Government doctors stage islandwide one day token strike

Family of Odisha youth in Lankan prison seek their release

The family of two Odisha youth in a Sri Lankan prison have appealed for their release,?orissadiary.com reported. The two Indian Muslim youth have been languishing in a Sri Lanka prison for the past three months due to lack of assistance from their country?s high commission in Sri Lanka. The wives?of both victims have approached the Indian?Ministry of External Affairs and state Home Department through the Jagatsinghpur district administration seeking the release of their husbands. The Muslim y

16 May, 2017

Kalutara prison commissioner transferred over shooting

Minister of Prison Reforms, Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Hindu Religious Affairs D.M. Swaminathan has given instructions to the Secretary to the Ministry of Prison Reforms, Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Hindu Religious Affairs, W.M.P.G. Wickramasinghe to transfer the Kalutara prison commissioner immediately and hold an independent inquiry on?the recent prison bus shooting in Kalutara and several other matters. Further, the Minister stated that, the following facts were taken into conside

15 May, 2017

Rights group warns a MR return must not be ruled out

A leading international human rights group today warned that leaders in both the United National Party and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party should not discount a Mahinda Rajapaksa return. The International Crisis Group (ICG) said in a report that President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe must reach workable compromises on key issues including economic reform that shares the pain of change equitably and renewed anti-corruption, anti-impunity drives that prioritise a limit

16 May, 2017