Isolation status enforced on a number of areas lifted

Government against all forms of trafficking

The Government says it adopts a zero tolerance policy towards all forms of human trafficking and endeavours to address this phenomenon through prevention, protection, prosecution and punishment, and promotion of international cooperation, in line with the UN Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons. Sri Lanka informed the UN Human Rights Council at its ongoing 23rd session that it has enacted legislation to make trafficking a very serious offence under the Penal Code, which embodie

29 May, 2013

Mother and child killed in accident

A mother and child succumbed to their injuries following an accident in Mawathagama last evening, the police media unit said today. The accident took place when a car veered off the road and crashed into the front porch of a house where the mother and child were seated. The accident had taken place along the Kandy – Kurunegala road at the Kahagolla junction. A 47 year old woman and her 9 year old daughter sustained serious injuries in the accident and were admitted to hospital. They succumbed to

29 May, 2013

Ex Indian officers jailed in IPKF food case

More than quarter century after it was found that Indian troops which were part of the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) in Sri Lanka were served with poor quality tinned food purchased in violation of army protocol, a CBI court in India has sentenced a major-general and a major, both now retired, to two-year jail term, the Times of India reported. Special judge for CBI cases Paramaraj, found major general (retd.) A K Gupta and major (retd.) S S Kadian guilty of placing orders with a Margoa-base

30 May, 2013