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Zero draft of the resolution provided to Geneva based diplomatic missions by Sri Lanka core group titled Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka  has not taken any of the major the recommendations made by the Human Rights High Commissioner in her report to the 46th sessions of the UNHRC which starts next Monday. Operational […]

by Basil Fernando In 2008, an incident took place at a panel discussion organized by the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation. Three panelists were invited by the producer of the programme , ‘Ira Anduru Pata’ to comment on the new set of regulations called ‘Private Television Broadcasting Regulations of 2007’ issued and published in the Gazette

The Burma (now Myanmar) was a British colony and the style of the British administration had been introduced also to that country. Around the same time as India and Sri Lanka, Myanmar also gained its independence. Prior to the independence, a leadership emerged from among the freedom fighters of Myanmar who were preparing themselves to

A parliamentary committee has expressed strong displeasure over the work of the National Institute for the Protection of Children in Sri Lanka, where a child is abused every two hours. National Child Protection aims to formulate a National Policy on the Prevention of Child Abuse and the Protection and Treatment of Children Abused Although more

The Sri Lanka Web Journalists Association is disappointed by the government’s attempt to restructure the Sri Lanka Press Council to include electronic, print and new media and to act as a tribunal for journalists and media institutions. We acknowledge that there should be regulatory process for media in Sri Lanka as in other democracies. However,

Supreme Court of Sri Lanka ruled on 12th February 2021 that the teacher-in-charge of discipline of Puhulwella Central College of Matara district is guilty of violating the fundamental rights of a student by beating a student and causing a ruptured eardrum. Accordingly, the teacher was ordered to pay Rs. 150,000 personally while the government was

SC holds corporal punishment in schools is unlawful after teacher’s slap across the ear

Minister of Labor Mr. Nimal Siripala de Silva last decided on December 22 to give estate employers a week to make the final decision to increase the minimum daily wage of estate workers to Rs. 1,000 as per the 2021 budget proposals. Nimal Siripala de Silva, Minister of Labor, Jeevan Thondaman, Minister of State, Wadiwel

There are only few days to end 2020.  Beginning of this year, on the 19th of January, we heard the sad news that a police officer had accidentally fired a gun at a monk who was walking down the street and died. However, the situation has now reached a critical level.  The number of suspects