By Namini Wijedasa
Moves are afoot to remove Dr Rupesinghe via a Cabinet paper from Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa’s office, in his capacity as Cultural Affairs Minister // Dr Rupesinghe has received backing of academics, researchers and practitioners who have benefited from the changes she introduced at the instituteView(s):
The Department of National Archives is embroiled in controversy over allegations that copies of historical Dutch records in the custody of the institution have been sold to outsiders.
The accusations mostly target the Department’s Director General, Nadeera Rupesinghe, a young historian educated in the Netherlands, who senior staff insist has been tirelessly streamlining and modernising the institution. A three-member committee appointed by the Cultural Affairs Ministry earlier last year to investigate the claims first made in 2018 by three employees of the same Department found no evidence of malpractice.
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By Namini Wijedasa
The Department of National Archives is embroiled in controversy over allegations that copies of historical Dutch records in the custody of the institution have been sold to outsiders.
The accusations mostly target the Department’s Director General, Nadeera Rupesinghe, a young historian educated in the Netherlands, who senior staff insist has been tirelessly streamlining and modernising the institution. A three-member committee appointed by the Cultural Affairs Ministry earlier last year to investigate the claims first made in 2018 by three employees of the same Department found no evidence of malpractice.
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and the Commission to Investigation Allegations of Bribery and Corruption have also inquired, taking lengthy statements from Dr Rupesinghe and other staff, as well as written representation.