Glyphosate found hidden in container with potatoes

A hotline for human rights

The Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission has established a hotline where the public can lodge complaints over human rights related issues. Four digits Hotline 1996 is open to the general public for their convenience and to inform of any urgent complaints to the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka, the Human Rights Commission in Sri Lanka said. The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka was established in the year 1996 and therefore this number was selected, the Commission said.

27 Aug, 2013

Police apologize to monks (Updated)

The police today apologized to monks of the Sihala Ravaya over a police function held in Kandy to marry dogs. Convener of the Sihala Ravaya, the venerable Magalakande Sudatha thero, said that the police expressed regret after the dogs were placed on a Sinhalese traditional ?Poruwa? to perform the wedding ceremony. The Sihala Ravaya accused the police of not only bringing disrepute to the police service but also disrespecting Sinhalese people by marrying dogs in the same traditional way humans ar

26 Aug, 2013

UNP raises strong suspicions (Audio)

The main opposition UNP today raised suspicions on the break-in and entry into the house of journalist Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema on Saturday. UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake said that the government had got agitated soon after the incident and was doing all it can to prove that it was robbery. He said that the government wanted to show that the incident was nothing serious and had even released a special statement to that effect. Attanayake said that since investigations were ongoing he

26 Aug, 2013