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`` I share your dream to strengthen the Sri Lankan nation under a single flag in a united country `` MR

Country will proceed towards progress
– President
February 3, 2014, 9:48 pm


President Mahinda Rajapaksa has, in his Independence Day message, said that the country will proceed in its journey towards progress.

The full text of his message is as follows:

On this day, as we celebrate the 66th anniversary of our independence, we restate our commitment to safeguard the freedom and rights of our people, and decide on our future free of dictates from the re-emerging forces of colonialism.

With our freedom strengthened by the defeat of separatist terrorism, we proceed on our journey towards progress, This requires new social, political and economic strategies that include modern infrastructure such as ports, airports, highways, power and energy and the latest trends in industry, commerce and trade, and education. While most of this is already in place, in the new drive for development, much more remains to be achieved offering exciting challenges ahead.

It is our belief that the strength of our freedoms largely depend on developing indigenous skills and knowledge, to restore tae glories of our past and move ahead to the victories of the future.

As we celebrate our freedom today we should remember with the deep gratitude the members of our Security Forces who courageously stepped forward to defend our sovereignty and territorial integrity when they were under grave threat. We shall always honour and pay tribute to the great sacrifices they made to ensure that we live in freedom and unity.

Our policy of Non-Alignment, with a commitment to justice and humanity, has brought us friends in the global community who understand our trials in recent decades, and are ready to help us go forward in freedom with the assurance of support in international fora.

I share your dream to strengthen the Sri Lankan nation under a single flag in a united country. Achieving this requires hard work, with diligence and honesty of purpose. It calls for patriotism that transcends the barriers of geography and community, with reconciliation in a rich unity of purpose.

This will lay the foundation for the success of our children and future generations who will inherit this land, to live in peace and harmony bringing the glories of new achievements that inspire us from our past. Let us together pledge to build this futures for our, land and people in the peace and freedom we have won.

Mahinda Rajapaksa
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66 ஆண்டுகால அரைக்காலனிய அடிமைத்தனம்.!

Journalist Mel Gunasekara

Journalist’s killing: Suspect held for questioning

MONDAY, 03 FEBRUARY 2014 18:30 E-mail Print

Police said today the man whom senior journalist Mel Gunasekara had hired to paint her residence at Christmas time was believed to have stabbed her to death on Sunday when his attempt to rob an empty house had failed because she might have accosted him.

Police spokesman Ajith Rohana told a news conference held at the Mirihana Police Station where the suspect Samson Joseph Anthony (39) was being detained

that the killing was initially rumoured to be linked to her work as a journalist at a leading media organisation but it was not so.

“There were no eyewitnesses so we had to look for clues. We found a finger print inside the house,” he said.

SSP Rohana said the police sniffer dogs had stopped close to where CCTV cameras were installed at the house of a prominent public servant down Subodhipura Mawatha in Battaramulla.

“When we examined the video footage we found that a man chewing betel and wearing a yellow shirt and a light blue denim leaving the area a short while later wearing a black trouser and a blue shirt,” he said. “We found the betel he had left behind. When we showed the images to Ms. Gunasekara’s parents they

identified the man as the mason who painted their house at Christmas time. We traced the suspect through his mobile phone. He was also unable to switch off the BlackBerry mobile phone which he robbed and was in his possession.”

SSP Rohana said the man had later thrown away the battery but with the information obtained from communication towers he was arrested at Dompe.
“He lives in Dompe with his wife and three children,” he said.

During interrogation the suspect admitted to have entered the house from the backyard and was taken by surprise when Ms. Gunasekara accosted him because the family members without fail were known to attend Sunday service between 6.30 a.m. and 8.30 a.m.

The suspect said it was when she had screamed at him that he grabbed the knife lying on the table and stabbed Ms. Gunasekera several times.
“I washed the knife and changed my clothes. I wore a black trouser and a blue shirt belonging to the victim’s brother,” he said.

Ms. Gunasekera is reported to have attended a school function the previous night and had slept over.

Police said investigations had revealed that the suspect had observed the movements of the family for some time before breaking into the house.
Police warned people to be more cautious when employing painters, masons, gardeners and electricians or when allowing sales reps to enter the house without proper identification.

“It is the duty of the police to solve crimes but it is also the duty and the responsibility of all concerned as far as possible to prevent crimes from taking place,” he noted.

The investigations were carried out by police personnel led by Mirihana Special Crimes Operations Unit Inspector Nimal Karunaratne under the directions of Colombo South DIG Sumith Edirisinghe.

“We will produce him Courts and detain him for questioning for 48 hours after obtaining the necessary detention orders,” SSP Rohana said. (Supun Dias and Sanath Desmond)

http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/42528-journalists-killing-suspect-held-for-questioning-.html

Sri Lankan Police have found a dead body of a Lady journalist!

Journalist stabbed to death
February 2, 2014 at 3:05 pm | lanka C news
Journalist stabbed to death
Police have found a dead body of a Lady journalist who had been stabbed to death. This body has been found in Battaramulla, Gamunu Mawatha.

The body has been of Mel Gunasekara (36) who has also worked with French News Service. She has worked with many media institutions and she has been working on Business News Reporting.

The Police reports that the murder has taken place in the kitchen and that it is suspected that someone known to her would have done that. Police also says that even the dog has not barked while the murder has been done and that it shows the fact that someone known to her would have committed the murder.

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Further investigations on this regard have already been started.

`சுதந்திர` செய்தி உலகின் இளைய தலைமுறை இலங்கைப் புதல்வி 

Mel Gunasekara 

படுகொலை!

Journalist Mel Gunasekara