The Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF) has urged Sri Lanka’s leadership and the authorities to immediately restore political stability across the country.
“They should also ensure a safe living and working environment for all people, as we collectively navigate through this very difficult crisis,” JAAF said in a statement.
It said the violence that erupted on the streets of Colombo and in other parts of Sri Lanka on Monday, and the resultant loss of life is both unfortunate and deeply saddening.
“We empathise with the people’s distress over the extraordinary adverse impact of the economic crisis on their lives and livelihoods. However, violence that costs precious human lives deserves our utmost condemnation. By the same token, we strongly support the efforts taken by the Bar Association of Sri Lanka to ensure a peaceful, democratic transition of power. It is critical that a new government be appointed urgently to fill the current political vacuum,” the statement said.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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