Monday 24th August, 2020 Chief Opposition Whip Lakshman Kiriella has demanded to know how come those who supported the 19th Amendment are now trying to scrap...
The ninth Parliament was formally opened by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday and all but handful of the 225 new MPs have now taken their oaths....
Saturday 22nd August, 2020 Leon Trotsky, one of the finest political writers the world has ever seen, once identified clarity and brevity as the hallmarks of...
Friday 21st August, 2020 Members of the fourth estate never miss an opportunity to haul roguish characters among politicians, public officers et al over the coals,...
Thursday 20th August, 2020 The new Parliament is scheduled to have its inaugural sitting today. The legislature has been in a state of suspended animation for...
Wednesday 19th August, 2020 Why Sri Lanka’s efforts to eliminate the drug menace have not yielded the desired results, all these years, is clear. Some corrupt...
Tuesday 18th August, 2020 Critics of former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe danced in the streets, the other day, when it was reported that he had finally...
Monday 17th August, 2020 Police officers are not auctioned when they reach the retirement age, are they? They are given pensions instead. Not even shirkers and...
Cabinet making must necessarily b e a balancing act as various interests, including ethnic and religious, must be satisfied together with seniority claims and personal ambitions....
Saturday 15th August, 2020 Justice Minister Ali Sabry has reportedly said a bill will be presented to Parliament soon to change some sections of the 19th...