There is a strong need to resolve issues related to the reconciliation process, President’s Secretary Saman Ekanayake said.
Addressing civil society organizations on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission at the Presidential Secretariat, he said if this effort is successful, there will no need for the country to go to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on this issue.
Mr.Ekanayake said President Wickremesinghe’s goal is not to pass the task of reconciliation in Sri Lanka to the next generation, but to solve it now.
At the meeting, views and suggestions were obtained from civil society representatives on the truth and reconciliation mechanism.
The Department of National Zoological Gardens is readying enclosures to quarantine two large tortoises that were found stranded 15 kilometers westwards off Pitipana Negombo, today.
The Customs Department said it will be publish the names of institutions and individuals who violate customs laws and commit tax fraud by uploading the information on its official website www.customs.gov.lk.
A board of inquiry has been appointed to investigate the death of a student at the University of Sabaragamuwa, reportedly linked to a ragging incident.
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