Education Ministry officials yesterday confirmed before the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) probing the Easter Sunday carnage that there were Islamic school textbooks which recommended killing those who turned against Islam.
Secretary to the Ministry of Education M. N. Ranasinghe sought permission before the PSC to summon Commissioner General of the Education Publications, Jayantha Wickramanayake, under whose purview those text books had been published. Captured is an xtract from the sittings.
My memory takes me back to 1979, to a moment etched in time when a strikingly tall and impeccably dressed military officer, a Master in charge of Cadeting at Prince of Wales College commanding a guard of honour presented to President J.R. Jayawardene by the cadets of 3CCC, consisted of Ananda, Nalanda and Prince of Wales Cadet platoons at the Prince of Wales College grounds.
An American national, who had been staying in Sri Lanka for nearly ten months without a valid visa while using a Sinhala name under his American passport, was arrested by the Tourist Police of the Kandy.
Former Member of Parliament J.R.P. Suriyapperuma passed away today, January 2, 2025, at the age of 96.
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