DI-P02-17-02-CITY)-MAS.qxdKANDY – The National Teachers’ Assembly (Jathika Guru Sabhawa) alleges that there were sharp dis- crepancies in school text books given to students by the govern- ment over the past three years.
Former MP Nimal Premawansa says that important historical facts
had been conveniently dropped from the Tamil text books.
He said that key facts found in Sinhala text books, given to Year 6 and Year 10 students, had been omitted from Tamil text books. The allegations were made at a press conference held in Kandy on Wednesday.
Despite the shortcomings being pointed out the government had failed to take remedial action, he said.
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DEATHS AZIZ - Nafeesathul Jiffriya Aziz -
beloved wife of late Advocate M. H. A. Aziz (Founder, Ahadiya Schools Movement),loving mother of Shibly, Minha, Imthiaz, Ifthikhar and Ryhan (Babsy).Mother in Law of Fathima, Illyas Ahamed, Yasmin, Rezani and Mazhar Ghouse. Daughter of the Late Mr.& Mrs. I. L. M. Idroos Hadjiar of Matara. Daughter in Law of the late Mr.& Mrs. S. U. Mohamed Hadjiar of Galle. Grandmother of Afdhel (USA), Aadil & Azhara, Imran & Ilham (Australia), Shihara & Misver Deane, Shameem & Haaris Abdul Rahman, Aalia & Adam Janjua (UK),Imaad, Yusra, Kamran, Aftab(Singapore), Maalik (USA), Sharmil & Nuha (UK), Naveed (Dubai)and Aqeela, Aslam (Singapore) and Nishard. Loving sister of late Aroos & Noori (Gangi), Bahiya Cader, Mackiya Shums, late Zahara Vilcassim, late Rahima Nazeer, Fawzia Cader and Zackiya & Navaz Shariff. Great Grandmother of Taher, Aedan, Imaan, Manal, Yaqoob, Tahera, Khadija, Rashid, Yusuf and Easa. Expired on Monday 14th and the Janaza left the residence 11, De Fonseka Place, Colombo 5 the same evening for burial at Jawatte Muslim Burial Grounds.
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* Tuesday St. Anthony’s Novena & Mass:
6.00 a.m. - Tamil 11.30 a.m. - Benediction 12.00 noon - English 5.30 p.m. - Benediction 6.00 p.m. - Sinhala 8.30 p.m. - Benediction
* First Friday Mass: 6.00 a.m. - Tamil 12.15 p.m. - Sinhala 6.30 p.m. - Tamil
* Sunday Mass: Saturday - 6.00 p.m. - English Sunday - 5.30 a.m. & 7.30 a.m. - Tamil
- 12.15 p.m. & 5.30 p.m. - Sinhala
A Sri Lankan Doctor, Prof. Maruthu Canthaboo, of the United Kingdom, has discovered and devel- oped a new therapy to cure illness.
He has named the new therapy, which requires no internal medication, ‘Cerebro Neural Therapy’.
Prof. Maruthu Canthaboo, who hails from the Delft, has writ- ten books in English and Tamil in order to spread the concept of this thera- py across the globe. The books were scheduled to be launched on Saturday the February 12, at the Colombo Tamil Sangam,
Rudra Mawatte, Colombo 07. He also has a plan to translate the books into the Sinhala lan- guage and other major languages. The English book was released by the Indian Holistic Medical Academy in Pondicherry and in London.
The book release event was to be chaired by the President of Colombo Tamil Sangam Dr. M Kathirgamanathan. Dr Sri Kantha Arunachalam, the former Head of Siddha
Medicine, University of Colombo was due to be the chief guest. Dr Indrapala,
Dr Sheifudeen, Dr Uthuman Lebbe and Rajmohan were expected to address.
Prof Maruthu Canthaboo was due deliver a lec- ture on how this new method of treatment without any internal med- ication works on illnesses.
Prof. Canthaboo argues that all types of medicinal properties are freely available within the
body. That’s why people eat daily in order to assimilate necessary materials from the food for daily survival. Knowing this simple logic, the sufferers are taking internal medi- cines of synthetic origin which are damaging the cells of the body and cre- ating other diseases.
The question is when a person falls sick how to bring the medicinal properties to the site of the disease? The answer is given by Prof. Canthaboo in his book very clearly in simple manner.
A new therapy discovered by a Sri Lankan
SLFP Treasurer Youth Affairs and Skills Development Minister
Dallas Alahapperuma said that of the five LG polls held in the coun- try, the one conducted in 1991 was the worst.
Addressing the media at the Mahaweli auditorium on Tuesday (15), Minister Alahapperuma said that the 1991 polls had been held under the then President Ranasinghe Premadasa’s leader- ship.
In an obvious reference to MP Sajith Premadasa’s leadership chal- lenge, the National List MP warned of the danger in what he called a new Premadasa era.
In spite of a terror campaign orchestrated by the UNP, the SLFP had secured 37 local bodies, the MP said. The UNP went to the extent of expelling the then British High Commissioner David Gladstone for accusing the government of using violence as a political tool, the MP said. The UNP lashed out at the diplomat both in and out of parliament until he left the country, the MP said.
According to the Minister the forthcoming LG poll was important for the country. A
victory for the UPFA would be a sign of polit- ical stability, he said.
Commenting on the Opposition claims of a certain defeat for the SLFP-led ruling coali- tion at the March 17 LG polls, Alahapperuma said that both the UNP and the JVP hadn’t been able to at least produce a new cam- paign slogan. A smiling MP said that the Opposition was still talking of a regime change in spite of
struggling in the aftermath of debilitating defeats at presidential
and parliamentary polls. UPFA General Secretary Susil
Premjayantha pointed out that the UNP and the JVP were now cam- paigning in the Northern Province. He said that the Opposition had taken advantage of peaceful condi- tions in the region in spite of regu- larly criticizing the government over measures taken to destroy the LTTE.
Minister Alahaperuma alleged that the Wickremesinghe faction was targeting Sajith Premadasa, MP. He said that Premadasa, who had challenged Wickremesinghe’s leadership, was told that he should first win LG bodies in the Hambantota district before eyeing the top spot.
BY SHAMINDRA FERDINANDO
Milk food importers complain Govt. deaf to price hike request
BY LAL GUNESEKERA
The Central Environment Authority is in the process of working out a mechanism to dis- pose of used CFL bulbs. The move comes in the wake of a sharp increase in the use
of CFL bulbs due to an upward revision in electric- ity tariffs.
CEA Chairman Charitha Herath told The Island that a workable arrangement could be made in March to minimize environmental hazards caused by the Mercury content in CF bulbs.
According to him, the CEA has initiated discus- sions with CFL bulb importers on a plan to col- lect, transport and the dis- posal of used products.
“We have recently received proposals from two importers and they will be evaluated this month,”
Herath said. “We’ll go for the best mechanism,” he said.
The Sustainable Energy Authority, too, is involved in the project.
The Hazardous Waste Management Unit
of the CEA is already car- rying out an E-waste man- agement project to dispose of the electronic waste in a non-hazardous way and also a clinical waste man- agement project.
“The CEA plans to increase awareness among the masses on the safe dis- posal of the used CFL bulbs,” Herath said.
BY PABODHA HETTIGE
CEA looks for way to dispose of used CFL bulbs
Milk food importers allege that the govern- ment has not heeded their request for a price increase or an import duty reduction by Rs. 22 per kilo.
They say the industry is on the verge of col- lapse due to the sharp increase in the price of milk foods in the world market. The price is around $ 4,700 a ton, they say adding that the recent floods in Australia and the removal of subsi- dies in Europe have
caused a significant increase. The current price of a ton of milk powder is the highest
since 2008.
ernment will not give
in to their demand. He said that importers should make a fresh request seeking a price revision as he could not accept their earlier demands.
Dallas Alahapperuma
The government has launched an opti- cal screening programme in keeping with ‘Vision 2020,’ for the benefit of children in the Northern and Eastern Provinces.
A senior Health Ministry spokesman told The Island that Sri Lanka had received Rs. 6.8 million from the International Centre for Eye Care to con- duct a special programme in the Northern and Eastern Provinces.
Assistant Health Secretary Dr. Palitha Mahipala and ICEC Country Director Anitha Munasinghe finalized the agree- ment last week.
The spokesman said the conclusion of the conflict in May 2009 had given the gov- ernment an opportunity to conduct a sur- vey.
The official said that the programme would provide for those who couldn’t afford required treatment for want of funds.
Responding to a query by The Island, the official said that screening pro- grammes carried out in other provinces had shown that 160,000 children had opti- cal problems.
A survey conducted by the TB Control Programme has revealed that there were 2,096 cases of Tuberculoses detected from the Colombo district, 1065 from the Gampaha district and 843 from the Kalutara district. Referring to these figures Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena, speaking at the launch of the DOTs programme at Hemas Private hospital on February 14, said 40 per cent of the disease could be controlled if TB in the Western Province is arrest- ed
In addition, he said, 877 cases of TB were found in the Kandy district and 602 patients had been detected in the Ratnapura district.
Sirisena said that most people who had been suf- fering from TB related symptoms were reluctant to get timely medical atten- tion. As a result, they passed the virus on to oth- ers. Some were also in the habit of taking decisions of
their own to discontinue drugs and some patients even threw away the drugs given free by the govern- ment health institutions.
He pointed out that a majority of TB cases could be found in the Western province. Various factors such as environmental pol- lution, high population and shanty dwelling could be considered as root causes for the rapid spread of the disease.
Minister Sirisena added that it was commendable that the private hospitals had given a helping hand to the Health Ministry to control TB by setting up DOTs units in their insti- tutions.
WHO Country Director F. R. Mehetha said that Sri Lanka was the only coun- try where the private sec- tor had come forward to help the State health sec- tor. The contributions made by the private sector hospitals were appreciated by the WHO, he said.
Dr. Palitha Mahipala and ICEC Country Director Anitha Munasinghe finalse an agreement to facilitate an optical screening programme in the N&E
Optical screening in North, East
Teachers complain of discrepancies in text books
BY CYRIL WIMALASURENDRE
BY DILANTHI JAYAMANNE
BY DON ASOKA WIJEWARDENA