Price of bakery products increased

Malaysian court sets date to consider bail for three accused linked to LTTE

The Malacca Sessions Court in Malaysia has set Monday (Dec 16) to hear applications for bail filed by two assemblymen and the chief executive officer of a corporation who were charged with supporting the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) terrorist group in November last year, Bernama reported. Judge Elesabet Paya Wan made the decision to allow the prosecution to file counter-affidavit against the three notices submitted by the defence. Earlier, counsels Damian Yeo Shen Li who is represen

12 Dec, 2019

Duties and functions of new Ministries gazetted

The gazette notification proclaiming the relevant duties and functions of the new Ministries has been published. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa issued the relevant gazette (Extraordinary) yesterday (10), the Government said today. The number of Ministers and Ministries, duties, functions, departments, public corporations and statutory bodies under the relevant Ministers have been gazetted in accordance with Article 43/1 and Article 46/1 of the Constitution. Accordingly, the duties, functions, a

11 Dec, 2019

Media accused of blatantly violating media ethics and right to privacy

The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) is deeply concerned with recent events in the aftermath of the incident in which an employee of the Embassy of Switzerland in Sri Lanka was allegedly abducted, sexually harassed, and questioned by unidentified persons regarding embassy related matters, on or about the 27th of November 2019. Whilst it is too early to comment on official processes underway investigating these incidents, CPA is alarmed with the conduct of several media institutions, includi

11 Dec, 2019