Category: Legal
Sri Lanka’s first Permanent High Court at Bar ceremonially opens
Justice Minister Thalatha Athukorala on Tuesday ceremonially opened the Special Court established to expedite the cases that involve large-scale financial irregularities. This is Sri Lanka’s first Permanent High Court at Bar and the minister expects to establish another two for the same purpose.
Sri Lanka to expand Electronic Document Attestation System to DS level
Aug 20, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is to expand Electronic Document Attestation System (e-DAS) of the Foreign Ministry to Divisional Secretariat level of the country. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Ministries of Foreign and Home Affairs recently enabling the expansion of the system initially as a pilot project at 19 Divisional […]
Reports about textile imports from North Korea are erroneous: Foreign Ministry
Aug 08, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said news reports regarding textile imports from the North Korea to Sri Lanka during the period October 2017 and March 2018 are erroneous.The ministry said in keeping with Sri Lanka’s international obligations as a member of the United Nations, the Government of Sri Lanka […]
Commonwealth Secretary General to arrive in Sri Lanka tomorrow
July 31, 2018 (LBO) – Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland QC will arrive in Sri Lanka on Wednesday, for a four-day official visit, the Foreign Ministry said. This will be her first visit to the country since she assumed the Office of Secretary-General in April 2016. On 01 August, the Secretary-General will call on Prime Minister Ranil […]
Sri Lanka remains Human Rights Priority Country of UK with limited progress
July 16, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka remains a priority country in the United Kingdom’s Annual Human Rights Report 2017. Sri Lanka is one of 30 ‘Human Rights Priority Countries’ (HRPCs); countries where the UK has serious human rights concerns and hopes to engage positively to develop human rights performance. The report acknowledges that there […]
Sri Lanka to bring down Chinese suppliers who supply canned fish with worms
Stepping in and mediating on time, Sri Lanka has successfully turned around the issue of spoilt canned fish imports muddle following in-depth and multi-level talks with all the key stakeholders in Colombo on 10 July. “We invite a canned fish supplier delegation from China to Sri Lanka for discussions” said the Minister of Industry and […]
Sri Lanka retains Tier 2 ranking in US Trafficking in Persons Report
July 05, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka retained its Tier 2 ranking in the US State Department Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for the second consecutive year, according to the 2018 report released recently. The TIP report 2018 states that the Government of Sri Lanka demonstrated increasing efforts compared to the previous reporting period and […]
EU to turn on new law amidst Facebook, YouTube criticized for data misuse
Apr 10, 2018 (LBO) – European Union’s wide data protection instrument, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will become directly applicable on 25 May 2018, two years after its adoption and entry into force. On 6 April 2016, the EU agreed to a major reform of its data protection framework, by adopting the data protection […]
Sri Lanka assumes Presidency of Conference on Disarmament
Sri Lanka has called on member states of the Conference on Disarmament (CD) to seek to bring back the necessary attention at the highest political levels to the CD, in order to maintain the integrity and credibility of the Conference, as well as to create forward movement and momentum.Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the UN […]
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Joint Press Release following the 21st meeting of the European Union-Sri Lanka Joint Commission The 21st meeting of the European Union-Sri Lanka Joint Commission took place in Colombo on 18 January 2018. The European Union-Sri Lanka Joint Commission oversees the 1995 EU-Sri Lanka Cooperation Agreement on Partnership and Development. Its tasks include ensuring the implementation […]
Opinion: Cabinet decision to ban women from buying liquor is unconstitutional
By Verité Research Women are permitted to purchase liquor. On 10 January 2018, the Minister of Finance and Mass Media issued Excise Notification No. 02/2018 under the Excise Ordinance, No. 8 of 1912 (as amended). The new Notification amends Excise Notification No. 666 of 31 December 1979, and removes the ban on the sale of liquor […]
Finance Ministry re-imposes ban on women buying liquor
Jan 18, 2018 (LBO) – Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera on the request of the cabinet has withdrawn the two gazette notifications issued under the Excise Ordinance. Accordingly, the prohibition on selling liquor to women and employing women in places where liquor is manufactured or sold has been re-imposed under excise notification No 04 of 2018 […]