Janaka Bandara remanded till October 20

Education Minister orders full report on students misbehaving

Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam today ordered a full report on students who misbehaved during the school ‘big match’ season. A statement by the Education Ministry said that?Kariyawasam has called for disciplinary action to be taken on the students. Students attached to Mahanama College in Colombo were accused of misbehaving after entering two girl’s schools in Colombo while parading for the school big match. Police spokesman Priyantha Jayakody said that several students had been id

23 Mar, 2017

Speaker warns MPs over their conduct in Parliament

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya today warned Members of Parliament (MPs) over their conduct in?the House. The Speaker said that MPs must respect Parliament and other MPs when making statements in Parliament. He said that he had reviewed the hansard of Parliament proceedings held on Wednesday and found that some MPs had made unacceptable comments on Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesighe. Jayasuriya said that he had warned the MPs after going through the hansard of the proceedings. He said that the Stand

24 Mar, 2017

OHCHR needs $362,000 to implement Sri Lanka resolution

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) would require?$362,000 to implement the new resolution on?Sri Lanka. The Secretary of the Human Rights Council said that in order to implement the requests contained in draft resolution A/HRC/34/L.1, one-time resources would be required between 2018-2019. Under the draft resolution six missions will need to be undertaken to Colombo of 14 days each by?OHCHR Geneva-based staff with expertise in various thematic areas, including transit

23 Mar, 2017