You can’t defend yourself when you’re militarily occupying someone else’s land. By Mohammed Jehan Khan – The recent siege of Israel on Gaza citizens has made Israel a reinvigorated hero among two Islamophobes in the […]
Two trade unions affiliated to the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) – Ceylon Federation of Labour (CFL) and the Government Workers’ Trade Union Federation (GWTUF) have disassociated themselves with the decision taken by the party […]
The President says he allowed elections to the Northern Provincial Council. But what he has given with the right hand he has withdrawn with the left hand. The NPC is hamstrung because the power is […]
By Mirudhula Thambiah The Northern Provincial Council has initiated a survey to collect information on the ownership of land in the Northern Province, whereby the ‘illegal acquisition of land’ could be evaluated. The NPC had […]
Sarath N Silva MEANWHILE IN A PARALLEL UNIVERSE These are moving-around days. There’s talk of people crossing party lines. There are people plotting regime-change. There are people getting ready to counter such moves. People are […]
Another Term Of This Madness? By Tisaranee Gunasekara – “Negligent, ambitious, and perverse Princes are the real causes of public misfortunes.” – D’Holbach (Good Sense Without God) This month, a female university-entrant fell off a […]
Former Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations and present Chairperson, Intergovernmental Working Group on the Rights to Development, Human Rights Council, Geneva, Tamara Kunanayakam, says the government and the Ministry of External […]
The call for justice for his people by the Tamil head of Sri Lanka’s Northern Province is quite significant. But is there political space in Sri Lanka that New Delhi can manoeuvre? The appeal made […]
The Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC), appointed to find solutions to the national problem, was extended by another six months, through a motion moved in Parliament last morning, by Chief Governmen Whip, Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, on […]
Speaker promises to inquire into Opp demand November 13, 2014, 9:52 pm by Saman Indrajith Chief Opposition Whip John Amaratunga yesterday requested the government to table a copy of the Supreme Court decision that enabled […]
By Kusal Perera – Commenting on the Opposition slogan of “Abolishing the Executive Presidency”, Communist Party boss DEW Gunasekera had said, this is only to muster co-operation amongst them against President Rajapaksa. Yes it is. […]
