Seven-year-old Nonariyasa, a year two student in a Colombo school stares pensively at the street and ponders her future. Today is International Women’s day, a time for womankind to reflect upon what progress they have made over the years to ensure their rights are protected and seek to make this cruel world more secure for themselves.   Caption

Mothers get right to pass on citizenship

A Lankan mother can now pass on her national citizenship to her offspring a right hitherto reserved for the male spouse of whatever nationality.
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CEA to move toxic container to safe place

by Florence Wickramage

In keeping with the BASEL Convention to which Sri Lanka is a signatory a process has been activated according to the procedure set out in the convention to ship the contaminated container and drums now considered hazardous, to a destination which has facilities to treat such items, Chairman Central Environment Authority Ajita de Costa told the Daily News yesterday.
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