Video: I Fear Any Time A ‘Black July’ Will Repeat And This Time It’s Against Muslims – Ven. Galkande Dhammananda By Colombo Telegraph -April 14, 2013  “I think as a monk that the social/political problems that we are facing in our country has to be solved amicably through duologues which we have repeatedly failed from the independence. Now we are again in a beginning of another round of violence. I fear any time a ‘black July’ will repeat and this time it is against Muslims.” Ven. Galkande Dhammananda Thero, a lecturer, Department of history, University of Kelaniya, told Colombo Telegraph. Ven. Galkande Dhammananda Thero is a lecturer  at the Department of history of  University of Kelaniya. We have already published his first video; A Sri Lankan Buddhist Monk Speaks Out – Let Sri Lanka Have Thousands Of Buddha Putras Like Him Here is the second video “Let us refrain from spreading ideas that create suspicion among people” Inflation seen at 6.3% in April

2013-04-14 Sri Lanka’s annual inflation in April is estimated at 6.3 per cent, a central bank official said, adding it could creep up slightly if the government raised power tariffs. The island nation’s year-on-year inflation rate in March eased to 7.5 per cent from a near-record high of 9.8 per cent a month ago due to the improved supply of vegetables and a high base last year. “If there is no administered price changes, the inflation will be at 6.3 per cent,” Swarna Gunaratne, the central bank’s chief economist, told Reuters. “Even if there is a price hike in electricity tariff, inflation will still be only some points higher than 6.3 per cent,” she said. Sri Lanka is considering raising electricity tariffs later this month, having hiked diesel and gasoline prices twice since December due to the losses of state-run energy firms.