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Colombo, Sri Lanka/Male, Maldives – A United Nations human rights expert has denounced Maldives’s announcement it was considering burials for Sri Lankan Muslims who die of COVID-19, saying such a move “could end up enabling the further marginalisation of Muslim communities in Sri Lanka”.
Wednesday’s statement from Ahmed Shaheed, the UN’s special rapporteur on freedom of belief, comes amid intensifying criticism of a government rule in Buddhist-majority Sri Lanka that mandated anyone who dies of COVID-19 must be cremated – a practice forbidden in Islam.
Muslims in Sri Lanka have criticised the policy by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s government as “discriminatory” and have insisted that burials should take place in their country.
HomeBreaking NewsSLMC calls for written explanation from those who voted for 20A SLMC calls for written explanation from those who voted for 20A 15 December 2020 03:31 am - 4
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) had called for written explanation from four of its MPS who voted in favour of 20th Amendment before December 30, its Secretary Nizam Kariapper said in a statement yesterday.
“This decision was taken at a special meeting of the party seniors on Sunday with its Leader Rauff Hakeem at the Chair,” Mr. Kariapper said.
“This special meeting of the office bearers of the SLMC was held to discuss issues pertaining to the four MPS voting in favour of 20A, their subsequent conduct and the current political situation. After listening to the explanations given by four MPS namely H. M.M. Harees, Faizal Cassim, M.S. M Thowfeek and Nazeer Ahamed the other members too, expressed their views,” he said
The Institute of Chemistry Ceylon is offering both the Bachelor of Science Honors (BSc Hons) degree in Chemical Science and the Graduateship in Chemistry Programme (GIC) beginning with the 2021 enrollment, a press release from the Institute said.
It said: The BSc Hons degree in Chemical Science is a four-year full-time programme designed as per the Sri Lanka Quality Framework (SLQF) Level 6 to provide a comprehensive education in Chemistry to all our undergraduates. The main objectives of this degree programme are to bring economic benefits and sustainable development to the country through manufacturing and value addition and to contribute to global research in chemical science.