Under Aged Rape Cases Continue By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema The complaints on the rape of under aged girls continue to increase with another case of a girl being raped over a period of two days is reported from Nawalapitiya. The 15 year old girl from Ovitamahakumbhura in Nawalapitiya had been reported missing by her family [...]
By Faraz Shauketaly This keeping up with the Jones’ concept is not peculiarly Sri Lankan or British but to try and emulate all that is British is something that the people of Ceylon appear to have inherited. Ever since that is, the British arrived on these shores and ruled the entire island. That started in [...]
By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema The government’s attempt to introduce through the North Western Provincial Council the controversial water management policy has come under fire from environmentalists and opposition politicians. The move to surreptitiously introduce water management regulations under the guise of regulating small irrigation systems in the North Western Province is expected to serve as [...]
By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema The water shortage in the agricultural areas for the past few weeks has affected 60,000-70,000 acres of paddy land across the country compelling farmers to take to the streets demanding authorities to take note of their plight. The delay in the rains and the fast increasing numbers of paddy lands being [...]
By Maryam Azwer Despite military claims that they will not acquire private lands in Jaffna, concerns have been raised following recent requests for land made by the military to local government bodies. Requests have been made to various Divisional Secretariats and Pradeshiya Sabhas by the Department of Land Administration as well as the military themselves, [...]
Text and Pictures by Dinouk Colombage Tens of thousands of Chinese have been in and out of Sri Lanka in the past year, 2011. Highly placed sources at the Ministry of Tourism speaking on conditions of anonymity to The Sunday Leader said that as many as 60,000 Chinese nationals had arrived last year for purposes [...]
By Raisa Wickrematunge – Photos by Gazala Anver Manning Market was deserted on Tuesday (13). There were a few people plying their wares, but the air was filled with a kind of quiet tension. A few people squabbled loudly in a corner, UNP MP Jayalath Jayawardena showed up and there were shouts of “Jayawewa!” And [...]
By Dinouk Colombage Sri Lanka’s ambitious plans to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games have been dealt a severe blow with the Hambantota bid being classed as a medium to high risk. Despite this worrying sign, Hemasiri Fernando told media last week that the bid had received a good response from many countries. Hambantota’s only rival, [...]
By Maryam Azwer For the month of August alone, the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) has recorded 18 reports of statutory rape through their 24 hour child abuse complaints hotline, No. 1929. That is just the number of children and families who are brave enough to make the call. According to Chairperson, NCPA, Anoma Dissanayake, [...]
By Uvindu Kurukulasuriya “The service exacts from itself a higher standard because it recognizes that the state is entitled to demand that its servants shall not only be honest in fact but beyond the reach of suspicion of dishonesty” – Colvin R De Silva- no confidence motion against Prime Minister Sirima Bandaranaike Chief Justice [...]
