By Anuradha Hiripitiyage The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) will hold a demonstration in Colombo today against the Indian government’s suppression of farmers who are protesting the privatization of their land. Education Secretary of the FSP Pubudu Jayagoda said that Indian government was planning to sell farmer lands to Ambani and Adani companies. Indian farmers have […]
BOI certificate of registrations presented to Hemantha Yatawara (Appointed Director), Mila Fashion, by Sanjaya Mohottala, Chairman BOI. Pasan Wanigasekara, DG,BOI (on the left), and Saleem Mohamed, Group Consultant, Mila Fashion (on the right)
Mila Fashion (part of the Design Studio Group) has entered into an agreement with the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka to build a brand-new apparel manufacturing plant in Welioya. The agreement was signed by Chairman of the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka, Sanjaya Mohottala, and Director of Mila Fashion, Hemantha Yatawara.
Since its inception in 2009, the group has established itself as the supplier of choice for high street retailers in the UK and Europe, including Primark, ASDA, Sainsbury’s, ASOS, Next and River Island, from its network of factories in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
…commends taking right decision at last Amidst growing opposition to the SLPP government agreement on the East Container Terminal (ECT) with India, Mangala Samaraweera, who served as foreign and finance ministers in the previous yahapalana administration has backed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s stand on the issue. In a statement issued on Sunday, one of the strongest […]
Kanagasabai Thevathasan is a 64-year-old prisoner I met while I was at the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka. Twelve years have passed since he was arrested, more than ten of which he has spent in prison. Thevathasan began fasting unto death on 6 January 2021, which he called off on 16 January for three weeks after promises were made by the prison authorities to speak with the relevant authorities to expedite his cases. Thevathasan is currently appealing his conviction under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), and is requesting his hearings be expedited and that he be granted bail. His story is like that of hundreds arrested under the PTA since its enactment in 1979. According to him, he was abducted by men in civilian clothing, held at an unauthorized place of detention for a week, tortured, forced to sign a confession and thereafter transferred to the custody of a police station. He was held on a detention order for fifteen months during which period he said he continue
Senior Additional Solicitor General Sarath Jayamanne, PC, retires from service on January 16 after 32 years as a prosecutor with the Attorney General’s Department.
As a counsel, he figured in the prosecution of many landmark cases including the Hokandara murder, Katuneriya double murder, Tony Martin case, Kobeigane beauty queen case, Murder of High Court Judge Sarath Ambepitiya and Mirusivil massacre.
Jayamanne also served as the Director-General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) at one time.
He is a lecturer in Evidence and Criminal Procedure at the Sri Lanka Law College, Faculty of Law University of Colombo and the Open University of Sri Lanka. The many top positions he has held in the public service reflects his versatility as a legal luminary.