Tuesday 1st November, 2022 Dissident SLPP MP Dullas Alahapperuma has used an interesting analogy to describe the government’s fear of elections or ‘polls phobia’, which he...
by Jehan Perera The release of eight long term LTTE prisoners held under the Prevention of Terrorism Act by the government was unexpected. The government led by...
By Ifham Nizam Through a pilot advocacy initiative funded by the Centre for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), the Confederation of Micro Small and Medium Industries (COSMI)...
By George Braine My father was the youngest of nine children. They grew up not far from Negombo, in their mother’s ancestral village of Boralessa. With...
BASL says ‘it is a matter entirely for the House’ By Shamindra Ferdinando Prof. Prathiba Mahanamahewa of the Colombo University Law Faculty, yesterday, lambasted the double standards in...
Party’s national organiser Duminda Dissanayake back in the fold? By Rathindra Kuruwita The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has no reason to try and win over...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Sri Lanka’s defence expenditure had risen by 300 percent, compared to that at the height of the war against the LTTE, Frontline Socialist...
By A.J.A. Abeynayake The Supreme Court yesterday commenced the hearing of the petitions filed challenging the Inland Revenue (Amendment) Bill presented by the government. The petitions...
The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution Bill passed by a special majority in Parliament recently (21) came into effect, yesterday,with Speaker, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, endorsing the...
*** This spring, temperatures hit nearly 50 degree Celsius across India and Pakistan, while Bangladesh and Sri Lanka sweltered under unusually high heat Without adequate cooling, these conditions...