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| Sri Lankan boat people to be deported within 72 hours, says Aussie FM |
| 2012-12-18 |
Australia and Sri Lanka formalized cooperation here on Monday to combat illegal immigration that has seen nearly 3 000 local arrests this year by returning boat people within 72 hours, officials said.
Australian Foreign Minister Robert Carr, who arrived in Sri Lanka on Friday, holding a joint press conference with his counterpart Prof. G.L. Peiris insisted that tough policies would be put in place to combat people smugglers.
He insisted that under a new policy by the Australian governme
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| Australia, Sri Lanka agree on four-point plan to curb human smuggling |
| 2012-12-18 |
Australia and Sri Lanka have agreed on a four-point plan to fight people smuggling, the Australian High Commission in Colombo said Monday.
The High Commission said that Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr, who ended a trip to Sri Lanka Monday, announced that the plan is to be discussed with the Sri Lankan government and naval authorities.
The plan includes increased on-water co-operation, intelligence sharing and reducing incentives for smuggling ventures.
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| Paramedics threaten 48-hour strike from Tuesday |
| 2012-12-18 |
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The Sri Lanka Association of Government Medical Laboratory Technologists, Sri Lanka Association of Government Occupational Therapists, Government X-ray Technical Officers’ Association and Government Physiotherapists Association and Society of Government Pharmacists will launch a 48-hour taken strike on December 18 commencing 8.00 unless the Health Ministry takes immediate action to hold a meeting with the Finance Ministry Secretary Dr. P. B. Jayasundara to resolve some of their core issues, Professions Supplementary to Medicine Federation
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| Tamils Opting Out Of Sri Lanka? |
| 2012-12-18 |
Sri Lankan Ambassador to America, Jaliya Wickramasuriya, has described the paramount service the nation expects: to share the correct story about the motherland.
I am therefore trying to portray the true Tamil lot – zero. Development is skewed, with a view to colonizing our homelands. Government thinking towards Tamils is flawed: that in recent elections, we Tamils were being offered political rights by the TNA and economic rights by the UPFA, and that we chose the former.
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| Nurses to strike on Wednesday |
| 2012-12-17 |
The nurses attached to all the government hospitals in the country will go on strike on Wednesday, the Government Nursing Officers' Association (GNOA), said yesterday.
GNOA President, Saman Rathnapriya said, the nurses have not been granted their demands yet and, therefore, will go ahead with the decision to strike.
Their demands include: Recruiting only graduates; cancel the gazette issued by the Health Ministry on 5 October to allow the Provincial
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| Bank manager arrested for giving contract to kill sister, sister-in-law ‘Kahawatte style’ |
| 2012-12-18 |
The Colombo Crimes Division has arrested a manager of a bank for giving a contract to kill his sister and sister in law and burn them to ashes so that there would be no evidence left.
The lives of the two women had been saved by a tip-off the CCD received from a disabled soldier, police said.
According to police investigations, the suspect is from Horana. He had first given the contract to kill his sister and his wife’s sister to a soldier who had lost his legs in the Mavil Aru ba
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| Harsha raises fresh poser on Krrish deal |
| 2012-12-18 |
Asks if Indian firm will pay $ 500 m by 31 December as per revised agreement; warns failure must force Govt. to cancel lease
UNP MP Dr. Harsha de Silva yesterday raised a fresh poser on Krrish Group’s mega project, asking if the Indian firm would pay the $ 500 million by 31 December 2012 as per the revised agreement, adding that if not the Government should cancel the lease.
It was recently revealed in Parliament that the Government had entered into an agreement with a relatively unknown entity ca
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| “Motor vehicle duty found nowhere in the world” |
| 2012-12-18 |
Indian vehicle dealers in Sri Lanka say Sri Lanka suffered a drop of nearly 50% in sales due to sudden high duty introduced in April and then the CESS increase after the November budget for below 1000cc vehicles.
Associated Motorways Pvt Ltd (AMW) Managing Director Samantha Rajapaksa said, “There is definitely a slowdown as a 100% high duty was imposed on motor vehicles in April 2012. Additionally, the November budget imposed a CESS increase on vehicles less than on Indian vehicl
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| AUSTRALIA, SRI LANKA TO BOOST NAVAL TIES By South Asia Correspondent Michael Edwards, ABC |
| 2012-12-17 |
Australia and Sri Lanka will boost their naval and intelligence ties in a bid to crack down on people smuggling.
Foreign Minister Bob Carr, who is visiting Sri Lanka, says there has been afor travel to Australia.
He says Australia will provide surveillance equipment and training to the Sri Lankan navy, as well as sharing intelligence on people smuggling networks.
"You've got to have these tough countermeasures in place to send a message that breaks th
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| More former LTTE cadres to be integrated into society |
| 2012-12-17 |
The Rehabilitation Commissioner's Office has taken steps to integrate 28 former LTTE cadres back into society.
Commissioner General of Rehabilitation Brigadier Darshana Hettiarachchi said that 48 others will be integrated into society on Christmas Eve and on December 30.
The Commissioner General said 770 former LTTE cadres are currently being rehabilitated in several centres in Vavuniya.
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