By Faraz Shauketaly Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare is at the centre of what appears to be a poor attempt at providing insurance cover for female domestic workers employed in the oil-rich Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Without so much as a call for a request for proposals (RFP) from interested companies [...]
By Gazala Anver Officials from the Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) conducted a raid on the Ahungalla Nature Park on March 13 and took into custody several protected animals, said OIC DWC Flying Squad R. A. D. D. Samaranayake. The case has been referred to the Balapitya Magistrate Court and will be heard on March [...]
“A UNP SOURCE TOLD POL CHIEF THAT TIRAN ALLES HAD EXECUTED AN AFFIDAVIT DETAILING BASIL RAJAPAKSA, JAYASUNDERA AND WEERATUNGA’S INVOLVEMENT IN THE ARRANGEMENTS WITH EMIL KANTHAN, A PROMINENT TAMIL BUSINESSMAN AND SUSPECTED LTTE INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, SOME TIME AGO. ALLES HAS DEPOSITED THE ORIGINAL IN A SECURE PLACE ACCESSIBLE TO HIS ATTORNEY. FURTHER, ALLES HAD RECORDED [...]
The Colombo Telegraph found the related leaked cable from the WikiLeaks database. The cable is classified as “CONFIDENTIAL” and recounts details of a meeting US Ambassador to Colombo has had with President’s advisor and brother Basil Rajapaksa on October 4, 2006. The cable was written by the US Ambassador to Colombo, Robert O. Blake. Under [...]
The UNP after a prolonged silence has thought it necessary to issue a statement on the report of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC). Apparently the statement echoes the concerns of the unpatriotic parties working against the sovereignty of Sri Lanka, rather than representing the interests of the minority communities in Sri Lanka – [...]
