…and move to license poaching in northern waters The Sectoral Committee on International Relations should examine the highly contentious proposal to regulate Indian poaching in Sri Lankan waters. Talks are continuing on the setting up of a licensing system to address a long standing problem. The intensity of poaching has only increased since the conclusion […]
By Rathindra Kuruwita The Ministry of Health had sought to deny allegations that it was planning to buy Ganciclovir and Linezolid injections at ten times their market price, but the Minister of Health had cancelled the tender, College of Medical Laboratory Science (CMLS) President, Ravi Kumudesh said. Despite the Ministry’s denial of the allegations, the […]
By Dinasena Ratugamage Tamil Nadu Police on Wednesday arrested three asylum seekers from Jaffna as they had criminal records in Sri Lanka.The three men reached India aboard a fishing vessel and faced an interview. The officials became suspicious of the youth and sought information about them from Sri Lankan authorities.
By Saman Indrajith Colombo District SJB MP S.M. Marikkar says reforms proposed by the National Delimitation Committee to the electoral system will create further divisions in society on the basis of race, religion and caste.Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, MP Marikkar said that the National Delimitation Committee headed by former Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya had […]
Minister of Justice, Prisons Affairs and Constitutional Reforms, Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe yesterday said the presentation of the Anti Terrorism Act (ATA) to Parliament would be postponed until the end of April due to requests from political parties and civil society organisations opposed to the proposed law. The Minister said that by delaying the presentation of the […]