The management of SriLankan Airlines is accused of failing to recruit pilots to fill the vacancies for pilots and pushing the existing staff to overwork to substitute the work. Although the airline is in a dire need for 275-300 pilots there are only 200 pilots working at present and the entire workload has to be [...]
By Raisa Wickrematunge and Camelia Nathaniel While Bodu Bala Sena has been making the headlines with their call to remove Halal certification, it appears that the group also has plans to modify the way Buddhism is taught. Hundreds of children attend daham paasal every weekend to learn about Buddhism. But according to the Bodu Bala [...]
By Nirmala Kannangara Depriving families of the disappeared in the North from travelling to Colombo to join in a peaceful protest is to be brought to the notice of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) this week, claimed K.J. Britto Fernando, from the Right to Life Human Rights Centre. According to Britto, a petition [...]
By Nirmala Kannangara Private sector trade unions have commenced a campaign against the government’s failure to intervene in securing a salary hike for private sector employees since 2005. The private sector employees, consisting of a 6.5 million workforce, make the largest contribution to the country’s economic growth, and yet earn a minimum wage far less [...]
By N. Sathiya Moorthy As coincidence would have it, the TNA could not have chosen another day for protesting the alleged security forces’ excesses on the Jaffna University campus on the extinct LTTE’s “Heroes’ Day” observances on November 27. Friday, December 21, when the TNA observed a day-long protest at the foot of the late [...]
By Niranjala Ariyawansha and Raisa Wickrematunge Last Sunday, the body of a man was found on Marine Drive, his throat slashed. On the same day, an 80 year old was found in Mirihana, dead due to ‘mysterious circumstances.’ The very next day, a twenty two year old was killed in Boralesgamuwa- a case of mistaken [...]
Maritime Security & Floating Armouries By David Stone The floating armouries are on the fringe of legality because they take on arms that belong to someone else (Company XYZ). This company has no connection with the owners of the floating armouries (Company ABC) and is in breach of their End User Certificate (EUC) and any [...]
By Ravi Perera For those who are troubled by the muted voice of democracy in our country, the Presidential debates in the United States between the incumbent Barrack Obama and his challenger Mitt Romney should come as a sterling inspiration of what a society made up of free men is all about. In order to [...]
Extracts from the Summary prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review- November 2012 AI noted that in September 2010, Sri Lanka enacted a constitutional amendment, which abolished the Constitutional Council and replaced it with an advisory Parliamentary Council, empowering the President [...]
Central Cinema – Maradana – Trashed By Dinouk Colombage Pictures by Thusitha Kumara The Urban Development Authority’s (UDA) demolishment of the Central Cinema in Maradana appears to be illegal with inside sources claiming a permanent stay order had been issued against the UDA preventing them from entering the premises back in 2005. The Central Cinema [...]
