Sunday, 10 Sep 2023
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By A staff reporter
Union leaders’ allegations debunked
Despite the various allegations of union leaders related to the apparel sector, 95% of the garment factories in the country function under strict Covid-19 guidelines, the Commissioner of Labour, Prabhath Chandrakeerthi told Sunday Observer Business.
The Commissioner made these remarks commenting on a statement made by the Joint Secretary Free Trade Zones and General...
Airbus deal allegations:
At the hour the successful rescue mission to Wuhan, China was operated, the loss-making national carrier made headlines following a court verdict in the United Kingdom (UK). According to results of almost four years of investigations of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in the UK, the France-based aerospace industry giant Airbus has bribed many international airlines,...
Attorney General Dappula De Livera has again given a sharp dressing down to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) last week, demanding that Acting IGP Chandana Wickremaratne initiate an inquiry into the agency’s failure to respond to his legal advice on how to proceed with the Keith Noyahr abduction and assault case.
The letter issued to the IGP on September 11,...
Attorney and Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) member Ajith Prasanna, who has frequently spoken in critical and derogatory terms of police officers investigating the white van abductions and assassinations during the Rajapaksa era, is the product of a short and turbulent career in the Sri Lanka Army, according to documents unearthed by the Sunday Observer.
In 1995,...
The Counter Terrorism Bill approved by cabinet last week is a major improvement on the existing Prevention of Terrorism Act, but the bill only has conditional cabinet approval and could be subject to regressive amendments in committee stage in Parliament
The proposed Counter-Terrorism legislation presented to the Cabinet of Ministers last week after several rounds of...
By A staff reporter
Testifying before the Commission:
The National Authority for the Protection of Victims of Crimes and Witnesses is yet to take steps, despite the order issued by...
While the Government made an effort to save the consumers and farmers without affecting the distribution, from yesterday, the...
The first Sri Lankan contacted with COVID-19 and who recovered a few weeks ago, Jayantha Ranasinghe, a 58-year old tourist guide...
State hospitals still face shortage of drugs:
The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) slammed former Minister of Health, Dr Rajitha Senaratne in back-to-back media...
Following their defeat at the Presidential elections held on November 16, several key politicians in the United National Party (...
In the wake of allegations over deputy leader of Pivithuru Hela Urumaya, singer Madumadhawa Aravinda, on his involvement in the...
In the wake of numerous accusations on the proposed oil refinery plant in Mirijjawila, Hambantota, the Deputy Minister of...
In the works for three years, the proposed Counter Terrorism Act will come up before a Parliamentary Sectoral Oversight Committee...
The protest of the powerful Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) at the beginning of 1990 Suwaseriya Ambulance service...
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa found himself in another political conundrum this week when his new appointment as the...
Following reports of two widely used drugs for cancer patients namely ‘transtuzumab’ and ‘bevacizumab’ which were imported from...
The brutal killing of Saudi Arabian journalist and columnist for The Washington Post, Jamal Khashoggi, within the country’s...
Reliable sources told the Sunday Observer that Lawyers have advised Commissioners of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of...
Revelations in open court by the head of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) about how a high ranking official in the...