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UN report urges accountability and public apology for Sri Lanka s enforced disappearances
17 May 2024 (3:10 PM) Warning issued over possible floods in several river basins
18 May 2024 (12:20 AM) Govt. to regulate third-party deposits in senior citizens savings accounts
18 May 2024 (12:11 AM) Four army personnel acquitted over 2013 Rathupaswala shooting
17 May 2024 (3:22 PM) Four army personnel acquitted over 2013 Rathupaswala shooting
17 May 2024 (3:22 PM) Economic Transformation Bill and Public Financial Mgmt. Bill to be tabled in parliament
17 May 2024 (7:21 PM) |
Sri Lanka s Government must take meaningful action to determine and disclose the fates and whereabouts of tens of thousands of people who have been subjected to enforced disappearance over the decades and hold those responsible to account, a UN Human Rights Office report released today (May 17) says. 
The Irrigation Department has issued an Amber flood warning for possible floods in the low-lying areas of several river basins including Kalu, Kelani, Gin, Nilwala, Deduru Oya, Maha Oya, Attanagalu Oya, Kala Oya and Malwathu Oya, if heavy rains persist over the coming days. 
State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya says that the analysis report pertaining to the interest rates applicable to the savings of senior citizens will be handed over to President Ranil Wickremesinghe next week. 
The four accused in the case over the shooting to death of three persons and injuring 45 others during a protest by villagers demanding clean drinking water at Rathupaswala in 2013, have been acquitted by the Gampaha High Court Trial-at-Bar. 
The Economic Transformation Bill and the Public Financial Management Bill will be presented to the Parliament on Wednesday (22 May), according to the Secretary General of Parliament Kushani Rohanadeera. Copyright © 2007 - 2024 Col3neg. All Rights Reserved.
