UNP’s Defeat – I By Jayantha Somasundaram “… the liberal-cosmopolitan intelligentsia … supported … the UNP. Few, very few, deigned to support the SJB.” Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka...
…another Rs. 2.5 mn to ensure peaceful election by Shamindra Ferdinando Two leading polls monitors-PAFFREL (People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections) and CMEV (Center for...
By R Srivelraja Election Secretariat sources said 99,335 had been rejected in the Northern and Eastern districts at the 05 August general election. Accordingly, there were...
Deshapremi Eksath Jathika Pakshaya has urged UNPers to rally around President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Premier Mahinda Rajapaksa in the wake of debilitating defeat suffered by the UNP...
It was widely believed that under a proportional representation system, it was difficult, if not impossible, to get a simple majority. A 2/3rd majority under the...
Lessons from the blast in Beirut By Eng. Parakrama Jayasinghe ( parajayasinghe@gmail.com) The world is shocked by the recent tremendous explosion, in Lebanon claiming the lives...
This has reference to the interesting article on ‘Our Common Heritage – One Country – One Land –One People’ on Wednesday 5th August 2020, and similarities between...
By Lacille de Silva Our constitution is a written instrument of the state. It embodies the fundamental principles and laws that determine the powers and duties...
All government schools will reopen today (10), according to the Ministry of Education. Only students in Grades 5, 10, 11, 12, and 13 however will be...
Chargé d’affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka Hu Wei, on Saturday, called on Leader of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Mahinda Rajapaksa on the...