedom of the students but also if this code of ethics is introduced it would drastically affect their privacy.

It is reported that against the code of ethics to be introduced the inter university students federation had asked for a date to  discuss matters in this regard. It has also been said that if the administration authorities do not withdraw these proposals the inter students university federation would continue to protest to win the demands against the new laws to be brought forward.

In this regard the Chancellor of the Arts faculty Professor V.Gnanakumaran had added that the proposals of the ethics code would be enacted first and the students of the inter university students federation could protest against them afterwards.

Host nation of the Asia T/ 20 tournament Bangladesh defeated Sri Lanka by 23 runs in the preliminary round fixture.

In a T20/20 fixture this was the first time Sri Lanka had lost to Bangladesh. In this T/ 20 fixture played in Dhaka, Bangladesh won the toss and  had elected to bat.

Skipper of the Sri Lanka team Lasith Malinga did not play and the captaincy reigns were taken over by Angelow Mathews.

After Bangladesh lost three wickets for only 26 runs a crucial  partnership of 82 runs for the fourth wicket was made by Shabbir Rahmana and  Shakir Al Hassan.

Shabbir Rahaman top scored with 80 runs which enabled the Bangladesh team to put up a formidable total of 147 runs in the allotted 20 overs for the loss of 7 wickets.

In reply for the loss of 8 wickets Sri Lanka scored only 124 runs.

The general secretary of the United Peoples Freedom Alliance Vishwa Warnapala has expired while he was treated at a private hospital on the  morning of the 27th instant. This information has been reported by his immediate family members.

At the time of his demise he had been 80 years old. He had also held the position of the Minister of higher education.

The very popular lyrics writer and media  personality  Dr Ajantha Ranasinghe had expired this morning while he was been treated at the Colombo National hospital.

The other day he has had a fall at in residence and as a  result he had
been admitted to the National hospital Colombo for treatment.

He was 75 years old at the time of his demise.

Dr Ajantha Ranasinghe has contributed  to our arts a huge number of lyrics to songs during the past five decades. A few such lyrics are "wikasitha pem". " suwanda denee denenawa"," ran kenden", "raththran pem purane", "ninda noyana rathriye", "idda mal kathawe" and "palu susane" are some of the very popular songs to which he contributed his lyrics.

Dr Ajantha Ranasinghe had been once employed at the Lake House as a media personality. He had also authored many books and had won an awarded a literature award.

Dr Ajantha Ranasinghe's demise is a great loss to our country.

Courts yesterday arrived at the verdict that the incidence of death of Ruggerite Mohommad Wasim Thajudeen which was thrown under the carpet saying that he had died having met with an accident was instead a case where he was brutally assaulted and later was made to burn inside the

According to investigations conducted, members of families of the elite class who were responsible for aiding and abetting the incident as well as a Deputy Inspector General of Police who contributed in covering up the incident would be taken into custody in future, court sources reveal. So far, there are 16 who are subjected to interrogation.

Discussions with foreign agencies to send the vehicle in which the deceased travelled and the CCTV footage for foreign video analysis have been carried out promptly and those videos too would be produced in courts in future after further scrutiny. The court order issued by Additional Magistrate Mr. Nishantha Peiris yesterday states that according to clause 296 of the Sri Lanka Penal Code, a homicide has taken place and as such suspects identified at the inquiry and suspects connected to the incident should immediately be arrested and produced in courts. Further hearing of the the prosecution party is expected to be called next 23rd.

The Blackout which prevailed from 2 in the afternoon today for a period of two or three hours right round the island was explained by the Electricity Board as a technical fault that occured as a result of a bolt of lightening. However, the government has focused her

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasingha and Minister for Power and Energy, Mr. Ranjith Siyambalapitiya have instructed the authorities to find out whether this incident of electricity breakdown has been caused because of an act of sabotage. The order given further states to investigate whether a group of saboteurs are behind this act and had engaged in this sabotage with the intention of bringing the government into disrepute and chagrin in the presence of the public. A special committee too was appointed under the leadership of the Minister for Power and Energy, Mr. Ranjith Siyambalapitiya this evening in connection with this incident, it was reported.

After the power breakdown at 2 in the afternoon, about two hours later around 4.08 in the evening power was restored in Colombo and adjacent areas while electricity was restored to other areas a short while later. But as a consequence of the electricity breakdown, during that period traffic signals were not functioning and this state of affairs resulted in a severe traffic congestion and since a rainy atmosphere too prevailed, the traffic congestion became aggravated. Under these conditions thousands of employees had to face severe difficulties, it was understood.

Though the Electricity Board mentioned that there was an islandwide blackout because of a technical fault which resulted in lightening striking the 33000 feet voltage network system which had been transmitted to Colombo across Laxapana Hydro-power station to Upapola in Polpitiya, it also disrupted other power lines as well and the government is thinking twice as to whether it actually was the genuine reason.

The Asia Cup Cricket Tournament which is being relayed these days in Sri Lanka is broadcast across the TNL channel. TNL it is understood is a channel which is difficult to watch for most viewers across independent rupavahini frequencies and a programme such as a

The question that has cropped up in this instance is as to what extent the rights of broadcasting a money-generating programme such as cricket being based on this type of political attachments. Whatever it is, TNL Chairman Shan Wickremasingha speaking over the morning programme of Isira Radio belonging to them stated a few days ago that TNL is clearly visible to 90 percent of people in Sri Lanka and that broadcasting the Asia Cup Cricket Tournament creates no problem. He further revealed that experts who came here from Japan and Germany provided this percentage of figures.

Finally he went on to say that those who make such complaints would be suffering from a defect in the spectacles they are using and that if their glasses are cleaned with toothpaste and then view TNL ... then there would be no problem.

The video of that statement, from below  

The lawsuit relating to the murder by a blow of a hammer on doctor-husband whose Sri Lankan doctor-wife, both of whom were living in Australia which incident created a sensation recently is being heard currently at courts in the city of Perth and a number of informative sources are being

What was exposed from information so far covered is that both the couple Doctor Dinendra Athukorala and Doctor Chamari Liyanage had engaged in a bout of alcohol in unison with a 17 year old white-skinned girl and had been indulging in abnormal sexual activities on the night of June 14th 2014 on which date this murder had taken place. On the said date this white-skinned girl had come to the house as a third party on the willingness of the couple. The couple had dropped the girl outside their home during early hours in the following morning and on returning, Chamari who was under the effect of intoxication of whiskey had engaged in an argument in which instance she had lost her temper and ultimately murdered the husband.

Though Chamari says that that she is unable to recall what had happened the following day after being taken into custody she also admits that her marriage with her husband was not a successful one. What she had said was that living with her husband brought upon great pressure on her and that though she had tried six times to separate from him, her husband had prevented it on each such occasion. However, after exposing to courts about her husband's distorted sexual desires, officers conducting the investigation relating to the incident made a check on the post-digital examination on the computer and computer accessories belonging to her husband and digital analyst Ryan Baxton presented a report concerning it to courts last 12th. What he says is that he used 5 computers and some externally connected hard disks of Doctor Dinendra for this investigation. He also revealed that suspicious elements were observed there. He went on to say that on June 24th night, the day of the incident, two laptops of the HP type and Acer type belonging to Doctor Dinendra had been in operation and that even the Google data search was perused. What was displayed there was information relating to Queensland employment and searches about private schools in Darwin and the cost of living in Adelaide. The examiners informed courts that he may have browsed this information because Doctor Dinendra's brother was to arrive in Australia shortly.

Whatever it is, since it provoked suspicion that from time to time for a period close upon 3 hours the doctor had been connected to the computer clandestinely across the VPN system and when checking about it, Doctor Dinendra had deposited some files to the CD Box private account, noted the examiners. They then informed that those were video files with protective coverage where nobody could open or gain access to them and that they contained obscene sexual scenes. Subsequently they forwarded the relevant report to courts in order to arrive at a conclusion about the contents in them; but had refrained from revealing to courts as to what the personal lewd sexual scenes contained therein were.

Prior to this the deceased's wife Chamari had mentioned that Doctor Dinendra had shown a liking to engage in sexual activity with her as husband and wife, videoing it while the 17 year old girl who did not expose her identity mentioned that the doctor had bought a new camera with the motive of taking her into bed and that he had taken steps to video all such proceedings. As such, it also came to be known that the doctor was suffering from a mental condition whereby he desired videoing various private sexual scenes and in viewing them over and over again.

The doctor-wife Chamari who at present is under remand custody for a period of 4 years though is to be released in the year 2018, the Australian judiciary has decided to release her after 2 years next July subsequent to considering her behaviour and also matters revealed from the incident and authorities in that country however are not prepared to grant her Australian citizenship further, after the release. They have also decided to expel her from the country. Whatever it is, Doctor Chamari has appealed that the verdict be revoked.

Previous Gossip Lanka reports on the incident:

17 year old fair-skinned girl who came to bed at the centre of doctor-wife murder-incident of deceased doctor-husband

Suspicion that wife had murdered doctor by blow of a hammer

The American Mars Company has decided to recall a stock of Mars and Snickers Chocolates distributed in 55 countries including Sri Lanka. The reason behind the decision is that pieces of

The chocolate-type known as Snickers is a Mars product where chocolate is applied or spread on biscuit flakes and which provides a wonderful taste. What was mentioned in a complaint made by a consumer of The Netherlands last January is that there were several plastic pieces in a certain chocolate bar of a Snickers product. While it was confirmed after examination too, the Company accepted responsibility for the blunder.

Subsequently in order to preserve their goodwill and to confirm the quality The Netherlands factory of that Company had decided to once more recall not only Snickers distributed all over the world by the Netherlands factory but even all chocolates bearing all other names.

Mars Company is one of the largest food production Companies in the world, drawing an annual income of 33 billion dollars food items under 29 trade names, to the market including Milkway, M and M, Galaxy, Dolmio Sauce and Fedigree while their parent Company is situated in America.

Though the said stocks are recalled they would still be continuing the process of distribution in the previously stated countries and would be distributing fresh stocks.