Booster shots for frontline workers from November

Distribution of domestic gas cylinders temporarily suspended

The distribution of domestic gas cylinders has been temporarily suspended. The Consumer Affairs Authority said that it has informed both Litro Gas and Laugfs Gas to suspend the distribution of gas cylinders. Litro Gas confirmed it that it has temporarily suspended the distribution of domestic gas cylinders around the island. The decision was taken as more incidents of leaking gas cylinders were reported around the country. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has already appointed a committee to stu

03 Dec, 2021

UN expert concerned over caste-based discrimination in Sri Lanka

A visiting UN expert has raised concerns over caste-based discrimination in Sri Lanka, saying the silence on the issue must be broken. Tomoya Obokata, the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, said in a?statement?today that he was concerned about links between labour exploitation and discrimination based on gender, age, ethnicity, caste, class and other grounds. “It is high time to end the persisting discriminatory attitudes and practices which are at the core of forced labou

03 Dec, 2021

Rohingya sue Facebook for ?150bn over Myanmar hate speech

Dozens of Rohingya refugees in the UK and US have sued Facebook, accusing the social media giant of allowing hate speech against them to spread. They are demanding more than $150bn (?113bn) in compensation, claiming Facebook’s platforms promoted violence against the persecuted minority. An estimated 10,000 Rohingya Muslims were killed during a military crackdown in Buddhist-majority Myanmar in 2017. Facebook, now called Meta, did not immediately respond to the allegations. The company is acc

07 Dec, 2021