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The Government Medical Officers’ Association says that media had made the presumption that the doctor was at fault over the incident at the Matara Hospital, which resulted in a law student losing her hand. It was reported yesterday that initial inquiries found that the amputation of a law student’s hand, after suffering fracture injuries in a fall, was caused due to negligence on the part of the doctor who treated her and the hospital staff. Preliminary inquiries regarding the incident have not been completed yet and the investigative team is still nearing the hospital, GMOA spokesman Dr. Navin de Soysa said at a press briefing in Colombo. He stated that “painting a wrong picture” by presuming that the doctors are fault will result in the public losing faith towards the health sector. The report being compiled by the committee appointed to probe the incident should not be turned into a mere “piece of paper” and its recommendations should be implemented immediately, Navin de Soysa to

The Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Response Team (SLCERT) today said it has received information regarding pyramid schemes now being carried out using the internet. Several individual in the country are already involved in the schemes, which have been banned by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Information Security Engineer at SLCERT, Roshan Chandragupta said. He stated that they have been informed regarding two websites which are being used for these pyramid schemes and that investigations have been launched.

(Left) Deputy Assistant Secretary of State James R. Moore, (Center) Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Jane B. Zimmerman and (Right) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Vikram J. Singh A high-level delegation from the United States, comparing three US Deputy Assistant Secretaries, are set to arrive in the island next week on an official visit, aimed at discussing various issues such as the implementation of the LLRC recommendations and National Action Plan. “Deputy Assistant Secretary of State James Moore, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Vikram Singh, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Jane Zimmerman will travel to Sri Lanka and Maldives from January 26-February 1,” the US Embassy in Colombo said in a release today.   They are scheduled to meet with senior Sri Lankan officials, members of various political parties as well as civil society to discuss a wide range of issues, including progress in implementing the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission recommendat

The murderers of Hasitha Madawala have confessed to accepting a Rs. 3.5 million contract from Minister Mervyn Silva to assassinate several PS members, claims the Chairman of the Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha Prasanna Ranaweera.  He stated that today officials of the Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha are afraid to attend assembly or even a public meeting. However, we are all active members of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, he said therefore requesting the President, Defense Secretary and IGP to guarantee their safety. Ranaweera stated that even though he has been provided with security, he requests authorities to do the same for the remainder of the PS members. However, the main person - Minister Mervyn Silva still walks free and until he is arrested, there is a threat to our lives, the Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman told reporters during a press conference today.  He stated that removing Mervyn from the post of Keleniya electorate chief organizer alone will not suffice. 

Britain has condemned Saudi Arabia’s beheading of a young Sri Lankan maid as “cruel and inhuman”. The Foreign Office minister for the Middle East, Alistair Burt, spoke out as shock and outrage over the execution escalated, with Sri Lanka withdrawing its envoy from the Gulf State. The Saudi government announced on Wednesday that it had carried out the beheading of Rizana Nafeek after finding her guilty of the murder of a baby in her care. She had been accused of smothering the youngster after an argument with the child’s mother but always denied the charge. The Gulf State went ahead with her execution even though it emerged later that she had been only 17 at the time. Imposing capital punishment on a minor is widely viewed as being a breach of international children’s rights codes. In a statement Mr Burt said: “I condemn the execution of Rizana Nafeek in Saudi Arabia yesterday, despite the many appeals for her sentence to be commuted. “The UK opposes all use

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has appealed to the King of Saudi Arabia to secure the release of Rizana Nafeek who is facing the death sentence on charges of murdering an infant. Earlier today Sri Lanka’s Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) Chairman Amal Senalankadhikara said that they were waiting for the green signal from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Embassy in Sri Lanka to tell what would be the final verdict of Rizana Nafeek. The maid is currently in jail where she has been for the past seven years after her conviction. “So far we have not get any news from the Saudi embassy here,” he told Emirates 24|7. When asked about Justice Minister Rauff Hakeem who has spoken to the Saudi ambassador in Sri Lanka regarding Rizana, the chairman said, “Yes I heard, but we are not 100% sure as the embassy has not announced about her release.” He added, “The parents of the girl have approached us, the embassy and the justice ministry and we have inquired several times, but ye

Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha member Hasitha Madawala has died due to gunshot injuries. He was shot by an unknown man.