Individuals are not selected for international positions to go on witch-hunts especially against sovereign countries and elected leaders. The international entity, appointing them are also responsible to see if those they appoint exceed their mandate. International entities cannot simply watch their appointees abuse their portfolio especially against a sovereign country & a UN member state. […]

Navi Pillay has finally crawled out of the woodwork. On 20 May 2020 the former head of the United Nations Human Rights Council finally showed off her true colours reading out a script which proved beyond doubt her bias ‘remembrance of the Tamil victims of war in Sri Lanka that ended on 18 May 2009’. […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS Re-modeling economic policies of the country may have been the prime accountability of all governments elected to the office since independence in 1948. Although the policymakers soon after the independence, did not publicly state to accomplish the accountability with balanced growth, the focus of policymaking implied to reduce the bias in the […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS Since 1978 economic policies have been accomplished to satisfy the attitudes or thinking patterns of common people, however, the idea of enhancing the production, and the productivity went out of the minds of policymakers, because of the politics of the country reluctance to show or hear about the shortage of goods and […]

Chandrasena Pandithage In Sri Lanka, the most powerful unit called “people of Sri Lanka”. Nobody has a right to stand above them. That is a law, Country’s decision-makers are them, not anyone else. Presidents, Prime ministers, Parliament, or Court’s duty is to work for them. Presidential elections. Parliament elections and referendums are very important to […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera  Elevated highway: Govt. accepts unsolicited proposal from Chinese company By Namini Wijedasa The Government has accepted an unsolicited proposal from China Harbour Engineering Company (Ltd) for the elevated expressway from Athurugiriya to New Kelani Bridge via Rajagiriya — a project for which bid documents had already been finalised to call an open […]

නීතිඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) 1.)  ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 70වන ව්‍යවස්ථාව සංශෝධනය කරමින්, වසරකට පසු පාර්ලිමේන්තුව විසුරුවීමට ජනාධිපතිවරයාට තිබූ බලය ඉවත් කිරීමට 19වන ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධන පනත් කෙටුම්පත මුල් වරට වර්ෂ 2002 දීපාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කර තිබූණි. 2)  එකී 2002 ඉදිරිපත් කළ පනත් කෙටුම්පත සම්බන්ධයෙන් ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ විනිසුරුවරු 7දෙනෙක් ඒකමතිකව “තීරණයක්” (Determination)  ලබා දෙමින්, එකී සංශෝධනය එනම් […]

Mahinda Gunasekera 84 Tambrook Drive Agincourt, Ontario M1W 3L9 Canada Mayor Bonnie Crombie Mayor of the City of Mississauga Dear Mayor Bonnie Crombie, Your statement delivered on the day referred to as Tamil Memorial Day<https://www.facebook.com/TamilEelamMay18/videos/201602127308030/> _ I received a video statement made by you at the City Council carried in the Facebook of an organization […]

Courtesy The Guardian Sri Lanka has lifted a ban on wedding receptions as part of an easing of coronavirus restrictions, but grooms may not kiss the bride – at least not in public. Wealthy Sri Lankans usually hold wedding celebrations with thousands of guests, and the festivities often last for days with much eating, drinking, dancing […]

Courtesy Adaderana Nine more persons have tested positive for COVID-19 as of 10.00 pm on Friday (22), says the Ministry of Health. Accordingly, a total of 13 new positive cases of coronavirus have been confirmed so far within the day. Four naval personnel tested positive for the virus earlier today. Sri Lanka’s total count of […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Director General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe has sent a letter to the President’s Secretary, stating that he sees no impediment to holding elections in the country, President’s Counsel Romesh De Silva told the Supreme Court on Friday (22). These developments came, when multiple Fundamental Rights petitions, filed challenging the President’s […]

Courtesy Adaderana A Task Force headed by the Defence Secretary will be appointed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to conduct a comprehensive survey of archaeological sites in the East and to take measures to preserve them, says the President’s Media Division (PMD). Several parties have voiced their concerns regarding the destruction done to historical monuments, the […]