Shenali D Waduge There is nothing to be surprised when the UN & its heads denounce local mechanisms and laugh at our judiciary and poke fun of our judges. It’s a pity that same sadism does not extend to the more powerful nations who most often are the reasons why nations cannot end conflicts. Most […]

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Nalin de Silva Order was reserved in the Fundamental Rights application citing the Right to Information with regard to the COPE report of the previous Parliament, regarding the bond issue of the Central Bank. The Petition filed in August of 2015, states that all citizens including the Petitioner are entitled to every right to all […]

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DHARSHAN WEERASEKERA The resolution converting Parliament to a ‘Constitutional Assembly’ was adopted unanimously on March 9th.  With it, in my opinion, the Joint Opposition lost legitimacy as an entity capable of representing Sinhala Buddhist interests.  It is said that all things happen for a reason, and perhaps what has happened is for the best. The […]

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– ශ්‍රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්‍රයේ විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂ කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් එජාපයේ ‘77 තරුණයින්ට‘ පෙළපාලි යන්නට ආරක්ෂාව සලසන පොලීසිය අද සැබෑ තරුණයින් උද්ඝෝෂණය කරන කොට ඔළු පළමින් සිටින බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්‍රයේ විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂ කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් මහතා පවසයි. ඒ මහතා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ සරසවි සිසු උද්ඝෝෂණයට එල්ලවු පොලිස් ප්‍රහාරයට විරෝධය පළකරමින් සිවිල් සංවිධාන […]

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Dr Sarath obeyskera As an ardent supporter of Port City ,I suggest that following aspects should be looked at and action initiated from now ,much in advance  to make it a successful venture …… How do we treat /dispose garbage of about 5000 tons per day ( expected ) from Port City and where ?-We […]

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Elmo de Silva Mount Lavinia  Courtesy The Island (The reference to a soldier in this article would include any person in the Armed Forces, who is placed in such a situation). I refer to the article, written by Mr. Neville Laduwahetty, appearing in The Island Newspaper of 9th March 2016, on the question of “Addressing Accountability”. […]

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Dr Sarth Obeysekera What I am going to write is nothing new .Just common sense .I am writing this Opinion in the car  travelling to office from Kotte to the Mutwal Harbour to give kick start to the daily work commencement  .If I do not go early    ( or give impression to my low […]

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