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| Protestors against private pension Bill block Colombo- Katunayake main road |
| 2011-05-24 |
Factories in the free trade zone in Katunayake were affected yesterday when a majority of their workers staged a walkout in protest against the proposed private sector pension bill.
A large number of workers from the apparel sector walked out after they reported to work and then staged a protest along the Canada Friendship access road to the airport. Later they reached the 18th milepost junction on the Colombo-Katunayake main road compelling many passengers going to the Katunayake Bandaranaike International Airport to use alternate r
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| Military training to university students is a violation of their freedom conscience |
| 2011-05-23 |
University student is essentially a person who is expected to question authority and to look at things rationally and critically. Therefore Centre for Human rights (CHR) believes that the decision taken by the government to give 'leadership training' to university entrants in military installations and by predominantly military personnel is a violation of accepted norms.
CHR Director Rajitha Keerthi Tennakoon states that the Sri Lankan higher education system was influenced by Buddhism which encou
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| Threats to man who filed FR case on cops |
| 2011-05-23 |
A man who had filed an FR case against Mirihana police alleging various cruel tortures, including suffocation using chili powder, had said that he had got threats after he filed the application to the Supreme Court. The victim, Weheragedara Ranjith Sumanagala of Kindelpitiya, Millewa said he received threats when the Supreme Court which went through his petition had directed the Attorney General to provide instructions expeditiously due to the serious injuries sustained by the petitioner during the alleged police torture.
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| Government mulls review of PTA - AG |
| 2011-05-23 |
The government was mulling a review of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) along with all other emergency regulations, Attorney General Mohan Peiris said yesterday.
Mr. Peiris told Daily Mirror that the government was yet to take any final decision in this regard.
“It is under consideration. Nothing has been finalized yet. We are looking at the clauses of the emergency regulations that can be done away with or retained further,” he said.
Asked about the PTA, he said, “All the emergency
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| Emergency out due Indian knuckle-wrap |
| 2011-05-22 |
The government is contemplating doing away with the Emergency Regulations, informed sources said.
A senior government minister told LAKBIMAnEWS that the government has been considering dispensing with Emergency Regulations which have been in existence for the greater part of the past three decades.
He said that if the government is able to do away with the Emergency, it would also facilitate the clearing the air in respect of issues concerning the country’s image.
The government’s new thinking c
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| UN: Only Lanka or inter-govt. agency can request probe |
| 2011-05-22 |
Alleged war crimes
The UN Secretary General’s office has reiterated that the responsibility to probe alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka lies primarily with Sri Lanka and the UNSG will not launch its own investigation unless Sri Lanka or an inter-governmental agency makes a request.
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s position was clarified by his spokesman Martin Nesirky at Friday noon’s news conference in New York.
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| IUSF accuses SB of flouting Court order - |
| 2011-05-22 |
he Inter University Students’ Federation yesterday accused Higher Education Minister S.B. Dissanayake of contravening Friday’s Supreme Court directive staying the launch of a three-week training programme for university entrants in military, cadet and police training facilities.
But the Higher Education Ministry said there was no such order. What the court asked the Attorney General to do was ``consider’’ directing the ministry and the UGC to postpone the programme for at least a week. A spokes
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| Private pension: Protests mounting |
| 2011-05-21 |
Unions yesterday vowed to continue with their trade union action to prevent the government from establishing the controversial pension scheme for private sector employees despite the Bill not being taken up in parliament next Tuesday as planned.
The Joint Trade Union Alliance (JTUA) said they would continue as planned with walk outs and protest campaigns next Tuesday to protest against the establishment of the Employee Pension Benefit Fund (EPBF) bill. The Alliance said they had collected about 100,000 signatures for
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| Training for university entrants challenged in Court |
| 2011-05-20 |
Development Training Programme’ was not relevant at all to the courses of studies the students would follow at the universities. They said they had not been informed this requirement when they sat he GCE Advanced Level Examination in 2010.
A Higher Education Ministry decision to make it mandatory for students entering universities to undergo a leadership training at military camps was challenged in the Supreme Court yesterday.
The petition was filed by Students for Human Rights, of Colombo 12.
The petitio
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| Helping 12 persons out of SL: Govt. summons Norwegian envoy |
| 2011-05-20 |
A senior government source alleged that the latest incident would be detrimental to an ongoing initiative to enhance bilateral relations.
Authoritative sources say Amunugama had expressed concern over the alleged involvement of Colombo-based Norwegian diplomatic staff in the clandestine operation. Ambassador Haraldstad was told that a statement attributed to former Norwegian peace envoy, Minister Erik Solheim, which endorsed the actions of the embassy staff wasn’t acceptable. Minister Solheim went to the extent of
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