According to the report, the President has been encouraged to rescind the Regulation because its provisions are contrary to Sri Lanka’s international legal obligations. It was noted that the new Regulation expands upon provisions of concern found in the PTA. “We note that two fundamental rights petitions challenging the legality of the Regulations were recently heard in front of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. As it is their responsibility, under the mandates provided to them by the Human Rights Council, to seek to clarify all cases brought to their attention, President Rajapaksa was requested for his observations on the matters. According to the official website of the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council, a Government reply has been received and is being processed.

During a special foot patrol conducted in the area of Valvettithurai this morning (14), Sri Lanka Navy apprehended three individuals along with a haul of Ice and Kerala cannabis, the Navy said. Reportedly, the street value of the narcotics haul seized in this operation is believed to be nearly Rs.50 million. During the conduct of the foot patrol, a group of individuals loading polythene sacks into a cab parked at the beach was spotted. On suspicion, they searched the cab and recovered 60 parcels of Kerala cannabis stuffed in three sacks and three packages of Ice concealed in a plastic container. The trio, together with the stock of narcotic substances and the cab, were handed over to the Velvettithurai Police for onward legal action.

Marking the first time that a pandemic related essential item produced in Kenya was sent to Sri Lanka to support local inoculation efforts, the Sri Lanka High Commission in Kenya arranged a consignment of an order of syringes from Revital Healthcare(EPZ) Ltd in Kenya. Sri Lanka High Commissioner Veluppillai Kananathan in Kenya accepted the first consignment of 800,000 syringes and facilitated its dispatch via a Sri Lankan Airlines flight yesterday (13). The balance consignment of 1.2 million syringes is expected to be dispatched next week. As Revital Healthcare(EPZ) Ltd is a WHO prequalified company, the syringes manufactured by them are considered to be of high quality that complies with WHO standards and conditions.

From midnight Sunday locked-down residents in Greater Sydney and the rest of NSW have been told they cannot travel further than 5km from their home. The tightened restrictions were announced as the city struggles to control an ever-growing outbreak of the contagious Indian delta strain of Covid-19. The website was established after Ireland brought in a similar radius rule last year and has now been tweaked for use anywhere. From midnight on Sunday the travel radius for residents has been reduced to 5km, with fines being bumped up to $5,000 for breaching quarantine, lying on a permit or contract tracing. $3,000 fines will be issued for breaching the two-person exercise limit or wrongfully entering regional NSW.

The Government has made a decision to purchase 100 metric tonnes of Oxygen next week for the purpose of treating Covid-19 patients. According to the Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka will purchase the same from India. Earlier, Deputy Director General of Health Services Dr. Hemantha Herath said that all hospitals have been provided with oxygen production machines. It was also added that Sri Lanka has started to import oxygen to support the rising demand. However, Dr. Herath noted that due to the fact that other countries require oxygen reserves as well, Sri Lanka cannot be fully reliant on imports.

August 14, 2021 by Aazam Ameen No CommentsA total of 3,152 Covid-19 infected persons were identified yesterday (13), the Government Information Department stated. Of those identified, 3,142 cases were associated with the New Year cluster, while the remaining 10 were identified as foreign arrivals. Data from the Epidemiology Unit details that 348,270 Covid-19 detections have taken place in the country so far. Meanwhile, the death toll now stands at 5,775.

The Minister of Finance has issued a Gazette Extraordinary, imposing a special levy on several commodities. According to the communiqué, the tax order will be in effect for a period of one year commencing from August 12, 2021, subject to provisions of Sub Section (3) of Section 2 of the Special Commodity Levy Act, No. Thereby, a special commodity levy is exacted on the following items:• Sprats – Rs. 880.00 per kilogram• Mathe seeds – Rs. 10.00 per kilogram from the applicable Special Commodity Levy of Rs.

Home Secretary Priti Patel wants to streamline the asylum process – and make hazardous and illegal entry via the Channel less attractive. More than 10,000 migrants have already arrived in small boats this year, compared with 8,410 last year. A tender gives details of the accommodation project to potential bidders, revealing that the Home Office wants asylum seekers to be housed at centres in nine regions across England, but none in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. The centres will have to accommodate applicants for up to six months, supporting them in processing their asylum claims. On Thursday, an Eritrean man, 27, became the first migrant to die this year attempting the crossing.

The 5th Independent Expert Group Meeting, convened by WHO Sri Lanka, has said Sri Lanka will be able to avert about 18,000 deaths by Jan 2022 only if the level of stringency is immediately increased similar to May 2021, for four weeks. Provide care and protect the health workers and augment staffing in hospitals to minimize disruption of essential health services. Accurate reporting of both cases and deaths to get a better picture of the ground situation. The trends given below indicate that Sri Lanka could soon face a health crisis of unprecedented proportions. “Significant number of health workers are getting infected with a consequent pressure for curtailment and closure of services.

Keep our values positive because our values become our destiny. In a perfect world, and in Sri Lanka, one could have learnt lessons from history. While it is a generalised comment, in contemporary Sri Lanka, a solution to the ethnic issue relating to Tamils has been interpreted as arising purely on account of debateable historical reasons by the broader Sinhala Buddhist community. Hawking’s message has a lot of value and relevance to the ethnic issue in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka history, especially the post-independence history has shown that communities, especially the Tamil community, suffered tremendous hardships on account of their ethnicity.

By Dr Upul WijayawardhanaMaybe, it is time to add a new phrase to the political lexicon: ‘A corrupt Cameron’ to mean a corrupt politician! It indeed was David Cameron! Greensill Capital got its funds from investors who were paid back with interest once the short-term loans were repaid. However, Greensill Capital overstretched itself by giving excessive loans and collapsed in March due to the insurers refusing to cover the loans. David Cameron did his utmost to make it happen.

They’re Britain’s most wanted criminals — with the faces to prove it. This week, the Mail uncovered a previously unseen photo of Sarah, taken in 1983, as a nine-year-old pupil at York College for Girls. For eight years, Panitzke has evaded the efforts and impressive resources of the National Crime Agency, HMRC, Europol and Crimestoppers. In 2016, when she first became Britain’s ‘Most Wanted Woman’ at the age of 42, her father Leo told the Mail it was a ‘shock’ to hear she was on the NCA’s list, saying it felt ‘terrible’. Have you seen Sarah Panitzke?

In CCTV footage captured on a quiet street, the 22-year-old incel gunman is seen amid his horrific killing spree, his shotgun hanging by his side. There are major questions over whether the Plymouth gunman should have had a licence when in the midst of a mental health crisis. Jake Davison shot himself before firearms officers engaged him and police did not fire any shots, Mr Sawyer said. Robert Pinkerton, 54 told Plymouth Live that he was on Henderson Place when he heard a loud bank. Robert Pinkerton, 54 told Plymouth Live that he was on Henderson Place when he heard a loud bank.

In every democratic country there’s a spectrum with freedom at one end and order and security at the otherBut is it? In every democratic country there’s a spectrum with freedom at one end and order and security at the other. A t the opposite end of the freedom spectrum is a country with no such problem: China. We like to believe we are at the freedom end of things. Ours is a freedom of speech, freedom from arbitrary oppression because of the rule of law, freedom to choose our rulers.

Health Secretary Sajid Javid admitted the Government’s own costs were too high and said its single post-holiday PCR test package will fall from £88 to £68. Mr Javid also accused some private testing firms of ‘acting like cowboys’ by advertising misleading prices on the Government website and vowed to boot them off within days. But the changes were dismissed by the travel industry last night, with bosses saying the price cuts amounted to ‘tinkering’. Ministers were branded ‘hypocrites’ this week after repeatedly calling on private firms to drop their prices but failing to cut their own for summer. ‘Providers who are making substantial profits during the pandemic are acting unethically when consumers are being forced to take these PCR tests by Government.