Archive for June 16th, 2025

Legalizing LGBTQIA+ in Sri Lanka: A Note to the Justice Ministry & Attorney General’s Department — UN Bodies Cannot Override Sovereign Treaty Commitments

Monday, June 16th, 2025

Shenali D Waduge We notice an alarming pattern directed at sovereign nations who are being pressured both directly & indirectly to amend long-standing legal, moral & social frameworks to accommodate liberal ideologies & redefine gender, marriage, family that directly opposes & conflicts with their constitution, culture, religion & societal foundations. These demands are not grounded […]

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Sources: US Will Enter Israel’s War With Iran: Third World War

Monday, June 16th, 2025

by Dave DeCamp Call the White House Campaign by US citizens to Wake Up, and to tell them you do not want any part of this disastrous war Sources familiar with the matter have told Antiwar.com Editorial Director Scott Horton that the Trump administration is poised to enter Israel’s aggressive war against Iran directly. US airstrikes […]

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Is There a Crack in Western Support for Genocide as it markets Human Rights in Sri Lanka?

Monday, June 16th, 2025

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies  09/06/2025June 06, 2025 After twenty months of horror in Gaza, political rhetoric in Western countries is finally starting to shift – but will words translate into action? And what exactly can other countries do when the United States still shields Israel from efforts to enforce international law, as it did […]

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NDB Brings the Auto Carnival Experience to Negombo with Unmatched Leasing Benefits!

Monday, June 16th, 2025

National Development Bank PLC Continuing its commitment to empowering dreams of vehicle ownership across Sri Lanka, NDB Leasing successfully concluded yet another exciting edition of the NDB Auto Carnival”, this time in Negombo. The event offered customers a unique opportunity to drive away in their dream vehicles with unmatched ease, convenience, and financial flexibility. Held […]

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Will the law also be enforced against the powerful regardless of rank, and will it also apply to the constitutional interpretation errors committed/ done by former Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya, confirmed by the gazetted “22”?

Monday, June 16th, 2025

Aruna Laksiri Unawatuna B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col), AAL, Coordinator, Dr. Thilaka Padma Subasinghe Memorial Legal Education Program. There is a discussion among scholars as to whether the “Malima” government, which has a majority of more than 2/3 of the members of Parliament,  enforcing  the law against those in power who have committed wrongdoings regardless of rank can […]

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Attorney General to raise objections against FR petitions challenging legality of Sri Lanka-India MoUs

Monday, June 16th, 2025

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, June 16 (Daily Mirror) – The Attorney General’s Department today informed the Supreme Court that it expects to file objections to two Fundamental Rights petitions filed challenging the legality of the recently signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) between Sri Lanka and India. When the matter was called before the Supreme […]

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Current programme undertaken with IMF will be final: President

Monday, June 16th, 2025

Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, June 16 (Daily Mirror) – Sri Lanka aims to make the ongoing Extended Fund Facility of the International Fund Facility (IMF) the final programme undertaken with the IMF’s Extended Fund Facility, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today. While delivering the keynote address at the international conference ‘Sri Lanka’s Road to Recovery: […]

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SRI LANKA’S ECONOMY RECORDS 4.8% GDP GROWTH IN Q1 2025

Monday, June 16th, 2025

Courtesy Hiru News Sri Lanka’s economy recorded a positive Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate of 4.8% in the first quarter of 2025. This marks the seventh consecutive quarter of positive growth for the nation, beginning from the third quarter of 2023. The Department of Census and Statistics announced this, noting that the GDP at […]

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