(Excerpted from Memoirs of a Cabinet Secretary by BP Peiris) With prorogation, began my holiday task – the preparation of the Queen’s Speech. On this occasion,...
(Excerpted from the Memoirs of a Cabinet Secretary by BP Peiris) Within a couple of days, another emergency meeting of the Cabinet was summoned, again at...
“The usual 10%” on a government purchase (Excerpted from Memoirs of a Cabinet Secretary by BP Peiris) The Governor-General was requested to ascertain, if possible, which...
(Excerpted from Memoirs of a Cabinet Secretary by BP Peiris) At about this time, one Premadasa (later President R. Premadasa), a UNP member of the Colombo...
(Excerpted from Memoirs of a Cabinet Secretary by BP Peiris) In March 1961, with the Prime Minister again in the United Kingdom and C. P. de...
CABINET OF HON. SIRIMAVO DIAS BANDARANAIKE (Excerpted from The Memoirs of a Cabinet Secretary by BP Peiris) The Government now turned its attention to the schools....
(Excerpted from Memoirs of a Cabinet Secretary by BP Peiris) In many of her public speeches, the Prime Minister used to emphasize the fact that she...
(Excerpted from the Memoirs of a Cabinet Secretary by BP Peiris) Taking advantage of the Sinhala Only Act, Minister Ilangaratne sent me the first Cabinet Paper...
(Excerpted from Memoirs of a Cabinet Secretary by BP Peiris) The first meeting of the new Cabinet placed on record its appreciation of the services rendered...
(Excerpted from the Memoirs of a Cabinet Secretary by BP Peiris) It is time to get back to D.S. It was early 1950. The Prime Minister...