President against tax concessions for beer and liquor

Guidelines to be issued for shelters for abused women

A new set of guidelines are to be issued to shelters for abused women, the Government said today. In addition to providing legal assistance, counselling and medical services, to women victimized by domestic violence, rape, and sexual abuse?there is a need to maintain temporary protection shelters. The first protection shelters by the Government was established in 2012 and subsequently several others have been established at provincial level. Private shelters are also maintained with the assis

09 Nov, 2016

Private land to be purchased to resettle war displaced

The Government has decided to purchase private land in the Jaffna District to resettle war displaced families. There are 971 families still in welfare camps in the Jaffna District and 682 of those families are landless families. Steps have been taken to resettle 462 of those families in alternative lands and lands are to be identified to resettle 220 families. As there are less state lands in Jaffna it has been proposed to purchase private land of 20 perches for each family. A proposal made

09 Nov, 2016

New legislation to monitor private and international schools

The Government is to introduce new legislation to monitor private and international schools in the country. Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said that the new legislation was required to ensure quality education at private schools. Last year the Government had taken a policy decision that international and private schools functioning in Sri Lanka facilitating general education (between 5-18 years of age) following local and foreign curricula should be monitored by the Ministry of Education.

10 Nov, 2016