Wage hike of little help
“We protested so much but tell me, what’s the point?” S. Padmavathy asks, her voice bearing the fatigue of a long day’s labour. “All we...
Committee grills Government Chief
A United Nations committee that monitors acts of torture in member countries grilled an intelligence chief Wednesday over the alleged abuse of detainees during Sri...
International Human Rights watchdog censures Sri Lanka
An international Human Rights watchdog censured Sri Lanka for sending a police official in charge of a torture site at the end of the civil war...
UN urged to question former TID head
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka (JDS), in a joint statement, on 15 November called upon the UN Committee against...
Sri Lanka probes links to Jaffna killings
Sri Lanka is investigating whether the army was involved in a recent wave of violence in the minority Tamil heartland of Jaffna, a minister said...
Yasmin Sooka wants an independent investigation
The International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) called upon the UN Committee Against Torture on 14 November to visit Sri Lanka to conduct an independent investigation...
The chances of reform is bright in Sri Lanka
Just as there is a controversial move in India to amend the Muslim Personal Law to exclude triple talaq, in Sri Lanka, there is an...
Release boats in Sri Lankan custody
The Tamil Nadu government has urged the Centre to facilitate early release of 105 fishing boats belonging to the State’s fishermen under the custody of...
UN Committee against Torture to Review Sri Lanka
The UN Committee against Torture is due to review Sri Lanka on 15 and 16 November in Geneva. Sri Lanka has ratified the Convention against...
Budget ignores war-affected people in North, East
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) criticised the Government’s budget for 2017, saying it proposed a “grossly inadequate” allocation for development of the North and East and...
Behind Sri Lanka’s best-known store
The founder of shopper’s paradise Odel began her business in the boot of a car, selling factory surpluses to raise money for street dogs. About...
Government aims to boost tax revenue by 27 per cent t
Budget proposals presented in Sri Lanka included revisions to corporate and withholding taxes to boost revenue and cut the 2017 fiscal deficit to 4.6 per...
We need a win-win situation for fishermen
Full transcript of Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera’s interview to The Hindu You were in New Delhi recently for the high-level talks on fisheries....
Police investigate Keith Vaz over drug offences
Former chair of home affairs select committee to be investigated after allegations that he paid for male escorts and offered to pay for cocaine. Police...
Married off before they attain 18
A high percentage of Sri Lankan Muslim families get their girls married off before they attain 18 - the statutory age of marriage in Sri...