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| No ban on woman going abroad as maids |
| 2013-01-23 |
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Despite pressure from the country’s Women’s rights groups, the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) said it would not suspend the recruitment of Lankan women to work in Saudi Arabia as housemaids.
Women’s Rights Groups recently staged a number of agitation campaigns
demanding the suspension of Lankan women going abroad as housemaids, especially following the beheading of Rizana Nafeek by Saudi Arabia on an allegation of killing a baby she was looking after.
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| Gotabhaya faults US over unfair treatment of Maj. Gen. |
| 2013-01-23 |
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Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa yesterday alleged that the US government was persecuting Sri Lanka on the basis of false information and wrong assumptions.
A case in point was their recent decision to deprive Maj. Gen. Sudantha Ranasinghe of a US military programme on the basis of his being the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 53 Division during eelam war IV, an irate Rajapaksa said. Had the US Embassy inquired from Army Headquarters, Maj. Gen. Ranasinghe could have been cleared to attend the overseas course as he
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| Most non-Buddhists use Buddhist temple land-MR |
| 2013-01-23 |
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that most non-Buddhists were conducting their religious activities in places, which belonged to Buddhist temples or sacred lands.
“The Venerable Buddhist priests have given these lands to non-Buddhists because Buddhism teaches us to give donations. We are ready to donate at any time as Buddhists. The Maha Sanga and all Buddhists are free of no racialism and regionalism,” the president said, addressing an event at the Balapokuna Temple in Kirulapone.
The president’s
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| UNP, JVP to vote against Criminal Procedure Bill |
| 2013-01-23 |
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The United National Party (UNP) and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) said they would be voting against the Code of Criminal Procedure (Special Provisions) Bill which is being presented in Parliament today. Both parties charged that the Bill violates human rights and allows the police to ill-treat suspects taken into custody.
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| Matale mass grave traced to 1987-89 Skeletal remains of 79 persons exhumed |
| 2013-01-23 |
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Human skeletal remains excavated from a mass grave near the Matale Hospital have been preliminary dated to 1987-89 period, when over 60,000 insurgents perished in extra judicial killings by the then government sponsored death squads during the second JVP uprising.
The preliminary date has been given on the basis of bone colouration and typological analysis on the personal items, including some rings found in the grave along with 78 human skulls and skeletal remains of 79 persons, a senior analyst who declined to be named told
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| Stephen Harper reiterates he will boycott Sri Lanka commonwealth summit |
| 2013-01-22 |
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper reiterated January 18 he will be boycotting the Commonwealth heads of meeting to be held in Sri Lanka, the OMNI TV reported. Prime Minister Stephen Harper is set to boycott the 2013 Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka if the island state's government does not improve human rights, according to a statement he made last week.
"I intend to make clear to my fellow leaders at the Commonwealth that if we do not see progress in Sri Lanka in terms of human rights and some of the issues that you rais
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| TNA to take legal action against C-4 drama at the Kilinochchi office |
| 2013-01-22 |
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Deputy Secretary of the TNA, S.V. Sivagnanam has said that legal action would initiate against the arrest of the TNA’s Kilinochchi District organizer, Velamaligeethan. He has made these comments in response to the allegation by the Terrorism Investigations Department (TID) that equipment including C-4 explosives had been discovered in the TNA’s Kilinochchi office.
The TID stated that C-4 explosives were found from TNA MP. S. Sritharan’s office in Kilinochchi when about 25 personnel from the TID had carried ou
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| Recall of Sri Lanka Ambassador to Saudi Arabia |
| 2013-01-22 |
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The so called recall of Sri Lanka Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and sorry status of affairs of the Ministry of External Affairs of Sri Lanka
There was much hue and cry about a “recalling” of Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Mr. Ahmed Jawad, to protest against the imposed death sentence to Rizana Nafeek by Saudi authorities.
However, our External Affairs Ministry sources say that this was yet another Rajapakse gimmick to cheat Sri Lankan public who were very angry with the government which did n
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| Many Lankans jailed in Saudi prisons – SL ambassador to Saudi Arabia |
| 2013-01-22 |
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The Sri Lankan Ambassador to Saudi Arabia said that 440 Sri Lankans are currently jailed in 16 prisons in Saudi Arabia.
He added that 101 Sri Lankans are jailed at the Malaas Prison in Saudi Arabia alone.
He further noted that they were imprisoned on several charges namely, murder, theft, corruption and over the illegal sale of alcohol.
He also said that however, no Sri Lankan is currently faced with a death penalty or lifetime imprisonment.
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| Ayurvedic doctors launch trade union action |
| 2013-01-22 |
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An indefinite trade union action has been launched by the ayurvedic doctors.
The Secretary of the All Ceylon Ayurvedic Medical Officers' Association said that the officers resorted to trade union action amidst political threats to protest against the transfer system implemented on the ayurvedic doctors.
He said that transfers have been enforced in a haphazard manner by the the central government and local government bodies and that doctors have to work in different locations with inadequate facilities sala
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