A hartal currently underway in North and East today crippled the normalcy and civil administration completely.
The campaign was called by relatives of disappeared persons was staged in North and eastern provinces demanding that immediate steps to be taken disclose information of the missing persons. Earlier political parties, Tamil, Muslim civil society organizations and trade unions urged public to join today’s protest.
The relatives of disappeared who have been on roads for more than two months demanding answers from government have alleged that the government has failed to provide them substantial solutions or track their missing persons.
The political parties including Tamil National Alliance (TNA), Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), All Ceylon Muslim Congress (ACMC),Tamil National Peoples’ front (TNPF) and Tamil Peoples’ Council (TPC) extended support for the hartal.
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Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
Sri Lanka today reiterated its rejection of all United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolutions on Sri Lanka including the external evidence gathering mechanism initiated by the OHCHR.
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