From The Economist:TO AVOID being married at 17 to a stranger, the Muslim schoolgirl from Sri Lanka’s north-west tried to commit suicide by swallowing a bottle of her mother’s diabetes pills. While she was recovering in hospital, her parents went
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BIS Amends EAR to Update Military Arms Embargo Status of Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Sri Lanka and Vietnam
US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a final rule amending various provisions of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to account for changes to controls on exports of arms and related materiel to Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia,…
Sri Lanka and Côte d’Ivoire Arms Embargoes Lifted – Possible Lifting of Côte d’Ivoire Sanctions?
By Peter Jeydel
The State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) announced on May 4, 2016 that, effective immediately, it would start considering requests to conduct defense-related trade with Sri Lanka under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). This reverses the…
U.S. Trade Deal with Sri Lanka
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On Thursday, April 28, 2016, the United States and Sri Lanka adopted a joint plan to boost trade between the countries. U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman and Sri Lanka…
FDA issues warnings to 3 dairy farms, 2 food importers
By Dan Flynn
Three U.S. dairy farms and two food importers were on the receiving end of warning letters recently from the Food and Drug Administration. The warning letters to the dairy farms cited animal drug violations involving antibiotics. The warnings to food companies…
Pope Francis to Give Sri Lanka Its First Catholic Saint – NBC News.com
COLOMBO Pope Francis will give Sri Lanka its first Catholic saint on Wednesday, ending a 300-year campaign to recognize the sanctity of an Indian-born missionary who was captured as a suspected spy after he crept into the tropical island in…
FDA Warning Letters: NY Dairy Farm, Sri Lanka Food Exporter
By News Desk
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published two warning letters last week that were issued in late May. CJ Dairy Farm of Delevan, NY, received a warning letter after selling two calves for slaughter in June 2013 that FDA…
Ramya Kumar on Misoprostol and Abortion Politics in Sri Lanka
Ramya Kumar (Dalla Lana School of Public Health) has posted Misoprostol and the Politics of Abortion in Sri Lanka on SSRN. Here is the abstract:Misoprostol, a WHO essential medicine indicated for labour induction, management of miscarriage and post-partum hemorrhage, as…
Dairy Giant Fonterra Suspends Operations in Sri Lanka Following Contamination Report
By News Desk
New Zealand dairy company Fonterra on Friday temporarily halted operations in Sri Lanka after health authorities there found a toxic agricultural chemical in two batches of milk powder. Fonterra is already dealing with a botulism controversy in China that put…
Human Rights Watch Asks Sri Lankan Government For Answers On Whereabouts Of Government Critic
Human Rights Watch has called on the Sri Lankan government to explain the disappearance of cartoonist and government critic Prageeth Ekneligoda, who has not been seen since 2010. A member of the Sri Lankan Parliament says Mr. Ekneligoda is living…