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Mon, 28 Oct 2024 Today's Paper
The messy situation arisen in many Local Government bodies after the February 10 elections for them had so far been eclipsed by the No-Confidence Motion (NCM) presented by the Joint Opposition against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Award winning filmmaker Michael Moore of Fahrenheit 911 fame once advised the Palestinians to give up violence and adopt non-violence as a means of protests.
The Diyawanna Reality Show came to a happy ending for UNP and PM Wickremesinghe two days ago on the night of Wednesday 04 April 2018.
Tomorrow April 5 is the 47th anniversary of the 1971 youth insurrection by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and it came in the aftermath or afterglow of the tumultuous parliamentary debate yesterday on the no-confidence motion against Prime Mini
Way back in the 16th century, there lived a man in Cambridge, England by the name of Thomas Hobson. He rented and sold horses and was the proud owner of a stable that had 40 stallions of all breeds. Anyone who wanted to rent a horse from him to rid
Japan was virtually razed to the ground when an American B-29 bomber dropped the atomic bomb over its city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. In the attack, 80,000 people perished, and in addition, a large number of people killed subsequently due to rad
Battles are fundamentally different from wars although the two terms are often used as though they are synonyms. They are different and this is why sometimes people say ‘the battle was won, but not the war.’
Commencing his submissions before the Criminal Justice Commission for defense in arguably the biggest criminal case in Sri Lanka, the ‘main trial’ (maha naduwa) of leaders of the 1971 insurgency,
Amid confusion and conflicting reports with different parties having different agendas and vested interests, Parliament will today take up the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. The joint opposition which presented th
From the time he entered the chambers of State Council of Ceylon in 1943, J. R. Jayewardene (JR) had been branded as a Reactionary Capitalist.
1. Moving away from the usual banal political repertoire let us concentrate on other things, for a change!!! I read a refreshingly different article in the Ceylon Daily News of 27th March ‘HONOUR AMONG THE CORRUPT’ but the blurb is what
Speaking to the Daily Mirror, Puravesi Balaya Co-convener Gamini Viyangoda said that if this no confidence motion has been brought in because of the alleged Bond Scam there is no justification for it.
Citing a number of reasons including the alleged involvement in the alleged Central Bank Bond Scam, the Joint Opposition members recently signed a no confidence motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. The Joint Opposition said that they
The story about a student in Mullaitivu who had committed suicide after having failed in the last year’s GCE Ordinary Level examination was overshadowed by the success stories of many students in various other parts of the country and the obses
The No-Confidence Motion against the Prime Minister is not just against him. In its practical implication it is about the government as a whole. This is not about how it is interpreted constitutionally, but how it would work out, practically, if it w
The 19th Amendment (19A) to the Constitution of Sri Lanka was passed by the 225 member Parliament on 28 April 2015 (Three years ago) with 215 voting in favour, one against and seven absent.
This brief note will focus exclusively on the Constitutional Propriety of the 19th Amendment to the 1978 Constitution. It will not dwell on its pros and cons.
Volleyball is Sri Lanka’s national sport. But cricket, known as -the ‘gentleman’s game’ is by far, the most popular sport in the country, irrespective of gender, class...
A full-scale global trade war has not broken out yet - but that hasn’t stopped the market from fretting about one or analysts from warning about the potential...
Trade wars, diplomatic expulsions, domestic political battles, North Korean leader Kim’s trip to China were few events that took global media attention....
On a Bak Full Moon day, in the fifth year of his enlightenment, the Buddha perceived a dispute brewing between the two Naga Communities in Northern Lanka led by two Kings Chulodara and Mahodara. Buddhism with a message of Peace for all humankind&mdas
Easter is the most important day for Christians. It is the one major event that Christians, who are otherwise divided over many things, agree upon. It is the day that celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from a gruesome death on the cross. Peo
Sri Lanka’s King Parakramabahu the Great, is famous for what he said, “Let not a drop of water flow to the sea without serving the people”.
If Britain can prove that Russia was responsible for the poisoning of former Russian spy and British double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the southern British city of Salisbury on March 4, then it has every reason to be furious.&nb
Therefore, they denied the allegation and defended those who were accused of the fraud, even writing books on the matter.
The third, Mahinda Rajapaksa is ruled out on 19A, as he had already completed two terms.
Beneath the evening sky, the final two days of March will conclude in an artistic note, as Russian Classical Ballet will be performed at the Nelum Pokuna Performing Arts Theatre.
In any given society, the Great Reconciliation Game will be played between two factions; the nationalists and the cosmopolitans.
Betrayals are nothing new and have happened in one form or another from time immemorial.
In the aftermath of the sensational results at the February 10 local council elections and the Kandy district ethnic or religious violence which compelled the Government to declare a State of Emergency for 10 days, Sri Lanka has been plagued by pol
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