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| We Don’t See Any Trace Of Media Freedom In The State Media |
| 2013-06-22 |
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The Code of Media ethics prepared by the Ministry of Mass Media and information when viewed in the context of the situation which prevails where we do not see any trace of media freedom in the state media, where the media institutions and media personals are being subject to serious threats by abductions, disappearances and attacks on media institutions and media personals, where the Rule of Law and the independence of the judiciary is at stake militarization of civil society and the authoritarian governance that is seen today, nee
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| Half a mn trees to be felled to settle defaulted EPF, ETF and gratuity payments |
| 2013-06-22 |
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The State Resources and Enterprise Development Ministry will fell over half a million commercially valuable trees, on State-owned estates in the hill country, to raise three billion rupees for the settlement of the EPF and ETF contributions and gratuity payments of its employees.
They were also planning to cut down 67,137 trees planted for commercial needs.
The 3, to be paid their outstanding dues are attached to the Janatha Estate Development Board, Sri Lanka State Plantations Corporati
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| Ven. Madihe Pannaseeha TherA An ambassador of unity |
| 2013-06-22 |
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Valiant soldiers united the territory of Sri Lanka in May 2009. Now Sri Lanka is at a crossroads, trying to find a way to permanent peace. The civil society has failed to consolidate a united country. The debate revolving around the 13th Amendment indicates that we are sitting on a volcano which may erupt anytime, yet we are complacent and divided.
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| EU support to build 25, |
| 2013-06-22 |
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Head of Delegation of the European Union in Sri Lanka Bernard Savage said 25,000 houses will be constructed in the North and East next year with European Union support.
The EU Head of Delegation who called on Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne at the Prime Minister’s Office on Wednesday said a feasibility study is being carried out for this project.
Savage told the Prime Minister that many foreigners love Sri Lanka on account of its serenity and hospitality of its people.
Savage said a delegation from the
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| Woman arrested over dumping infant’s body in garbage |
| 2013-06-22 |
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Talangama police yesterday morning arrested a 32-year-old woman for allegedly killing her newborn baby and dumping the body into a garbage truck of the Kaduwela Municipal Council by hiding it inside a garbage bag. of a bungalow where she was employed.
The postmortem conducted by the Judicial Medical Officer, Dr. Muditha Kudagamage of the National Hospital, returned an open verdict saying the baby had been born in good health.
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| Officials complicit in trafficking |
| 2013-06-21 |
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The United States has urged the Sri Lankan government to investigate and prosecute government officials suspected of complicity in human trafficking.
The 2013 Trafficking in Persons Report released by US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday, said that Sri Lanka needs to improve efforts to investigate and prosecute suspected trafficking offenses.
It said that the Sri Lankan government made limited progress in its efforts to prevent trafficking last year.
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| Sri Lanka calls for Tamil refugees to return home |
| 2013-06-21 |
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Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr shakes hands with his Sri Lankan counterpart Gamini Lakshman Peiris during a joint media conference in Colombo in December, 2012.
Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr shakes hands with his Sri Lankan counterpart Gamini Lakshman Peiris during a joint media conference in Colombo in December, 2012. Photo: Reuters
Sri Lanka's external affairs minister has pleaded with Tamil refugees in Australia who fled the nation's blo
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| refugees return since Jan 2012 from TN - UNHRC |
| 2013-06-21 |
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With monetary aid from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), more than 1,600 Sri Lankan Tamils living in Tamil Nadu as refugees have returned to their country so far since January 2012.
Officials of the UNHCR, who have their field office in Chennai, said that about 1,264 Sri Lankan Tamils, who were living in special camps across the State, had returned through voluntary repatriation to their country between January and December 2012. This year, about returned so far. In Chennai there are
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| S.B. Dissanayake says 'fullest support towards development of non-state higher education sector' |
| 2013-06-21 |
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Minister of higher Education S.B. Dissanayake says that the government will continue to extend its fullest support towards the development of the non-state higher education sector in Sri Lanka.
He made this statement at the first session of the British Counci|'s South Asia Series which was held in Colombo on Wednesday.
S.B. Dissanayake,Minister of Higher Education expressed the following views-
'Sri Lanka has bold vision to be a regional hub of excellence for higher education by 2020. This cannot be done quickly
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| Eppawala workers stage hunger strike |
| 2013-06-21 |
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Workers of the Eppawela state-run Phospate ccmpany have staged a hunger strike while standing on water tanks of the factory.
The workers resorted to a hunger strike demanding that action be taken against the discrepancies of the officials in the factory.
When News 1st contacted the Chairman of the company, he said that necessary steps will be taken in this regard in the future, following discussions with the protesters.
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