Sri Lanka’s Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiyutheen, accused of intimidating a Mannar magistrate, has refused to resign from his position over the allegations.
The Minister claimed that the judge was lying about receiving telephone threats regarding a court ruling against resettled fishermen in the Mannar district.
As the country’s lawyers and judges boycotted judicial duties in protest of an attack on Mannar’s court complex, Bathiyutheen was named as an initiator of the violence.
Legal action against the Minister has been planned by Judges Association of Sri Lanka (JASL) and the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), for obstructing justice and threatening the magistrate.
Colombo Page reports that President Mahinda Rajapakse had expressed concern over the involvement of a member of his cabinet in such a case.
Gotabhaya Rajapakse has said that the rights of Sinhalese to purchase land in the North cannot be suppressed.
According to Uthayan, Gotabhaya also declared that no province belonged to any race.
[more]
Still smarting from India's vote at the UNHRC, Sri Lanka has informed India of the decision not to devolve police powers to the provinces.
Retaliating to allegations that Sri Lanka was retreating on its promise to implement the 13th Amendment,
[more]
The Secretary to the Sri Lankan President, Lalith Weeratunge has claimed that the people of Jaffna have made “fervent appeals” to keep the army on the peninsula.
[more]
The TNA delegation in India met with the Prime Minister on Wednesday, after having previously called on the External Affairs Minister and the National Security Adviser.
[more]
Following the violent scenes of Tamil 'Boycott Sri Lankan Cricket' activists being assaulted by Sri Lankan cricket fans, on Monday night outside the Oval in London, Tamil Guardian spoke to one of the organisers, Thusiyan.
[more]
University Tamil societies from across the UK have released a statement condemning the racist attacks outside the Oval on Monday.
21 Tamil societies joined together to denounce the attacks and commend the peaceful campaign of the activists,
[more]
A Tamil doctor, who was arrested in December 2012 after attempted to release a Tamil woman from a Sri Lankan military base, was released on Monday morning.
[more]
The British Council will hold a global education forum in Colombo, with attendees from several countries coming together to discuss international higher education issues.
[more]
Print Article
E-mail Article
Feedback On Article