http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/ This is an XML content feed of; News Portal from Sri Lanka : Last 10 News Bulletins Copyright (c) 2006-2007 Web Wiz NewsPad - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:55:20 +0000 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:43:21 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz NewsPad 1.02 30 www.amarasara.info/amnews/RSS_news_feed.asphttp://www.amarasara.info/amnews/images/amarasara-news1.jpghttp://www.amarasara.info/amnews/http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=928BBC - ' Barefaced ' Broadcasting Corporation
- by Manisha Fernando
(09.06.2010 09:54 AM SLT - defence.lk)

BBC, or the British Broadcasting Corporation is renowned for their deliberate and biased misrepresentation of facts and events during its history of news reporting. It is true that human beings are not perfect and susceptible to "human - mistakes". But apparently the reporters and editors of BBC seem to have a knack for deliberately misinforming the events without due diligence. During the last decade, the reports and news items carried by the BBC in the mass media including its official news web, are ample proof of the unethical, unprofessional and conscious misrepresentation of facts and events across the world. A closer view shows that the news items are always more or less biased towards the attitudes of the reporter or the editor.
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]]>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:43:21 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=9282010-06-09 10:43:21 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=845Rupavahini has new Chairman in Sarath Kongahage
- by K T Rajasingham
(15.05.2010 -  Asiantribune.com)

Colombo : Sarath Kongahage is the newly appointed Chairman of the Rupavahini TV Corporation. A mass media expert, he brings in his rich experience from his past service in the print and electronic media as also in the Media and Information Ministry.

He spoke to Asian Tribune and said that Rupavahini, the leading Television channel in Sri Lanka by any standard, has always maintained and catered the national perspective, and to get an opportunity to serve as the head of it is the greatest happiness.
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]]>Sun, 16 May 2010 07:11:38 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=8452010-05-16 07:11:38 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=812What a relief !
(07.05.2010 - The Island, SL - Editorial)

It is a matter for happiness that sanity has prevailed at long last and Mervyn Silva's resignation as Deputy Media Minister has been accepted. The problem is now confined to the 'highways'. (He has been appointed Deputy Minister of Highways.) Our roads are dangerous anyway with so many asphalt cowboys around and his appointment will not matter much!

Now, we learn that Mervyn resigned as Deputy Media Minister on Wednesday itself but, when inquiries were made by the media, he, true to form, chose to muddy the water. First, he said he had resigned and then he retracted his statement claiming that he would function as both Deputy Minister of Media and Deputy Minister of Highways thus prompting us to fire a salvo at President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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]]>Fri, 07 May 2010 00:55:45 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=8122010-05-07 00:55:45 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=810The Prageeth Ekneligoda affair – Part I
- by C. A. Chandraprema (Political Correspondent)
(07.05.2010 - The Island, SL)

Over the past few months, there has been quite an issue created over the disappearance of a ‘journalist’ by the name of Prageeth Ekneligoda. I have remained silent on this disappearance up to now, for a purpose. Now however, irrespective of the purpose I had in mind, I have been compelled to break my silence on this issue because Sunanda Deshapriya writing to the Ravaya last week, said quoting Prageeth’s wife Sandya, that the first time Ekneligoda is said to have been ‘abducted’ around August 2009, it was I who had got him released. Of course Deshapriya has not mentioned me by name, but referred to a mediaman attached to an English language newspaper. This is a reference to me. I was not very surprised at seeing this because a few weeks back, I got a call from Sandya telling me that she had got to know from one Gunadasa Jayalath, a close friend of Prageeth’s who works as a coordinating secretary to deputy minister Salinda Dissanayake, that the first time Prageeth disappeared, in August last year, I who had saved him.
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]]>Fri, 07 May 2010 00:12:34 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=8102010-05-07 00:12:34 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=789Hudson heads SLBC for fourth time; to open Yarl FM Tamil service in Jaffna
- by K T Rajasingham
(05.05.2010 - Asiantribune.com)

Colombo : The newly appointed chairman of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation Hudson Samarasinghe is presently involved in the opening up of the Yarl FM, the Tamil service.

It is learnt that Hudson Samarasinghe is the first head of the corporation to be officially appointed under the new United Peoples Freedom Alliance Government.

Speaking to Asian Tribune , Hudson said that he has received his appointment letter from the Secretary to Ministry of Mass Media and Information.

It is also learnt that Senior Attorney-at-Law, Presidential candidate, Sarath Kongahage has been appointed as the chairman of the Rupavahini Corporation and the present chairman Dr. Ariyaratne Athugala has been appointed as the Director of Information and Mr. Anusha Palpitta, the present Director of Information, will remain as the Chairman of the Telecommunication Regulatory Commission.
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]]>Tue, 04 May 2010 18:40:18 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=7892010-05-04 18:40:18 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=782Media and journalist conmen
- by Ranga Jayasuriya
(02.05.2010 - LakbimaNews)

Four years ago, this correspondent happened to be in Male to cover the controversial hearing of Mohammed Nasheed, popularly known as Anni, the then Maldivian opposition leader who was facing charges of terrorism and was detained in house arrest. One sunny morning when his case was taken up, massive crowds thronged the court and the narrow driveways of Male. Protestors were peaceful, but Police simply didn’t like their presence. Police acted with impunity, baton charging, tear gassing and randomly picking up people, who were driven away in packed jeeps to the Maldives notorious Maafushi prison where they would be held in prolong detention under the draconian security laws of the atolls. The Maldives, those days, was a Kafkaesque nightmare.
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]]>Sun, 02 May 2010 20:57:43 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=7822010-05-02 20:57:43 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=724Are you ready ?
(26.04.2010 - The Island, SL - Editorial)

Former President Chandrika Kumaratunga in her inimitable sardonic way used to call her bête noire the then Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa the 'reporter' in her Cabinet, as she thought he was responsible for leaking out information about her bungling government to the media because of his rapport with the journalistic fraternity. She was not completely wrong! He was easily accessible and outspoken and therefore became one of the most sought after politicians in those days. He talked freely with journalists, endeared himself to them and got good press in return. His healthy relations with the media stood him in good stead in politics later in life.
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]]>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:41:17 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=7242010-04-26 11:41:17 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=602Sri Lanka : Journalists worried about a ‘spy’ amidst them
(07.04.2010 - Asiantrib)

Colombo : Many journalists employed in a premier Sinhala daily are highly perturbed over the activities of a senior colleague, who discredits the profession and brings the newspaper to disrepute. This modern day Goebells has a professional label to cover his covert campaign of devious disinformation and falsehood.

Officially, he is the Associate Editor of an otherwise respected Sinhala daily newspaper in the island, though unofficially, he is a man of many parts to different people. One of the roles he has excelled is playing spy to different political parties providing "inside information" to one another. He has won dubious titles for excelling in this role. At Elvitagala Mawatha, they call him "sarpaya" or a poisonous snake. Among his workmates, they simply call him CT (cut throat) or TG (after his name).
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]]>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:44:38 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=6022010-04-07 11:44:38 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=578Sudden reminder to declare assets has journalists wondering
(04.04.2010 - Sunday Times, SL)

Journalists were taken by surprise when they received an official letter from the Ministry of Mass Media and Information reminding them to declare their assets and liabilities on or before April 30.

The letter, dated March 23 and signed by W. B. Ganegala, Secretary to the Ministry of Mass Media and Information, said the information was required under the provisions of the Declaration of Assets and Liabilities (Amendment) Act No. 74 of 1988. The deadline given was April 30.
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]]>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 02:12:48 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=5782010-04-04 02:12:48 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=558Woman alleges acid threat by media personality - Colombo district UNF candidate arrested
(03.04.2010 - The Island, SL)

Well-known media personality and Colombo District UNF candidate at the April 8 parliamentary elections, Susil Kindelpitiya, was arrested together with three others yesterday by the Mirihana Police, while they were travelling in a van.

Police said that a 7.62 revolver was also found in the vehicle.

Police media spokesman SP Prishantha Jayakoddy told The Island that a woman had made a complaint to the Mirihana Police on Thursday (April 1) that Kindelpitiya had allegedly threatened to throw acid on her and kill her.
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