Nushad Perera to head Lanka Sathosa

Global charity accused of abandoning children in Sri Lanka

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, The Guardian reported. 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 L

22 May, 2021

Mandarin plaque removed from AG?s Department

A plaque placed in the premises of the Attorney General?s (AG) Department has been removed following an uproar as it had wordings in English, Sinhalese and Mandarin and not Tamil. The AG’s Department today announced that the plaque was removed as it did not have wordings in Tamil. The plaque was placed following the opening of an electronic library constructed with Chinese funding at the new building of the AG?s Department. AG Dappula de Livera and the Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Qi Zhenh

22 May, 2021

AG’s Department under fire over plaque in Chinese language

The Attorney General’s (AG) Department has come under fire over a plaque placed in the premises in the Chinese language Mandarin. The plaque was placed following the opening of an electronic library constructed with Chinese funding at the new building of the AG’s Department. AG Dappula de Livera and the Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Qi Zhenhong unveiled the plaque recently. “It’s an internal E-Library in the AG’s Department, funded by the Government and People of China. Chinese language is

22 May, 2021