Vichara
Now that the NPP has won an absolute majority in the Parliament, there will be reams written on their achievement, particularly on the unique contribution and wise leadership of AKD the President. While endorsing the sentiments expressed so liberally, what is not understood is why this radical change did not come earlier in a country with a literacy rate of 92 % for adults aged 15 and above and a high income inequality where more than half the total household income of the country is enjoyed by the richest 20% while the bottom decile (poorest 20%) gets... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/11/24)
Dr Sudath Gunasekara. Mahanuwara
20th Nov 2024. Dear Sir, Please accept my hearty and warm congratulations! firstly, on your unprecedented and historic victory as the President of this Island nation, the pearl of the Indian ocean and the most important geopolitical, economics and strategic hub of the present-day world. Secondly, on your landslide victory at the general election where you were able to unify this country after 574 years, since it was done last by King Parakramabahu the sixth of Kotte, by capturing the Jaffna Kingdom in 1450 under... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/11/24)
Chanaka Bandarage
The fact that we now have a fine government (at least uncorrupt), many have the unrealistic expectation that we will soon become a developed nation. Sri Lanka is a 3rd world country; a chronic one. Before becoming a 1st world country (eg. Singapore), we have to pass the 2nd world stage (eg. Malaysia). Surely AKD and his Ministers/MPs will do their best to make Sri Lanka a clean, prosperous country. They are a highly disciplined, hardworking and corruption free lot. This is a real blessing for Sri Lanka. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/11/24)
Chandra Arya Member of Parliament/Député – Nepean
www.X.com/AryaCanada www.Facebook.com/ChandraAryaCanada Mr. Speaker, On behalf of Canada's Sri Lankan diaspora, including both Sinhalese-Canadians and Tamil-Canadians, I extend heartfelt congratulations to Sri Lanka's President, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, and his progressive party, National People's Power, on their historic majority in the parliamentary elections. This victory represents a mandate to implement the promised economic and constitutional reforms, including addressing longstanding demands such as returning state-acquired lands in the North to their rightful owners. The Sinhalese in the South, the Tamils in the Jaffna... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/11/24)
Sarath Wijesinghe President's Counsel - Sri Lanka - Solicitor England and Wales former Ambassador to UAE and Israel, President Ambassador's forum UK/SL
A loud and clear mandate President AKD is in power only for a few weeks (just over 50 days) elected by the citizen with and unprecedented majority of the Parliament surprising the world and - not the citizens- who he was elected with a clear and loud mandate for his vision, program, and the conduct so far having observed carefully and as one taking collective decisions with full of aspirations and hopes for a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/11/24)
Dr. Punsara Amarasinghe
Basis of Historical Movies Historical movies resonate with stories from the past for an audience watching them with a sense of awe after many years. The effect is gob-smacking when you see what you have fancied in your imagination on the silver screen as the events in history unveil how our world is shaped. Besides the benign charm that the historical movies generate there is a triviality involved in distorting the history through false narratives. Historical movie directors and scriptwriters often get lambasted for culling the stories by adding their whims and fancies... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/11/24)
Ibrahim Khalil Ahasan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
The Palestinian issue is a long-standing humanitarian crisis that has been going on for almost seven decades. The Palestinian people have been living under constant Israeli occupation, oppression, and illegal settlements. This crisis is not limited to Palestine and Israel; rather, it has become a global conscience call for international human rights, freedom, and justice. In the current situation, the question has become even more important: has the United Nations actually been able to play a proper role in resolving the Palestinian crisis, or has it only played the role of a silent... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/11/24)
Ibrahim Khalil Ahasan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
The advancement of technology around the world and the widespread spread of social media have made our lives easier, and there has been a mobility in obtaining and spreading information. However, along with this convenience, a big challenge has also arisen - propaganda. Once the only source of information was newspapers, radio, or television, where information was provided through verification and selection. But now anyone can post any news or information on social media, which quickly reaches a large number of people. As a result, even if any information is not correct, it... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/11/24)
අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col), නීතීඥ. සමායෝජක, වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්යාපන වැඩසටහන
1. පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරයෙකු ලෙස ප්රතිඥා/ දිව්රුම් නොදී මන්ත්රීවරු ලෙස තෝර පත්කර ගත් අයට කළ හැක්කේ කථානායකවරයා තෝරා ගැනීම පමණක් බව ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 63වන ව්යවස්ථාවේ දක්වා ඇත.2. පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරු අතරින් අගමැති සහ අමාත්යවරු පත් කළ යුතු බව ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 43.4 සහ 44.2 අනුව්යවස්ථා දක්වා ඇත.3. පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරුන් ලෙස කථානායකවරයා ඉදිරියේ ප්රතිඥා/ දිව්රුම් නොදී සිටියද ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා ධූර වන අගමැති සහ අමාත්ය ධූර ලබා ගැනීම නිවැරදි බව අනුර දිසානායක ජනාධිපතිවරයා තීරණය කර ඇති හෙයින් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරුන් ලෙස කථානායකවරයා ඉදිරියේ ප්රතිඥා/ දිව්රුම් නොදුන් තෝරාපත් වූ පාර්ලිමේන්තු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/11/24)
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island
* One-time LTTE mouthpiece TNA is no more
* N & E Tamil speaking representation enhanced
* Fresh look at Sarath Fonseka’s performance at 2010 Prez poll in North required
The new government’s main challenge is ensuring the full implementation of the IMF-led post-Aragalaya economic recovery in line with the Economic Transformation Bill approved by the previous government without a vote. Whatever the side-shows, the focus not only of the government but the Parliament should be on preparing the country to resume debt repayment... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/11/24)
Lt Col.Anil Amarasekera.(Rtd)
Let me take this opportunity to explain to you why the letter that was sent by me on behalf of the NJC is important. The letter only summarised the dangers of devolution as opposed to decentralization. What is written below will convince you that the President should not devolve power to the provinces as suggested in the NPP manifesto. Taking into consideration the difficulty or virtual impossibility for a central government to recall devolved power to a region, a province or a district let us consider the possible repercussions of such an eventuality in this country with several simple... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/11/24)
Sunil Vijaya
I just read the article - https://www.caorc.org/post/2019/06/10/ravanas-mechanical-flying-peacock and thought of clarifying some issues the article has raised. 1. All these GODs in Hindu mythology were humans like you and me. but since they had superhuman, attributes, they became gods after their demise. 2. Ravana was never born in Lanka or Heladeepa - he was pure Indian and related to Rama. Rama cut the nose of a beautiful lady cousin of his and Ravana thought of one day taking revenge. 3. Ravana moved to Sri Lanka and showed some extraordinary skills in medicine, warfare, technology, etc.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/11/24)
by A. Abdul Aziz, Sri Lankan Correspondent, Al Hakam – London.
Head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Fifth Khalifa) Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (,ay Allah be his Helper) in one of Friday Sermon , delivered at Masjid Mubarak, Islamabad, Tilford, UK, said that the Fazl Mosque in London, is significant because it was the first mosque of the Ahmadiyya Community built in a predominantly Christian nation. The opponents of Ahmadiyyat say that Ahmadiyyat was established by the British; however, it is strange because, in that case, this Community which was supposedly established by them, came to their country and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/11/24)
CMISL President Kaushal Rajapaksa
The Chamber of Marine Industries of Sri Lanka (CMISL) has congratulated President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the National People’s Power (NPP) on their success at the Parliamentary Election last week.“This achievement reflects the collective aspirations of Sri Lankans for transformative leadership and a renewed focus on sustainable economic growth,” CMISL President Kaushal Rajapaksa said in a letter to President Dissanayake.The letter also said the following.“The CMISL is encouraged by your administration’s commitment to fostering economic resilience, streamlining governance, and attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). We believe that expediting the implementation of the regulatory framework... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/11/24)
By Alfred McCoy Courtesy TomDispatch
Some 15 years ago, on December 5, 2010, a historian writing for TomDispatch made a prediction that may yet prove prescient. Rejecting the consensus of that moment that U.S. global hegemony would persist to 2040 or 2050, he argued that “the demise of the United States as the global superpower could come… in 2025, just 15 years from now.” To make that forecast, the historian conducted what he called “a more realistic assessment of domestic and global trends.” Starting with the global context, he argued that, “faced with a fading superpower,”... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/11/24)
CHATURANGA PRADEEP SAMARAWICKRAMA Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Colombo, November 20 (Daily Mirror) - Even though 70 percent of Sri Lankan Muslims voted for the National People's Power (NPP) government, no Muslim representatives were included in the recent Cabinet appointments, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Kandy District candidate Rishad Mahroof said. Addressing the media at the SLPP office in Colombo, he said that the Sri Lankan Muslim community has expressed their displeasure over the matter. "During the election period, the NPP claimed that several representatives from the Muslim and Tamil communities would be appointed. This... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/11/24)
Aruni Samarakoon- University of Hull Courtesy Political Studies Association
20 November 2024 This blog article explores the transition from militant to non-militant revolutionary politics in Sri Lanka, within the context of the Global South. It will examine the emergence of revolutionary consciousness, the political developments and declines, and the subsequent re-emergence of that consciousness in the form of democratic movements. Sri Lanka, located in South Asia, has been grappling with an ongoing economic crisis since 2022. This crisis emerged in the wake of political turmoil when widespread public protests forced the elected former President,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/11/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Former State Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, also known as Pilleyan, left the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) a short while ago after giving a 5-hour long statement about the controversial Channel 4 documentary on the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks in Sri Lanka. He arrived at the CID this morning (20) to provide the statement on the controversial documentary 'Sri Lanka's Easter Bombings' which was broadcast on September 6, 2023 into which the CID has been investigating for some.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana
The stunning electoral sweep of the National People’s Power (NPP) led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is “an earthquake in Sri Lankan politics”, says Erik Solheim, the former Norwegian peace facilitator in the island nation. The former diplomat also feels that the strong showing by the NPP in areas populated by Tamils, particularly in the north, marked “a very strong call for a new start in ethnic relations in Sri Lanka”. Solheim, who has interacted closely with many Sri Lankan leaders, however, warned that while the NPP’s inner core... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana
https://youtu.be/GAZizhrRAeM The Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval for the import of 70,000 metric tonnes of rice as a short-term solution to address the existing shortage of rice in the market.The rice will be imported through the Lanka Sathosa and Sri Lanka State Trading (General) Corporation, according to Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development Wasantha Samarasinghe.Speaking at a press briefing at the Government Information Department today (20), he stated that a stock of ‘Swarna’ Nadu Rice will be imported and that the Cabinet approval has been granted for this. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/11/24)
Shenali D Waduge
With Tamil populace rejected separatism & the politicians that advocated separatism while LTTE overseas fronts are sending letters continuing the same separatist/racist demands, it is interesting to see the action that President Anura Kumara Dissanayake would take given that LTTE remains banned not only in Sri Lanka but across the world as well. The focus of attention to President Anura Kumara is to see if he will continue the usual “politically correct” line or he will choose to side with the majority of people who are against terrorism & the commemoration of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
Vijay Prashad
Facebook Twitter Reddit Email Indigenous leader Lidia Thorpe confronts King Charles III during his visit to Australia. (Screengrab from X.) If you go to the bluff at Kings Park in Perth, Australia, you can overlook the Swan River and enjoy a remarkable view. Across the bay, there is a phalanx of steel and glass buildings that rise to the skies. Each of these buildings carries a sign that glistens in the sharp sun: BHP, Rio Tinto, Chevron, Deloitte, and others. Kings Park no longer survives merely with the patronage... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
Lt Co. A.S.Amarasekera.(Rtd.) Co-President, National Joint Committee.
18th November 2024. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake,The Presidential Secretariat,Colombo 1. Dear Mr. President, The National Joint Committee (NJC) wishes to congratulate you for winning the Presidential Election and leading the National People’s Power (NPP) to a landslide victory at the general election conducted on 14th of November 2024. The governing party (NPP) with a 2/3 majority in the National State Assembly has the mandate to implement the manifesto you have presented to the public through the NPP. In the NPP manifesto (page 109) it... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
HONG KONG SAR
- Media OutReach Newswire - 19 November 2024 - Global business leaders, policymakers and innovators have dropped anchor in Asia's world city for Hong Kong Maritime Week 2024 (HKMW) (November 17 – 23), an annual flagship event comprising conferences, exhibitions and networking activities under the broad theme of "Navigating to a Greener Future". The theme of Hong Kong Maritime Week 2024 is "Navigating to a Greener Future".With over 50 industry and public events hosted by more than 80 marine organisations, this year's HKMW has attracted about 14,500 local, Mainland and international maritime professionals.HKMW... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
By Professor Raj Somadeva and Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge
TimeNov 21, 2024 10:30 AM ColomboMeeting ID725 2642 0413Securitychecked Passcode********Invite LinkInvite Link https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72526420413?pwd=VrhALeRPERtZdmyvYXDyyTmwoS4lsz.1https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72526420413?pwd=VrhALeRPERtZdmyvYXDyyTmwoS4lsz.1... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col), නීතීඥ. සමායෝජක, වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්යාපන වැඩසටහන
83වන ව්යවස්ථාවේ දෝෂ / අතපසුවීම් නිවැරදි කිරීමට ගැසට් කළ 22, ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ සමාව ගැනීම සහ ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ තීරණ ඇසුරෙන් 2015 දී ගෙනා 19වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයේදී සිදුකර ඇති දෝෂ/ අතපසුවීම් නිවැරදි කිරීමටමාළිමා 159 ආණ්ඩුවට සහ අනුර දිසානායක ජනාධිපතිවරයාට හැකි වෙයිද?1. 2002 දී සහ 2015 දී 19වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධන පනත් කෙටුම්පත නමින් පනත් කෙටුම්පත් 2ක් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් විය.2. 2002 දී පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කළ 19වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධන පනත් කෙටුම්පත මගින් ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 70වන ව්යවස්ථාව සංශෝධනය කිරීමට අපේක්ෂා කළ අතර එය නීතියක් කිරීමට ජනමතවිචාරණයකින් ජනතාවගේ අනුමැතිය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස්
ඉන්ධන අලෙවිය සඳහා මිල සූත්රයක් පැවතීම හොඳ දෙයක් බව බලශක්ති අමාත්ය කුමාර ජයකොඩි මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. එය සංශෝධනය විය යුතුද නැද්ද යන්න ඉදිරියේදී සලකා බලන බවත් හෙතෙම කියා සිටියේ සිය අමාත්යංශයේ වැඩ බාර ගැනීමේ අවස්ථාවේදී මාධ්ය අමතමිනි. මිල සූත්රය සම්බන්ධයෙන් බිය විය යුතු නැති බවද පැවසූ ඔහු සැම විටම මිල අඩු කිරීමට රජය උත්සාහ කරන බවද හෙතෙම එහිදී කියා සිටියේය. “ඉන්ධන මිල සූත්රය අහෝසි කිරීමේ අවශ්යතාවක් පැන නැගලා නෑ. අපි බලනවා මොකක්ද වෙන්න ඕන කියලා. ඉන්ධන මිල සූත්රයක් තිබෙන එක හොඳයි. ඒක සංශෝධනය කරන්න ඕනද කියලා බලනවා.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
Courtesy India Today
The Sri Lankan Army ordered the closure of its Paruthithurai camp in the Northern Tamil region returning the land to its original owners. This follows President Anura Kumar Dissanayake's promise to return government-occupied lands to Tamils during his first public address in Jaffna. Sri Lankan Army begins Tamil land restoration with closure of Paruthithurai camp. Pramod Madhav Chennai,UPDATED: Nov 19, 2024 18:51 IST Written By: Deepthi Rao In Short Sri Lankan Army orders closure of Paruthithurai camp in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
Maria Tavernini Courtesy Reset Dialogues
The sweeping majority secured by Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s leftist coalition in the snap parliamentary election on November 14 marks a major shift in the country’s electoral landscape. Cutting across ethnic and religious differences, Sri Lankans swept the National People’s Power (NPP) front to a landslide victory, granting Dissanayake’s alliance a total of 141 seats out of 225. “This result is surprising to some extent – no political party has secured a two-thirds majority in parliament in the last two decades,” explains Ashok Swain, professor of peace and conflict studies at Uppsala University... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
By Anjana Pasricha Courtesy VOA
New Delhi — Sri Lanka’s Marxist leaning president has won a sweeping mandate to fulfill his pledges to combat corruption and implement pro-poor reforms, but he faces huge challenges in a country whose economy is still fragile, analysts say. Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s coalition, the National People’s Power, or NPP, party, secured an unprecedented two-thirds majority in the 225-member Parliament in snap elections held a year ahead of schedule. SEE ALSO: Party of Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning president wins majority in parliament ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
by Ayampillai Dharmakulasingham, Retired Sri Lankan career diplomat Courtesy The Island
The writer made a correct prediction: ‘The President’s party, the National People’s Power (NPP), is expected to win significantly in the upcoming general election’ ( The Island, Nov. 7). Similarly, the writer anticipated that the NPP would secure more than 135 seats in the parliamentary election (Veerakesari, Nov. 9). Naturally, many are eager to understand the dynamics that enabled the President’s party to make history in a proportional representation election, specifically defeating the major Tamil parties in Jaffna. The NPP is the first political party to achieve... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
Courtesy The Island
… alleges constituents of alliance undermined
Row over National List positions: UNP Leader and former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has taken exception to the sumbission of Ravi Karunanayake’s name to the Election Commission (EC) as one of the two National List (NL) MPs of the New Democratic Front (NDF). He has said the NDF General Secretary submitted Karunanayake’s name without the concurrence of the constitutes of the alliance. Wickremesinghe said so at a meeting of NDF representatives in Colombo. He said the leaders of the NDF... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
Courtesy The Island
The government of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake reaffirmed its readiness to collaborate with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to advance Sri Lanka’s economic recovery within the context of the mandate. Senior Mission Chief Peter Breuer and the IMF delegation met with President Dissanayake and key ministers of the newly-formed government at the Presidential Secretariat on Monday (18), to discuss the next steps in the IMF program. The IMF team congratulated... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Manila, Philiphines (19 November 2024) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today approved a USD 200 million policy-based loan to further help the Government of Sri Lanka strengthen its financial sector, the Asian Development Bank (ADB)said. This second subprogram of ADB’s Financial Sector Stability and Reforms Program builds on the stabilization and crisis management measures put in place under the first subprogram approved in 2023. “Sri Lanka has made good progress in stabilizing macroeconomic conditions and improving the fiscal situation. ADB is helping the country establish long-term growth by introducing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
DARSHANA SANJEEWA BALASURIYA Courtesy The Daily Mirror
olombo, Nov 19 (Daily Mirror) - While assuring the public that tackling bribery and corruption will remain a priority, the new Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs Ananda Wijayapala said today that he is committed to restoring the independence of the Sri Lanka Police, which he noted had been politicised under previous governments. Ananda Wijayapala officially assumed duties as the Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs today at the Ministry of Public Security in Battaramulla. In his address, Minister Wijayapala acknowledged the steps already taken... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana
The appointment of the new Secretary to the Prime Minister, the Cabinet Secretary and Secretaries for 16 Ministries was held at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo today (19). The ceremony was officiated by the Secretary to the President, Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. The list of appointees is as follows: 01. Mr. G.P Saputhanthri - Secretary to the Prime Minister02. Mr. W.D.M. J Fernando - Secretary to the Cabinet03. Senior Prof. Kapila C.K. Perera - Ministry of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation04. Mr. K.M.M.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana
The Secretary General of Parliament, Mrs. Kushani Rohanadheera, clarified that a Member of Parliament (MP) is not paid a salary but is entitled to an allowance. Joining the Ada Derana’s current affairs programme ‘BIG FOCUS’, she explained that currently an MP is entitled to an allowance of almost Rs. 54,000. Apart from this, they are also entitled to an attendance allowance of Rs 2,500 for the days when parliamentary sessions are held and an allowance of Rs 2,500 for attending committee meetings held on days when the parliamentary sessions are not held.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
KAMALIKA PIERIS
REVISED 18.11.24 The second Yahapalana government which started with Gotabhaya Rajapaksa in 2019, followed by Ranil Wickremesinghe In 2022 came to an end in September 2024, with the election of a new President, JVP’s Anura Kumara Dissanayake. For the first time in our political history, a rural lad was voted into the highest position in the land. We had ‘Tanamalvila kollek ‘on television. Now we have a ‘Tambuttegama kollek’ as our President. Anura Kumara Dissanayake is holding a position which snobs think should be filled only by a “kalu sudda”. Therefore, those... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/11/24)
The Coalition for a Pro-Animal Protection Act - Sri Lanka
1) Draft Animal Welfare Bill 2) National Dog Spay and Rabies Eradication Programme 1) Draft Animal Welfare Bill By 2023 when the Draft Animal Welfare Bill was taken up for its first reading in Parliament, it has been made into a legal mess, denying legal protection to animals from cruelties. In June 2023 our Coalition intervened and by March 2024 we got Parliamentary Sectoral Oversight Committee (SOC) to approve amendments that would make this bill exemplary, offering legal protection to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/11/24)
Dilrook Kannangara
Though the 2024 election outcome in the north, east and other areas of high minority population density seems promising of a united Sri Lanka, it has happened before. Yes; we have been through it before and the end was a disaster. When basic needs of minorities are challenged, they turn towards Sinhala political parties. Once they are satisfied, they turn back towards Tamil and Muslim tribal politics. NPP became darlings of minorities only because of the continuing economic hardships minorities and the entire nation go through. If or when minorities no longer have these economic hardships,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/11/24)
