By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Apr 13, 2023The inordinate delay in initiating legal action against X-Press Feeders, the owners of container carrier X-Press Pearl, which sank off Colombo in early June, 2021 causing a maritime disaster, has taken a new turn with Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakse, PC, asking IGP C. D. Wickramaratne to probe an allegation that a certain party involved in the ongoing deliberations received USD 250 mn and the money was…
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The rape of a young woman at gunpoint at the Fatima Jinnah Park in F-9, Islamabad, shook the nation. Public backlash forced the government to re-evaluate its approach towards security and has brought the police force under fire for failing to protect citizens—particularly women. Fortunately, the case has made its way to the National Assembly which has stressed the need for justice and demanded a comprehensive review of the security situation of Islamabad but what…
by S Dilip Roy in The Daily Star, Jan 7, 2023It has been 12 years since Felani, a Bangladeshi teenager, was shot dead by a member of India’s Border Security Force and left hanging from the barbed fence of the border along Kurigram, but her family is still waiting for justice. Felani’s murder case is pending with the Supreme Court of India. It has not yet been included in the judicial list. On the dawn…