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Unions alarmed over pension scheme

Sri Lanka Brief - 13/04/2011 0

President to meet trade union representativesBy Yohan PereraAs several trade unions are gearing up to launch a protest against the proposed private sector pension...

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UN leader under pressure over Sri Lanka war report

Sri Lanka Brief - 13/04/2011 0

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is studying an expert report into thousands of deaths during Sri Lanka's 2009 military drive...

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United Nations Report on Sri Lanka Conflict Must be Made Public, Says Amnesty International

Sri Lanka Brief - 13/04/2011 0

Amnesty International Media Release(Washington, D.C.) A United Nations (U.N.) report on accountability for war crimes committed in the Sri Lankan armed conflict must be...

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Photos of the LTTE leaders killed after surrendering with white flags revealed

Sri Lanka Brief - 12/04/2011 0

Photos of the dead bodies with gunshot wounds of LTTE political wing leader B.Nadesan and S. Pulithevan who were killed by the military after...

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Mervyn’s secretary, 2 cops, remanded for extortion

Sri Lanka Brief - 12/04/2011 0

Three senior police officers transferredSuspect left minister’s staff on Thursday – Press SecyBy Lal GunasekeraThree top police officials have been transferred with immediate effect...

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Post-Conflict Sri Lanka Confronts Challenge of Peace Building

Sri Lanka Brief - 11/04/2011 0

H. M. G. S. Palihakkara, LLRC, When domestic processes fail to find solutions to internal problems, external forces find space to advocate or even...

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TNA says HSZs not necessary now

Sri Lanka Brief - 09/04/2011 0

By Sandun A. JayasekeraThe Tamil National Alliance (TNA) said yesterday it had told the government that considering the present security situation in the North...

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Sri Lanka: Account for Wartime Disappearances; More Than 20 People Last Seen in Army Custody Remain Missing

Sri Lanka Brief - 08/04/2011 0

(New York, April 7, 2011) – The Sri Lankan government should account for everyone who was taken into custody at the end of Sri...

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Corruption hinders constructions: Dulles

Sri Lanka Brief - 08/04/2011 0

By Sandun A. JayasekeraMinister of Youth Affairs and Skills Development Dulles Alahapperuma said it was regrettable and a matter of shame that the development...

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US: Rights concerns hold back Sri Lanka ties

Sri Lanka Brief - 06/04/2011 0

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States said Tuesday that future cooperation with Sri Lanka depended on improvements in its human rights record and an...

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India will press Sri Lanka for equal rights to Tamil: Sonia

Sri Lanka Brief - 05/04/2011 0

Reaffirming India’s support for the Sri Lankan Tamils, Congress president and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said New Delhi would continue to press...

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Lakshman Hulugalle — Convicted, But On The Board Of Com Bank

Sri Lanka Brief - 03/04/2011 0

The appointment of a convicted criminal to the Board of Commercial Bank by the government has raised eye brows among senior bankers in the...

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Making barons out of robbers – issues of good governance

Sri Lanka Brief - 02/04/2011 0

"If you remember, when you came into power you said, about opening up the economy, that you saw no harm in letting the robber...

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AFP: Cup final reprieve from S.Lanka tensions

Sri Lanka Brief - 01/04/2011 0

By Mel Gunasekera COLOMBO — Sri Lanka's appearance in Saturday's cricket World Cup final offers a rare if fleeting moment of unity for a...

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Over a million children lack toilet facilities

Sri Lanka Brief - 31/03/2011 0

By Azra Ameen Around 1,299 schools or nearly one million school children and around 200,000 families in the island do not have access to...

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Go beyond 13th amendment, India tells TNA

Sri Lanka Brief - 30/03/2011 0

India has instructed Sri Lanka’s main Tamil political party, The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) to go beyond the 13th Amendment when they hold discussions...

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SRI LANKA-FORMER FEMALE SOLDIERS FIND BARRIERS TO REINTEGRATION

Sri Lanka Brief - 29/03/2011 0

KILINOCHCHI, 23 February 2011 (IRIN) - Former female combatants in northern Sri Lanka face a tough time returning to civilian life, with fewer marriage,...

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Mandate for TNA to seek federal system based solution – Premachandran

Sri Lanka Brief - 29/03/2011 0

By Wilson GnanadassTNA parliamentarian Suresh Premachandran said the mandate the party has obtained from the people is to find an immediate solution based on...

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The Politics of Domestic and International Accountability Options in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Brief - 28/03/2011 0

Alan Keenan 1. The need for an international investigation The International Crisis Group, like others concerned with a sustainable and just peace in Sri Lanka,...

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TNA seeks police and land powers for North -Devolution issues to be taken up with President

Sri Lanka Brief - 28/03/2011 0

By Chris KamalendranThe Tamil National Alliance wants the Government to grant the Northern Province police powers besides the right to manage land and forest...

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Bleak economy, market mafia and militarised rule – Dr. Ameer Ali

Sri Lanka Brief - 30/11/2020 0

There is no gainsaying that the economy is in dire straits. Although the Budget submitted to the Parliament glossed over the gravity of confronting...

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Sri Lanka police want to keep persons suspected of terrorism in their custody for a year, without bail & judicial overview!

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The power to issue detention orders for suspects arrested on terrorism-related activities should be given to a Deputy Inspector of Police instead of a...

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“Write a letter to India and leave Indo-Lanka agreement, if you dare” – Sumanthiran challenges Sri Lanka FM

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