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Before the collapse of Rana Plaza, which killed over a thousand people, most of them textile workers, there was the fire that killed a hundred at the Tazreen factory.

In a historic move, 300 people from traditional forest communities from different states across India united in Puri to declare the formation of a union for traditional forest workers. The All India Union of Forest Working People (AIUFWP) is the first national union of adivasi and dalit communities representing the traditional workforce in India. The three-day founding conference of the union concluded on 05 June 2013 in Puri, Odisha.

Security was tightened around the International Crimes Tribunal premises in the city following Sunday night’s bombs blast in front of the tribunal gate.
The tribunals are housed in an old High Court building under Shahbagh police station.

We have to come to the realisation that if we want to make country politically and economically healthy in the future, we must ensure secularism in politics and very strong local government. Our constitution also upholds this idea. Hence, if we allow this abuse of religion in local government elections, it will ultimately destroy our society and the spirit of the constitution.

The proposed set of media ethics by the Government of Sri Lanka bans reporting on many a important issues, and leaves room for wide interpretations on such prohibitions. The full text of the code of ethics proposed by the media ministry is follows