Sri Lanka's Department of Census and Statistics will conduct an island wide census to assess the human and property damages occurred during nearly three-decade long civil war conflict.

This Census which has to be completed within six months will be launched on Thursday November 28.

The nationwide survey is a key recommendation of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC).

The Task Force which is appointed for the implementation of the LLRC recommendations and headed by the Secretary to the

The military has promised to investigate why AFP journalists were prevented from working in the country’s former war zone this week by soldiers who said they were under orders to restrict the media.

An Agence France-Presse (AFP) video journalist and a photographer were obstructed in the Northern province by local military officials on Monday who said they were following directions from their commanders.

The problems followed a summit of leaders from Commonwealth countries last weekend that was overshadowed by

One week after the UNP boycotted the Commonwealth summit in Colombo after State-sponsored demonstrators broke up a human rights festival at its headquarters, the main Opposition party has found fault with the Government for signing the CHOGM Communiqué in which world leaders have agreed in principle to the setting up of a World Human Rights Court.
Accusing the Rajapaksa Government of only making pretentions to patriotism domestically, the UNP issued a Special Announcement yesterday saying Article 39 of the CHOGM Communiqu&eac

Callum Macrae, true to form, played news-MAKER as opposed to journalist, but this time not on account of creative, selective and highly editorialized reportage but because his in-your-face reputation came to Colombo ahead of him Callum Macrae, true to form, played news-MAKER as opposed to journalist, but this time not on account of creative, selective and highly editorialized reportage but because his in-your-face reputation came to Colombo ahead of him
The Nation emailed some questions to Channel 4’s controversial Callum Macr

Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera told Parliament yesterday that action would be taken to increase the duty-free concession granted to the Lankan migrant workers returning home from either by US$ 1,000 or 2,000.
Responding to a query raised by UNP Matara District MP, the Minister said that currently the migrant workers are entitled for a duty free concession of US $ 5000.  

The minister said that a facility of importing a motor vehicle under duty concessions once they have deposited a sum

Activists and rights groups in Sri Lanka have launched a petition against Minister of Women’s Affairs and Child Development Tissa Karalliyadde, calling for his resignation over some public comments he had made.

The petition circulating via email says the Minister had on several occasions made extremely sexist remarks that are humiliating to Sri Lankan women in general, without any sense of responsibility for the cabinet office he holds as Minister of Women’s Affairs and Child Development.

There have been a high number of child abuse incidents reported in Colombo between 2010 and 2012, Parliament was informed today.

Minister of Child Development and Women’s Empowerment Tissa Karaliyadda said that in 2012 there were 46 child abuse cases reported in Colombo.

The figure stood at 15 in 2010 and 34 in 2011, the Minister said in response to a question raised by UNP MP Rosy Senanayake in Parliament.

A school principal in Haputale has been arrested for molesting 13 school boys, police spokesman SSP Ajith Rohana said.

The police spokesman said that the principal of the school had abused year 6 and year 8 students.

Investigations had revealed that the child abuse had taken place over a period of time but went unreported.

However recently an awareness program was held at the school on child abuse and following this the victims had reported the abuse they faced in the hands of their principal.

 

What were the chief ministers and educations ministers doing?.. There are always problems regarding questions papers in the Western Province.

The Ceylon Teachers Union charge that the answer paper was also attached to the Tamil Medium Grade 9 history paper in the Western Province.

It’s General Secretary, Joseph Stalin said that due to this reason the paper was collected from the students and as a result the students did not receive any paper.

A service by Centre for Human Rights (CHR,) Department for Registration of Persons (DRP) and Campaign for Free and fair Elections (CaFFE)
 
The second stage of the mobile clinic programme to facilitate 45 000 Easterners with National Identity Cards (NICs) and birth certificates is to commence on Monday (November 25) in Batticaloa. 6000 persons, in six divisional secretariat divisions, are expected to be facilitated during this stage.