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| Women over sixty to seventy years of age are being raped and murdered – Karu Jayasuriya |
| 2012-11-22 |
Convening a media briefing Tuesday UNP Parliamentarian Karu Jayasuriya said that the law is not being properly implemented due to the abrogation of the 17th Amendment to the Constitution.
''Women over sixty to seventy years of age are being raped and murdered. The country has fallen to this level today. People's mentality has reached a level where they dismember, decapitate and disrobe people and then murder them.''
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| Human Rights Action Plan in the making |
| 2012-11-22 |
The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka is taking steps to prepare a Human Rights Action Plan.
Commissioner, Dr. Prathiba Mahanamahewa said that more weight will be given to the suggestions made by civil organisations.
The plan will be implemented at divisional level, commencing from the Kandy District.
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| Government's lies cannot stop 4th December action |
| 2012-11-22 |
The claim the government makes that all arrears had been paid is a blatant lie and such lies cannot stop the strike action scheduled to be held on 4th December says the General Secretary of the Lanka Teacher Services Union (LTSU) Mahinda Jayasinghe.
Speaking at a media conference held by the Joint Trade Union Committee of Teachers and Principals at Hotel Nippon in Colombo today (21st) Mr. Jayasinghe said the President, presenting the budget for 2013, said all teachers’ arrears had been paid while, Minister
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| University enrollment from March |
| 2012-11-22 |
University enrollment from March
Higher Education Minister S. B. Dissanayake today in Parliament stated that 2011 Advance Level students who were aggrieved due to issues in the calculation of “Z scores” would be enrolled in the Universities from March 15, 2013.
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| Two prison escapees still missing |
| 2012-11-22 |
Two of the 11 escapees from Welikada Prison, who fled the prison riot and are still missing, are said to be hardcore criminals.
A high ranking prison official said 38-year-old Guruwilage Gunatillake was serving a four-year sentence, after being convicted for several robberies in the Avissawella area. He has five more cases. currently being taken up at the Pugoda and Avissawella courts. He commenced his jail
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| Seven escapees bailed out |
| 2012-11-22 |
Seven inmates, who were arrested after escaping during the Welikada Prison riot, were ordered to be released under two personal bails of Rs 100,000 each, yesterday.
Accordingly, Weerakkodi Desmond Upali Silva, Amarasinghe Arachchilage Sameera Amarasinghe, Liyanaarachilage Ivan, Uduwaduge Asantha Madawitha Vithanage Udhisa Dhamal Perera, Kuruvitaarachilage Ajith Manju Kumara and Hewbatege Kushan Sarada (Channa) were given bail.
The Additional Magistrate has ordered to recall the case on
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| Two prison escapees still missing |
| 2012-11-22 |
Two of the 11 escapees from Welikada Prison, who fled the prison riot and are still missing, are said to be hardcore criminals.
A high ranking prison official said 38-year-old Guruwilage Gunatillake was serving a four-year sentence, after being convicted for several robberies in the Avissawella area. He has five more cases. currently being t
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| Present in Person |
| 2012-11-22 |
Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake will on Friday appear before the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC), appointed to probe charges against her, Parliamentary sources said.
The 11-member PSC, which met Wednesday (14) for the first time, decided that she should be present in person to answer charges of improper conduct or conduct unbecoming of a person holding the office of the Chief Justice, invol
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