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| Is this not torture |
| 2013-01-03 |
The headline story in yesterday's edition of this paper, titled 'Stripped and assaulted' isn't the kind of stuff you want to hear, when embarking on a new year, with hopes of change and new beginnings. But old ghosts appear to seamlessly segue from the past to the present, reminding us that changes won't happen simply because we wish it, or because we've changed the calendar.
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| Govt. to apply curbs on housemaid jobs |
| 2013-01-02 |
The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE)aims to reduce females migrating for overseas jobs as domestic aides by 80-90 per cent by 2020. “We do not approve females going for overseas work as domestic aides. However, we cannot put a full stop to it immediately. Therefore, we have launched a number of programmes to upgrade their skills and find more gainful employment in specialized vocations,” SLBFE chairman Amal Senalankadikara said.
For many years now, Sri Lanka’s migrant labour force
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| Lanka in fresh bid to save Rizana Nafeek |
| 2013-01-02 |
In a fresh bid to rescue Sri Lankan housemaid Rizana Nafeek sentenced to death, the Sri Lankan External Affairs Minister appealed to his Saudi counterpart to grant her pardon on humanitarian grounds.
According to sources from Colombo, the appeal was made by External Affairs Minister Prof G L Peiris to Saudi Foreign Affairs Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal through the Saudi mission in Colombo.
Sources from Colombo told that the appeal, handed to the Saudi embassy in Colombo, had specifical
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| Leaders And Followers Of What? |
| 2013-01-02 |
Ten thousand of the nation’s bright young men and women who have entered the universities are to undergo compulsory leadership training programmes commencing from January 12, news reports said.
The Ministry of Higher Education is to spend Rs. 200 million on this effort and the 200-million-rupee question that arose in our minds was: Whose leadership are these new undergrads to follow and who would instruct them?
Being a relic of the old school, our thinking is that the best place for training in leadership would be
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| Kili youth move out to see the ‘world’ |
| 2013-01-02 |
The youth of the former war-affected Kilinochchi is now blessed with peace, which has broadened the horizons their future.They were once ruled by the gun, and had no say in their future. Every move depended on the situation prevalent in the Wanni.
Their future was bleak when the war was on. The war had to conclude to create a clear path for them to move forward. It was over in 2009.
Today, the youth and those who are willing to work are blessed with several paths, most of which are new to them.
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| Opening university will be decided after Pongal. |
| 2013-01-02 |
Information received from the Jaffna university arts faculty circles states, the decision to resume operating the university will be decided after Thai Pongal.
Jaffna university students Bawanthan, Tharshanth, Jenemey Jayanth and Solaman were arrested under Terrorism Prevention Law and are detained.
In this state to resume operating the university has become a major problem which currently exists.
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| Forced Reconciliation? |
| 2013-01-02 |
Some of the Tamil females, who were recruited to the army and reportedly suffered mental distress after their training course, are said to have gone back to the camps fully recovered.
Military Spokesperson, Brigadier Ruwan Wanigasooriya, said the women have been cleared by psychiatrist to be in perfect health and fit to continue with their jobs in the army.
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| THE FRIDAY FORUM COMMENTS ON THE NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION : Need to IMPLEMENT LLRC |
| 2013-01-02 |
Over the last two years, the Friday Forum has been engaged with the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) by making submissions to it, commenting on its progress, following up on its interim recommendations and welcoming and making our observations on its final report. In that spirit, and particularly given the openings for reconciliation created by the LLRC Report, the Friday Forum would like to offer constructive criticisms regarding the recently announced National Action Plan to Implement the Recommendations of the LLRC to
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| LTTE cadres to be rehabilitated |
| 2013-01-01 |
A group of former LTTE cadres who were under the detention of the Terrorist Investigation Division of Sri Lanka are to be rehabilitated.
Commissioner General of Rehabilitation Brigadier Darshana Hettiarachchi said that been directed to be rehabilitated.
He added that the group are to be integrated to the society after an year of rehabilitation.
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