Arjun Aloysius’s private secretary appears before commission

Delimitation report to be gazetted in one month

Provincial Councils Minister?Faizer Mustapha has informed court today through his lawyer, that the delimitation report will to be gazetted in one month. The report by the?Delimitation Committee?was handed over to Mustapha by the chairman of the committee Ashoka Peiris on January 17. The report was signed by all members of the?Committee and was to?be gazetted once some typing errors were rectified. The Ministry of Local Government appointed the five-member committee on 1st December 2015 to loo

30 Jan, 2017

India urged to sponsor resolution on Sri Lanka at UNHRC

As a regular session of the United Nations Human Rights Council is set to meet in Geneva in March, the leader of the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi in India?Thol. Thirumavalavan urged the Indian Government to sponsor a resolution at the council that would ensure that there is an international investigation led by international judges into the alleged war crimes in the final stages of the civil war in Sri Lanka in 2009. He said that VCK, SDPI, Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi, Tamil nationalist part

31 Jan, 2017

DS officers in Gampaha skip work in protest against Ranjan

Officers of the Gampaha District Secretariat refrained from work today in protest against Deputy Minister Ranjan Ramanayake. Ramanayake had last week verbally abused the Divulapitiya Divisional Secretary. Ramanayake had verbally abused Divulapitiya Divisional Secretary M.M.S Herath over an incident involving soil excavation. Local television captured the Deputy Minister exchanging harsh words with the Divisional Secretary. Herath later told a private television station she was ready to step

30 Jan, 2017