SLFP PC member sworn in as WPC Health Minister

Canberra denies Sri Lanka people-smuggling report

The Gillard government has flatly denied a news report that a senior Sri Lankan government official was suspected by Australian authorities to have been complicit in the people-smuggling trade. The Australian reported Friday that intelligence agencies had identified a high-profile Sri Lankan official close to President Mahinda Rajapaksa who had authorised asylum-seeker boats leaving Sri Lanka bound for Australia. But a spokesman for Foreign Minister Bob Carr said the claims were untrue. ”There i

01 Feb, 2013

Madras Court to hear case on LTTE ban

The Madras High Court on Monday ordered notice on a writ petition by MDMK general secretary Vaiko, challenging an order of the Tribunal under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act confirming the Centre?s notification declaring the LTTE as an unlawful association. He also challenged the publication of the tribunal?s decision in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette dated January 4, 2013. The First Bench of Acting Chief Justice Elipe Dharma Rao and Justice Aruna Jagadeesan posted the matter for fur

29 Jan, 2013

Dilan says no move to ban maids to Lebanon

Sri Lanka?s plan to ban women travelling abroad to work in menial jobs excludes Lebanon, a Sri Lankan government minister said Thursday in Beirut, as the two countries draft an agreement over the issue. ?[There is] no ban on the travel of domestic workers and Sri Lankan labor to Lebanon, on the contrary we are working to better the conditions of their experiences here and raise the age of those with the right to travel from 21 to 23,? Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment and Social Services

01 Feb, 2013