Permits to be suspended if dengue breeding grounds found

Indian Fishworkers? Forum to challenge Lankan move

The National Fishworkers? Forum (NFF) in India is planning to approach the International Court of Justice or the United Nations on the Sri Lankan government?s proposed move to draft a bill to impose hefty penalties on foreign vessels poaching in Lanka?s waters, NFF chairperson, M Ilango said. Talking to the New Indian Express, Ilango said that the NFF, along with other representatives of fishermen on coastal regions, will approach the Central government to pursue, through diplomatic channels, a

27 Oct, 2015

Some Tamil political prisoners to get bail

The Sri Lankan government on Monday decided to move court for bail in respect of a section of Tamil prisoners. A decision to this effect was taken at a high level meeting attended by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and Ministers Tilak Marapana (Law and Order and Prison Reforms); Mano Ganesan (National Dialogue) and D.M. Swaminathan (Rehabilitation and Resettlement). The prisoners, numbering 217, have been accused of having indulged in terrorist activities and held under the Prevention of T

27 Oct, 2015

Lanka’s LGBT community cautiously optimistic

Sri Lanka’s LGBT community is?cautiously optimistic of having their rights protected under the new Government, Daily Xtra reported. ?I?m sorry I?m a lesbian,? a Sri Lankan woman says she told her mother, after her sister outed her. ?I was young. I would never say that now,? says the woman, who asked Daily Xtra for confidentiality to avoid the possible repercussions of coming out publicly. In the small island nation of Sri Lanka, life for LGBT people can be a struggle. Like many other South As

28 Oct, 2015