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| Wildlife officers abduct cops, 2 others |
| 2013-01-25 |
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Wildlife officers have abducted two policemen and two others who were involved in a raid on a ganja plantation in the Udawalawe national park today, the police media unit said this evening.
The police said that the policemen were part of a 22 member police team involved in the raid at the park.
After locating one ganja plantation two policemen were stationed at that location with weapons while the others proceeded to another location in the park to look for more ganja plantations.
The police media unit sai
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| Corruption rampant in Education sector – CTU |
| 2013-01-25 |
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Uniform material, poor in quality and short in length have been distributed among schools, the treasurer of the Ceylon Teachers' Union (CTU), Nishantha Deshapriya, charged yesterday, claiming that children have been given sub-standard, transparent material to stitch uniforms.
"Uniform materials should be given to children before the new term starts, but they were given to students only recently. Two and a half metres are not enough for some children and this particular material is not available in the market,&qu
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| Sri Lanka protests US ban on military officer |
| 2013-01-25 |
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The US has refused training for a Sri Lankan general in a move that undermined military cooperation and prompted Colombo to turn to China and other nations for help, a top defence official said on Thursday.
Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse said US authorities had refused to enrol Major-General Sudantha Ranasinghe and Colombo was concerned that the decision was based on “wrong information”.
He did not give details of the course the officer had been nominated to follow, but said he would take up
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| Sri Lanka Army Wants Local Rules for Civil War |
| 2013-01-25 |
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Sri Lanka's military on Thursday asked the government to introduce its own rules to deal with civil wars, saying existing international humanitarian laws cover only state actors and not terrorist organizations.
The country's armed forces face numerous human rights allegations and possible war crimes for their conduct during a decades-long civil war with separatist Tamil Tiger rebels that ended in 2009.
The suggestion is part of the military's response to a call to implement a war commission report that s
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| SLA hands over report on LLRC recommendations to Secretary Defence |
| 2013-01-25 |
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The report on recommendations of the Board of Officers appointed by the commander of the army, on implementation of the recommendations made by the the LLRC was officially handed over to the Secretary of Defence and Urban Development Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa today morning (24th January) at the ministry premises.
Taking cognizance of the recommendations made by the LLRC, the commander of the Army had appointed a board of officers to study the LLRC report and identify areas which are relevant to the field of Army, and to formulate a via
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| Sri Lanka sets 25 year minimum age for maids to Saudi |
| 2013-01-25 |
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Sri Lanka has set a minimum age of 25 years for women seeking to work as maid in Saudi Arabia and 23 years for another seven Middle Eastern countries, information minister Keheliya Rambukwelle said.The requirement comes after an under-age Sri Lankan maid was beheaded in Saudi Arabia after being convicted in a court where she had no legal representation, when a child in her care died apparently while drinking milk.
The cabinet of ministers had also approved a minimum age of 21 years for maid for Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Cyprus
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| Cop, teacher remanded over arson attack |
| 2013-01-25 |
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A police constable, attached to Sewanagala police and his paramour, a teacher of Thanamallwila Maha Vidyala, were arrested on January 21 and remanded till January 31 for setting fire to a cab and a house following a rift between the cab owner and the teacher.
The constable and teacher were produced before the Wellawaya Magistrate on Tuesday. Reliable sources said that the teacher had earlier been having an affair with the cab owner before he got married a few months ago and that had caused the rift.
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| Positive response from Pres. Secretariat - PTUA |
| 2013-01-25 |
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Professional Trade Union Alliance (PTUA) of Railway employees said that they have got positive response from Presidential Secretariat Lalith Weeratunga regarding their salary issues and are due to hold another discussion with President Secretary and other officials on 28 January.
Convener of PTUA of railway employees Janaka Fernando told Ceylon Today that Presidential Secretariat Lalith Weeratunga had instructed the officials of salary commission to take necessary action to increase the salaries of railway employees, dur
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| “Vishvaroopam” screening suspended |
| 2013-01-25 |
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The Sri Lankan Government has decided to suspend the screening of “Vishvaroopam”, the upcoming Indian spy thriller film written, directed and co-produced by Indian Actor Kamal Haasan, sighting it would lead to tension among communities.
Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday banned the screening of Kamal Hassan's "Vishwaroopam" following strong protests from various Muslim organisations over alleged depiction of their community in a negative light.
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| UK Minister meets Lankan envoy |
| 2013-01-25 |
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British Foreign office Minister Alistair Burt met the Sri Lankan High Commissioner in London Chris Nonis and discussed his scheduled visit to Sri Lanka.
Burt, who is due in the country next week, said that following his Sri Lanka visit he will be having a live discussion on Twitter regarding Sri Lanka.
He also tweeted saying that the UK is looking towards the Sri Lankan government to uphold the values o the Commonwealth as host of the 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting.
In Sri Lanka, Burt is al
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