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| Army denies North rape claims |
| 2013-10-21 |
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The army has denied allegations that troops in large numbers are responsible for sexual violence, sexual harassment, abuse, exploitation and other types of violence against women and girls.
Army spokesman Brigadier Ruwan Wanigasooriya said that there have been repeated attempts to draw a “non-existent correlation” between the presence of the military in the North and insecurity of women and girls in that region.
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| India using diplomacy on Lanka |
| 2013-10-21 |
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The UPA Government in India is aware of the problems of Tamils in Sri Lanka and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is using the diplomatic route to find an amicable solution, a senior Congress MP from Tamil Nadu has said.
The Pres Trust of India quoted M Krishnasswamy, MP from Arani and former President of Tamil Nadu Congress Committee as saying that both the UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and premier Singh had detailed discussions on the plight of Sri Lankan Tamils and the killing of Indian fishermen off the coast of the island nati
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| Broken promises: FUTA girds itself for the fray |
| 2013-10-21 |
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The Federation of University Teachers’ Associations (FUTA) has appointed a three-member committee, under its Ex-Co, to review the progress of the agreement entered into with the government when they stopped their 100-day-long strike last year.
FUTA President Dr. Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri told The Island that except for two demands the government had failed to honour the promises given by Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa in October, 2012, to redress their grievances.
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| Teacher deprived of free speech |
| 2013-10-21 |
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Teachers’ unions today vehemently criticised a decision made by the Education Ministry to take disciplinary action and fine a teacher who made a statement to the media concerning alleged sexual harassments she had faced.
P. S. M. Palakatiya – a teacher from Mahanama College, Colombo was subjected to a disciplinary inquiry by the Education Ministry, following a statement she made to the media in November 2011, concerning acts of corruption allegedly carried out in the school as well as an incident of se
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| Kosgama OIC interdicted |
| 2013-10-21 |
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The Officer In Charge (OIC) of the Kosgama police station, Thilina Hettiarachi, has been interdicted with immediate effect, the police media unit said today.
According to the police media unit, the OIC was suspended after he had failed to follow the correct procedure when releasing a group of suspects on police bail.
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| Modi says must protect Tamils |
| 2013-10-21 |
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Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi says people of Indian origin are present in several countries and they have to be engaged effectively and taken care of when in trouble like the Tamils in Sri Lanka.
Modi also said that India’s foreign policy should be built on the foundation of our culture, tradition, strength, economy, trade, strategy and security, the Indo Asian News Service reported.
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| Canadian Tamil Tiger extradited to US pleads guilty for abetting LTTE |
| 2013-10-21 |
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A Canadian Tamil Tiger operative extradited to the United States to face charges of supporting the banned terrorist organization, Sri Lanka's Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), has pleaded guilty in Brooklyn, New York, to the charges against him.
The suspect, Piratheepan Nadarajah, 37, from Brampton, Ontario has pleaded guilty last week at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn in New York after admitting to a conspiracy to acquire anti-aircraft missiles and attempting to provide material support including sophisticated
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| Illegal Workers In Saudi Face Blacklisting |
| 2013-10-21 |
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Sri Lankan workers, who continue to work in Saudi Arabia illegally after the amnesty period ends, face being blacklisted.
The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) said that there were 16,000 illegal Sri Lankan workers in the Middle Eastern country, of which 10,000 have returned.
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| Killing Is Not The Solution: Hakeem |
| 2013-10-21 |
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He said this while addressing the General Assembly Sixth Committee, the External Affairs Ministry said.
The Minister was quoted as saying that Sri Lanka has emerged from a 27-year long conflict with a terrorist group that remains proscribed in almost every democracy in the world and which challenged Sri Lanka’s treasured democratic institutions and legal framework.
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| Navy arrest Trinco fishermen |
| 2013-10-21 |
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The Navy arrested 24 fishermen in Trincomalee today for engaging in fishing using illegal equipment.
Navy spokesman Kosala Warnakulasuriya says four boats used by the fishermen were also seized following the arrest.
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