Last modified on Sat 22 May 2021 02.17 EDT
One of the world’s largest children’s rights charities has admitted it “made a number of mistakes” when it left Sri Lanka abruptly last year, amid accusations it had misled the public and donors and failed 20,000 vulnerable children in the country.
Former employees and provincial governors who spoke to the Guardian described Plan International’s exit as “irresponsible”, “cynical and indefensible”.
Child sponsors, who provided most of Plan International’s funding in Sri Lanka, said they were “shocked and disappointed” by the charity’s handling of its departure and the lack of transparency over the impact of the move on the children.
By Chandrapradeep
(Lanka-e-News- 14.May.2021, 7.05PM) As revealed by Lanka e News 12th evening, Dharmakeerthi Tharaka Perera Wijesekera alias Kosgoda Tharaka, who was in police custody last morning 13th, has been killed by police assassins belonging to Deshabandu Tennakoon s hit squad.
Common subterfuge..
Police Media Spokesman Attorney at law Ajith Rohana stated that according to the information revealed during the interrogation, the suspect was taken to the Rendapola area in Meerigama this morning, the suspect was shot by the police while attempting to escape from police custody. He was later admitted to the Mirigama Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. Ajith Rohana stated that a police inspector had also been shot during the exchange of fire and the latter had been admitted to the Wathupitiwala Hospital. (Wathupitiwala Hospital is a place where the heads of hospital chiefs lied on behalf of the Rajapaksas about the recent fake clinical trials of Dhammika Peniya) Ajith R
Posted on February 26th, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana
Four police officers – 03 Constables and one Inspector – have been interdicted for allegedly assaulting a law student at the Peliyagoda police station.
Several offices attached to Peliyagoda Police had reportedly assaulted a law student named Migara Gunaratne yesterday (February 25).
The victimized student was identified as the son of former Central Province Governor, President’s Counsel Maithri Gunaratne and the brother of Attorney-at-Law Charitha Gunaratne.
Reports revealed that 10 police officers had assaulted him when he arrived at Peliyagoda Police to visit a suspect detained at the station.
Minister of Public Security Dr. Sarath Weerasekera subsequently directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chandana Wickramaratne to probe the incident and to suspend the officers involved in the assault.
Minister of Justice Ali Sabry yesterday said that his Ministry had nothing to do with the recruitment of quazis for the Muslim quazi court system. There were newspaper advertisements during the last few days announcing vacancies for a number of quazi courts across the country. Sabry made the statement addressing the media in Colombo yesterday. […]
By Rathindra Kuruwita
The National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) had given regulatory clearance for the emergency use of Oxford /AstraZeneca, State Minister Prof. Channa Jayasumana told reporters on Friday (22).
Jayasumana said the vaccine would reach Sri Lanka soon and that it was the first time the NMRA had approved a COVID-19 vaccine.
The State Minister of Pharmaceutical Production, Supply and Regulation said that the NMRA had also received applications to bring down other COVID-19 vaccines.
“We took this decision at a meeting of the NMRA,” he said.
Prof. Jayasumana said COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca was expected to work by preparing the body to defend itself against coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. The virus used proteins on its outer surface, called spike proteins, to enter the body’s cells and cause disease, he added.