The
Chairman of the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons,
India’s ex-Chief Justice P. N. Bhagawatti, had written to President
Mahinda Rajapaksa clarifying the position taken by the IIGEP in its
sixth public statement, which stated that the Sri Lankan government
did not have political and institutional will to investigate 17
incidents of human rights violation in which people were killed,
Disaster Management and Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe
told a media conference at Ministry auditorium yesterday.
He said President Rajapaksa had expressed the government’s serious ...
The
Customs yesterday seized Very High Frequency Satellite Navigation ship
to shore Communication sets believed to have been imported for the use
of Sea Tigers. They were seized on the orders of the Director General
of Customs Sarath Jayatilake at the Colombo port. He and DDG Mali
Piysena (right) inspect the VHF sets.
Pic by Kamal Bogoda
NCPA locks up school van
drivers, owners
The National Child Protection Authority on Saturday
(26) kept nearly 200 school vehicle drivers and their owners locked up
inside the S. de S. Jayasinghe Memorial hall in Dehiwala till 5.30 p.m
...
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