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| Controversial Sri Lankan Minister implicated in Councilor's murder fires all his political officials |
| 2013-01-10 |
A controversial Sri Lankan minister implicated in the murder of a ruling party local council member in his electorate has annulled all his political appointments after two of his appointees were arrested by the police over the murder.
Minister of Public Relations Mervyn Silva Wednesday revoked all the political appointments he had given to his subordinates in Gampaha district and ordered them to return their identity cards to his Ministry.
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| TWO ARRESTED FOR DUPING 51 SRI LANKAN REFUGEES |
| 2013-01-10 |
A day after 51 Sri Lankan refugees from various camps in Tamil Nadu were detained at Thekkady in Kerala, two men have been arrested for duping the refugees with the promise of sending them to Australia via Kochi.
While all the detained refugees have been sent to their respective camps, police have launched a hunt for one more person involved in the racket. The arrested were identified as K Uma Ramanan, 27, who also happened to be a Sri Lankan refugee staying in Thiruvathavoor camp and his accomplice Arulseelan, 3
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| Impeachment debate today |
| 2013-01-10 |
The government will go ahead with the impeachment debate as planned today, as the last attempt by the opposition parties to get the debate postponed, failed yesterday.
Accordingly, the vote on the impeachment motion would be taken at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow.
Another meeting of party leaders was held yesterday under the headship of Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa, following a written request made by the opposition parties, the UNP, DNA and the TNA, on the matter.
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| JVP asks for day-long debate on Hakeem’s statement |
| 2013-01-10 |
JVP MP Anura Dissanayaka yesterday requested Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa to allow a day-long debate, in Parliament, on the statement made by Justice Minister Rauff Hakeem with regards to the controversy that has arisen in connection with the entrance examination held to enroll students to the Law College.
The JVP MP said that there was the danger of the issue escalating to a level that could cause ethnic and racial tensions among the various groups in the country and hence needed to be discussed in a transpare
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| No response for visit from Navi |
| 2013-01-10 |
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navaneethan Pillay has yet to respond to the invitation by the Sri Lankan government to visit Sri Lanka and asses the post-conflict situation, despite the two conditions she set out as a preamble for her visit have already been fulfilled.
“When we extended an invitation to her Sri Lanka, taken up last March, she communicated to us that her visit would be most productive if she arrived after the release of the Lessons L
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| Children’s home sex abuse case |
| 2013-01-09 |
A man who was in-charge of a children’s home close to the Mawathagama town had sexually abused a 13-year-old boy over a period of three months. He was arrested by the police.
He was produced before the Pilessa Magistrate and remanded till yesterday.
The suspect was Christopher Fernando (55) of Kuliyapitiya.
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| New set of media ethics being formulated - Dr Charitha Herath |
| 2013-01-10 |
A new set of media ethics is being formulated and now in the final stage, Mass Media and Information Ministry Secretary Dr Charitha Herath said.
He said these ethics which cover all relevant fields are now being edited with the contribution of all stakeholders.
He was addressing one day workshop on teledramas and Policy Formation' at the Centre for Media Development yesterday.
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| Sri Lanka’s LLRC Timeline: Update 1 |
| 2013-01-09 |
In August 2012, Groundviews published a sui generis visual timeline tracing key events and developments around the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), from its inception to the implementation of its action plan, over the next three years. Since its first release around four months ago, we have continued to curate the timeline with relevant information.
Just a cursory glance at the LLRC timeline suggests that the Government is falling very short on actually implementing and delivering the recommen
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| Police, lawyers back scratching gangsters |
| 2013-01-10 |
While unprecedented gangster crimes in the Southern Province were escalating, President’s coordinating secretary, Kithsiri Ganganath Dissanayaka drew attention of the IGP, N.K. Illangskoon to the lawlessness in the province. Subsequently, newly appointed head of Intelligence Division, STF also briefed Illangakoon about the increasing crimes.
IGP office constantly received information about several corrupt Police officers responsible for inactivity against the gangsters with political patronage. When IGP had adequate evidenc
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| Ranjan blame govt for Rizana execution |
| 2013-01-10 |
Opposition Member Ranjan Ramanayake who was among those campaigning for the release of Rizana Nafeek blamed the governemnt for failing to prevent the exeuction.
Mr Ramanayake told a press conference held at the Opposition Leaders Office that if it acted seven years ago and proved that the mistake was on the hands of the people who sent this underage girl she would still be alive.
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