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GSP+ concessions withdrawal will mostly affect SMEs

GSP+ concessions withdrawal will mostly affect SMEs

By Sunimalee Dias Sri Lanka’s apparel industry wants a shift from the present trade concessions of a specific programme to something more stable like a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) while the risk of the withdrawal of the EU preferential trade pact will mostly impact the...

Textile industry at risk amidst cautions of losing GSP+

Textile industry at risk amidst cautions of losing GSP+

Written by Staff Writer COLOMBO (News1st): Sri Lanka’s textile industry is at a threat of being affected the most if the country is deprived of GSP+ concessions. Sri Lanka had exported commodities worth 2.08 billion Euros to European Union nations in 2020....

Criminalizing Fake News

Criminalizing Fake News

By Nishantha Hewage Intending to deconstruct preconceived notions of fake news and to give a legal perspective to it in a context where fake news is out rightly criminalised, and even those who are in connection with them are controversially arrested, was the theme of...

Lex-Falcon Awardees 2021

Lex-Falcon Awardees 2021

It gives us immense pleasure to announce that Dr. Gehan Gunatilleke has been chosen as one of the “Top 100 Lex-Falcon Awardees 2021” (Category: Legal) at the recently held, LexTalk World Conference on 7th & 8th April 2021 at Crowne Plaza, #Dubai.The Awardees were...

SC begins hearing Port City petitions

SC begins hearing Port City petitions

By S.S. Selvanayagam A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court yesterday heard presentations from four petitioners, including the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA), the United National Party (UNP) and the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) who had filed petitions appealing...

Amending archaic laws

Amending archaic laws

April 4, 2021 by Yumiko Perera  A complex mixture of legal systems of Roman-Dutch Law, British Law, Kandyan Law, Thesavalamai, and Muslim Law, the legal framework of Sri Lanka is rich in diversity. The religious and colonial history of the country, tracing back from...

Human Rights and Civil Society Dialogue in Sri Lanka

Human Rights and Civil Society Dialogue in Sri Lanka

27 January 2021 | Online This event will be held on Zoom on 27th January, 14:30– 15:30 (GMT).This event features policy-relevant contributions by Fionnuala Ní Aoláin and Mario Gomez on the human rights and civil society implications of the use of extensive...

Sword of Damocles over Freedom of Expression?

Sword of Damocles over Freedom of Expression?

Regulation on news websites by Kamanthi Wickramasinghe Media and the Government often don’t see eye to eye and this is applicable to most countries, be it democratic or not. Sri Lankan media platforms too have faced much censorship while many journalists also fell...

20A to Constitution: Further hearing fixed for tomorrow

20A to Constitution: Further hearing fixed for tomorrow

Lakmal Sooriyagoda UPDATE:  The Supreme Court yesterday fixed for tomorrow (02) further hearing into 39 Special Determination petitions filed challenging the constitutionality of the proposed 20th Amendment to the Constitution. The Chief Justice announced...