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| Sri Lanka war refugees to get EU help for 4,000 houses |
| 2012-12-15 |
Sri Lanka's war refugees will get 1.9 billion rupees of financial help from the European Union to rebuild 4,000 houses with additional funding from Switzerland and Australia.
A 30-year war in Sri Lanka's north and east ended in 2009.
"By 2015, the EU will have financially assisted 20, Sri Lanka to rebuild their houses, many of whom have endured displacement for over a decade," EU Ambassador Bernard Savage said in a statement.
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| Transparency over oil deals |
| 2012-12-15 |
The Jathika Sevaka Sangamaya (JSS) has demanded transparency from the government in the talks with the
US with regard to the supply of oil to the country.
Expressing his views on the US sanctions on Iran and its implications on Sri Lanka, JSS Secretary Ananda Palitha said, "With the current situation, we will only get one-third of the monthly requirement. We need 190,000 metric tonnes of oil per month, but the supply is only 80,000. It is only a half of the country's requirement.
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| Fishermen do cross IMBL, says Coast Guard officer |
| 2012-12-15 |
Commanding Officer H.H. More wants fishing community to change their mindset
Commanding Officer H.H. More, Coast Guard Station Mandapam, has blamed fishermen for crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) and getting caught by the Sri Lankan Navy for poaching in Sri Lankan waters.
Reacting to the arrest of 40 fishermen from Karaikal and Nagapattinam on December 3 and their release after seven days of detention, Mr. More, talking to The Hindu on Thursday, said the Indian fi
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| Russian assistance to develop Lanka’s nuclear know-how |
| 2012-12-15 |
Sri Lanka and the Russian Federation have agreed to broaden and strengthen bilateral ties and cooperation to develop the Sri Lankan nuclear technology sector.
The two sides agreed to increase ties more than ever before, during a meeting between the Sri Lankan Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka and the Russian ambassador to Sri Lanka Alexander A. Karchawa recently.
As requested by the Minister Ranawaka the Russian government would inform about the assistance to develop La
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| Probationary officers play crucial role in curbing child abuse - Minister |
| 2012-12-15 |
Child Development and Women's Affairs Minister Tissa Karaliyadda while commending the priceless service rendered by child probationary officers, promised to look into their unresolved problems with Cabinet approval.
"The Ministry has identified many problematic areas faced by the 270 probationary officers in the course of their duties throughout the country," the Minister said.
"These issues include the absence of a satisfactory promotion scheme and lack of official t
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| Denial Of Asylum To Bandanage And Framing Of Sivajilingam |
| 2012-12-15 |
M. K. Sivajilingam: Maverick with Backbone and Passport of Captain R. P. W. Bandanage
Canada’s denying asylum to Sri Lanka’s Captain Ravindra Bandanage, 38, made headlines this week. Many have been denied, but Bandanage made news because he claimed being ordered to plant explosives at former TNA parliamentarian M. K. Sivajilingam’s home. This was the first time a senior officer had admitted to planting evidence on opponents and to torture and other crimes by our government against Tamils, although for Tami
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| Concern for independence of the Judiciary |
| 2012-12-14 |
LAWASIA, the Law Association for Asia and the Pacific, has observed with considerable concern developments in Sri Lanka with regard to the impeachment of the Chief Justice.
It notes the view of its member organisation, the Bar Association of Sri Lanka, that the Parliamentary Select Committee appointed to investigate the charges was unconstitutional and that the Chief Justice was denied natural justice by the process of investigation that has now concluded that she is unfit for office.
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| All policy and no principles lead to catastrophe - Basil Fernando |
| 2012-12-14 |
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The SLBC programme inappropriately entitled “People’s Power” is continuing with its misinformation campaign against basic principles of constitutionalism. On the programme that aired on the 13th of December, there were amusing misinterpretations of the constitutional history of the United States, as well as of Sri Lanka. The commentator of this programme, Mr. Rajpal Abeynayake, states that the United States Constitution does not enshrine the judicial review doctrine and that it was brought in later. The United States Constitut
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| 10-year-old raped 20 times |
| 2012-12-14 |
A father, who had allegedly raped his 10-year-old daughter about 20 times, was remanded by the Colombo Magistrate, yesterday.
The suspect was ordered to be remanded till 20 December after the Welikada Police produced him before Colombo Additional Magistrate, Prasanna Alwis.
Police informed Court the child was examined by a Judicial Medical Officer (JMO), and according to the medical report, the girl had been raped about 20 times.
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| SRI LANKANS HEARING MESSAGE - AUSSIE FM; SIX LANKANS ABANDON ASYLUM CLAIMS TO RETURN HOME |
| 2012-12-14 |
Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr leaves on Thursday for visits to Dili and Colombo, and says Sri Lankans are getting the message that economic migrants will be sent home.
Carr says Sri Lankans are getting the message that economic migrants who arrive in Australian waters will be swiftly sent home.
“Every time we send a plane load back, a message goes out to the villages of Sri Lanka,” he told Sky News on Thursday.
“You can pay what is, in
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