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Respect for human rights demanded at protest
Friday, 11 December 2015 12:28A protest took place at Vavuniya town yesterday (10), to coincide with international human rights day, to demand respect for human rights.
Websites, journos obtaining money from Avant Garde in hot water!
Friday, 11 December 2015 12:03Parliament Reforms minister - Gayantha Karunatillake and Mass Media Deputy minister - Karu Paranavithana has said that investigations will be held to unveil websites and journalists who have obtained money from Avant Garde Maritime Services, 'Mawbima' reports.
PM fails to respond when asked about torture sites
Friday, 11 December 2015 09:32Prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has failed to respond to a challenge posed to him by human rights activists who worked for the election of the present regime, to declare if the country still had secret torture sites as claimed by the UN, Tamil politicians and HR activists, radiogagana.com reports.
Lanka to sign convention on enforced disappearances
Thursday, 10 December 2015 21:16Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the UN will be signing the International Convention on Enforced Disappearances later today (10) in New York.
Megapolis plan, a unique opportunity
Thursday, 10 December 2015 21:14The Western Region Megapolis Plan is a unique opportunity to create a development scheme that is truly democratic in both its creation and application, and genuinely a ‘plan of the people’, says a group of concerned citizens in a letter to prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Anura Senanayake concealed Thajudeen death evidence?
Thursday, 10 December 2015 21:10The Colombo magistrate’s court today (10) ordered the CID to investigate the police officers who had concealed the truth during the investigation into the death of ruggerite Wasim Thajudeen.
Govt. will fall into disrepute sooner than Rajapaksa regime - Deepthi
Thursday, 10 December 2015 15:46By summoning journalists to the CID as criminals over a civil case, it is attempted to stop information from reaching the public, 'Sath Handa' editor Deepthi Kumara Gunaratne says.
Govt. gone against promise to halt port city project (pics)
Thursday, 10 December 2015 12:48The present government has gone against its promise given before the presidential election to halt the Colombo port city project, alleges the people’s movement against the project.