Over 800 Sri Lankan housemaids who had been stranded after travelling to Saudi Arabia are beingheld at the Olaya detention camp.

When Newsfirst made inquiries they noted that due to the lack of facilities, these Sri Lankans are greatly inconvenienced.

They further noted  the state of food received by the Sri Lankan housemaids.

 

The Ministry of Labour says it has filed cases against a number of institutions which have failed to pay their Employee Provident Fund and Employee Trust Fund contributions.

A senior official at the Ministry said numerous complaints had been received of employee contributions deducted from employees wages, not being credited to their EPF and ETF accounts.

 

Australia quits Sri Lankans by force who try to enter via illegal means

Despite of the Australian government’s advice, another group of Sri Lankans have been arrested who were trying to leave for Australia using boats and ships via illegal ways.

Police reports that there were 24 hrs.  Last morning 44 were arrested and there were 05 women and 04 children among them.

A 15-year-old student of a popular international school in Colombo has been identified by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), as the person responsible for creating and sending an SMS, threatening
Muslims not to visit Nuwara Eliya during the April season, police sources said.

 

An inquiry into the incident was launched after several newspaper articles appeared under the title 'Barrier to visit Nuwara Eliya,' Acting Police Spokesperson, SSP Prishantha Jayakody, told Ceylon Today.

The police have rejected allegations of torture of detainees raised in a US human rights report released by the State Department.

Acting police spokesman Priyashantha Jayakody said that the police undergo training in maintaining human rights when carrying out their duties.

“There have not been such reports in recent times,” the police spokesman said.

He said that if such alleged incidents of torture or abuse of detainees does take place then complaints can be lodged with the Human Rights Commis

The Coastal Security Group has begun an awareness campaign in the Sri Lankan refugee camps across the Tamil Nadu State to sensitise them of the lurking danger in making stealthy attempts to reach Australia, a Hindu news report said.

The Additional Director-General of Police (CSG), C. Sylendra Babu, addressed the first meeting at the Anaiyur Sri Lankan refugees camp yesterday.

Implementation of Senaka Bibile’s principles is on the cards for implementation soon

The President had stressed that the principles of Senaka Bibile would be implemented within the next 3- to treatment of non infectious deceases. In this connection he had added that all medicines that are needed for ailments could be manufactured in Sri Lanka itself.

He emphasised this while speaking at the ceremony where an extension of a new ward at the Colombo National hospital took place yesterday..From

“We are not engaged in any activities that are harmful to society, nor are we causing religious disharmony,” claims Bodu Bala Sena strongman Dilantha Withanage.

“We do not want to get into politics,” says Withanage, Chief Executive Officer of the Bodu Bala Sena Headquarters, adding that the
movement does not want to topple
governments or form a government but needs an immediate change in the present condition in the

The university degree has descended to the lowest of levels. It is today treated most disdainfully. The graduates today have to perform the duties of labourers or office assistants, President of the Southern Province 1999 Preferential Task Graduates Association, T. Wanniarachi lamented.

Speaking at a media briefing held at the Galle Municipal Council recently, Wanniarachi said, "The service terms have not been formulated still, for the graduates recruited in 1999.The graduates were recruited for jobs under diverse names.

The Ceylon Teachers’ Union (CTU) yesterday alleged school students have been deprived of the right to choose which schools they wish to study at, after completing the Grade Five Scholarship and GCE O/L examinations.

 

Elaborating on the allegations, CTU General Secretary Joseph Stalin said the students, who successfully completed examinations are not allowed to transfer to a school of their choice, especially if they are from a national school.