Murdered businessman Dinesh Schaffter laid to rest

Police received 2033 complaints of sexual abuse last year

The police received 2033 complaints of sexual abuse last year, the Ministry of Law and Order said. Law and Order Minister Sagala Ratnayaka said that in 2013 there were 2175 incident of sexual abuse reported to the police while in 2014 the number of complaints received was 2008. The Minister briefed Parliament on the statistics?in response to a question raised by the opposition. (Colombo Gazette)

17 May, 2016

Beyonce’s clothing brand made by “underpaid” Sri Lankan workers

Hollywood singer Beyonce?s sportswear brand ?Ivy Park? is being made by workers in Sri Lanka earning just ?4.30?a day in squalid conditions, British and US newspaper alleged. The range was named after her four-year-old daughter Blue Ivy and created to “inspire women who understand that beauty is more than your physical appearance”. Seven News reported that?Sri Lankan women are made to work over 60 hours a week for less than half of the average wage to produce the activewear clothing brand. Th

16 May, 2016

Jaffna university students to commemorate “massacre” of Tamils

Jaffna university students are to commemorate the “massacre” of Tamils in 2009 at a ceremony to be staged outside the university tomorrow. The Jaffna university student’s union has invited the public to attend the ceremony tomorrow morning. In a public notice, the?Jaffna university student’s union says the death of hundreds of Tamils during the final stages of the war in 2009 was the biggest massacre of a single community. Events to mark the remembrance of victims of the final war began in th

17 May, 2016