Sri Lankan Rupee depreciates further against US Dollar

Sooka calls for probe on secret torture sites in Sri Lanka

The International Truth and Justice Project has called upon the UN Committee Against Torture to vist Sri Lanka to conduct an independent investigation?into the continued ?white van? abductions, torture and sexual violence committed by the?Sri Lankan security forces. The committee meets in Geneva this week to examine torture in Sri Lanka. ?Intelligence and security operatives continue to target Tamils for illegal detention in secret sites and inflict on them horrific torture and sexual violence

14 Nov, 2016

India urged to secure release of boats in Sri Lanka

The Tamil Nadu Government has?requested the Indian Centre to ask the Sri Lankan Government to release over 100 fishing boats, which are still in custody of the island nation, the Press Trust of India reported. Recalling the detention of 158 fishing boats by Sri Lanka in 2014, Chief Secretary P Rama Mohana Rao in a letter to Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar, said that Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had repeatedly urged the Prime Minister to take necessary steps for the release of the boats. The Tami

15 Nov, 2016

Colombo Chief Magistrate, Mount Magistrate among 70 transferred

The Judicial Service Commission has decided to transfer 70?Judicial Officers with effect from 01.01.2017. R.P.D.P.P. Ratnayake,?Deputy Secretary of the?Judicial Service Commission said that anyone can appeal against the transfer on or before 25.11.2016. The Judicial Service Commission said the transfer is part of an annual transfer. Among the most notable judges being transferred?are?the Colombo Chief Magistrate G.A.B.Pilapitiya and Mount Lavinia Magistrate?A.M.M. Sahabdeen. The?Mount Lavini

13 Nov, 2016