Cabinet approves special High Court to expedite cases on fraud

UK exporting arms to Sri Lanka

The UK government has approved more than 3,000 export licences for military sales to countries which it believes have questionable records on human rights including Sri Lanka. A BC report quoted the House of Commons Committees on Arms Export Controls as saying the value of the existing export licences to the 27 countries in question exceeds ?12bn. The chairman, Conservative MP Sir John Stanley, said he was astonished at the scale and value of the licences. Arms licences to Sri Lanka included pis

17 Jul, 2013

Nurses strike a flop says Ministry

The Ministry of Health says the strike launched today by nurses in support of a trade union was unsuccessful. The Government Nursing Officers Association launched the strike this morning over various demands. However according to a Health Ministry spokesman 90 percent of the nurses had turned up for work at state hospitals around the country. The spokesman said that Directors at all state hospitals had confirmed the attendance of the nurses and said that activities at the hospitals were not affe

17 Jul, 2013

Sri Lankans arrested in UK

Five male illegal workers were detained by the UK Home Office Immigration Enforcement officers in Blackpool, England, following an operation at two restaurants in the area. Among the five were two Sri Lankan men aged 21 and 22 who had both overstayed their visas and were working illegally, the British High Commission in Colombo said today. All the men are currently detained pending their removal from the UK.?Both businesses will be served with a civil penalty notice for employing the illegal wor

16 Jul, 2013