* Needs to pay $4.9 bln to China for total loan of $2.96 bln
* China, ADB leading lenders, Western loans low
* Sri Lanka has borrowed $5 bln through five Eurobonds
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A 13-year-old girl in Sri Lanka has identified four men including a local government politician who she says were involved in gang-raping her in the south of the country last month.
A former human rights commissioner has warned that hundreds - if not thousands - of asylum seekers will almost certainly drown on their way to Australia unless something is done to stop people-smuggling boats.
Spinner Rahul Sharma’s participation in the ODI in the India Sri Lanka match at Hambantota has been thrown into jeopardy as he has been tested positive for the drug test after having been arrested at a rave party in Bombay last May.
New publication highlights increasing attempts by governments and some non-state actors in Asia to reduce online spaces
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is informed by partner organisations and affiliates in Sri Lanka of an alarming decision by the Ministry of Mass Media and Information to levy a registration fee on news websites and charge them an annual fee for renewal of registration.
Parliamentarians from several Asian countries are poised to meet and discuss ways to end the widespread practice of torture and ill-treatment in their countries. The three day meeting will take place in Kowloon, Hong Kong, starting on July 21st.
Responding to the threats exerted by the Cabinet Minister Rishad Badurdeen on the Mannar Magistrate (Mr. A. Judeson), the Lawyers for Democracy (LFD) urges the President to remove the said Minister with immediate effect.
Minister Rishard Bathiudeen has personally managed the operation to throw stones at the Mannar Magistrate’s Court and shout in filth at the Mannar Magistrate. He has worked from the Thalladi Army camp.
The NfR condemns the recent actions taken by the Ministry of Mass Media and Communication in Sri Lanka to curtail the dissemination of ideas and information through websites, imposing registration fees, including the blocking of certain websites, raids on the office of two websites and the arrest and detention of staff at the office.
Speaking about the rampant corruption in the country Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka said at a meeting at Kottawa he was often reminded of his grandfather who built a house with three rooms. His father who became a headmaster of a school also was able to build a house with three rooms for the family.
According to news reaching from Colombo, Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has decided to boycott all courts tomorrow in support of the judges of lower courts who also will take similar action. This is to protest against the attack on two courts in Manner, the Magistrate’s Court and the High Court, allegedly on the instigation of a prominent minister in the government.
It is reported that a parade with vehicles, which is supporting UPFA provincial council candidates is passing Nindaur town right now (11 a.m.), which started from Akkaraipattu.
According to reports we have received a group of criminals sponsored allegedly by a minister has stone and attack the High Court and the Magistrate Court of Mannar yesterday 18 July.
The Hindu newspaper in a strongly written op-ed piece said veteran politician Karunanidhi’s attempt to revive a forum called Tamil Eelam Supporters Organization, a mid 1980’s created platform to drum up support for a separate Tamil nation in Sri Lanka is something incongruous in the current political context.
