Weerasekera’s vote during 3rd reading of 22-A recorded as against

Lankan refugee challenges detention

A High Court challenge has been launched in Australia against the indefinite detention of a Sri Lankan woman who received an adverse security assessment from the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation?(ASIO), ABC news in Australia reported. The woman, Ranjini, was pregnant and living in Melbourne when she was originally granted refugee status. But a subsequent adverse security assessment saw her flown to Sydney with her nine and seven-year-old sons and new born baby and detained at Villaw

05 Jul, 2013

Central, Wayamba PCs dissolved

The Governors of the Central and Wayamba provinces have been informed to dissolve their respective provinces from midnight tonight. The Governor of the Central Province Tikiri Kobbekaduwa said the Gazette notification will be issued at midnight tonight while the Governor of the Wayamba province (North Western) Thisa R. Balala said that he has also been informed to dissolve the Wayamba province at midnight tonight.

05 Jul, 2013

MR says one law for all

President Mahinda Rajapaksa says the law is equal to all and no one has a right to take the law into their own hands. The President said this while speaking after declaring open the renovated Jumma Masjid Mosque in Beruwala today. The President noted that his government had always acted to ensure religious co-existence with firm determination and a clear commitment to national unity. However, the President noted that despite these efforts, there were some hostile forces who were trying to create

05 Jul, 2013