Mother and daughter arrested with Ice drugs at BIA

Boys forced into prostitution

The U.S State Department?s annual report on human trafficking says in Sri Lanka boys are still more likely than girls to be forced into prostitution in coastal areas for domestic child sex tourism. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton released the report, Tuesday, which placed Sri Lanka on Tier 2 among countries whose governments do not fully comply with the minimum standards to counter human trafficking, but are making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with those standards.

20 Jun, 2012

Police block demo in Jaffna

The police obstructed a protest march in Jaffna today which was staged against the alleged forced occupation of civilian land by the military. According to the media in Jaffna, over 200 people took part in the protest march including Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Jaffna district parliamentarian Mavai Senathirajah. The demonstrators were obstructed halfway through the rally by the police while they were heading towards the Tellippalai secretariat. A tense situation then arose between the polic

19 Jun, 2012

CEB unions threaten to strike

Trade unions attached to the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) have threatened to go on strike in the event the government fails to address some of their issues. CEB Trade Union member Ranjan Jayalal said that the government must address the salary anomalies issue of the CEB staff without further delay. The CEB staff took to the streets today and protested outside the CEB head office demanding the attention of the Power and Energy Ministry, Finance Ministry and CEB management on the issue. Jayal

20 Jun, 2012