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By Shamindra Ferdinando The May 09 ‘operation’, whose father is yet unknown, meant to save Mahinda Rajapaksa’s premiership, has tarnished the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), the police as well as the armed forces. The controversial Temple Trees project not only caused irreparable damage to the ruling coalition, it paved the way for UNP leader […]

Text and picture by PRIYAN DE SILVA  Executive Director of the Institute of Democratic Reforms and Electoral Studies, Manjula Gajanayaka, has called upon all members of Parliament to set aside petty differences and actively contribute towards reviving the nation’s economy.Gajanayake said that reviving the economy should take precedence over everything else. He commended Prime Minister Ranil […]

Second hand smoking causes about 890,000 premature deaths a year worldwide By Ifham Nizam The National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol (NATA), Sri Lanka, in partnership with the World Health Organisation, has initiated a project to set up 362 Smoke Free Zones (SFZs) in Sri Lanka to protect the general public from tobacco smoke, said Supun Lahiru […]

By Norman Palihawadane IGP C. D. Wickremaratne has issued a special circular, ordering the OICs to step up police patrol. The IGP has said that the intelligence agencies have warned of the possibility of some persons, with the assistance of social media platforms, organising incidents of social disturbances and violence and planning various criminal offences. […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando SLPP Chamara Sampath Dassanayake (Badulla District), representing the SLFP, has declared his support for newly elected Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Dassanayake last night told The Island that he would back the new government unless the SLFP made a decision immediately. Dassanayake is a member of the 14-member SLFP parliamentary group. Of them […]

‘Consensus between new PM and Opposition necessary’ Amidst continuing political turmoil with the Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) declaring that it will not accept ministerial positions in the interim administration headed by UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, the Executive Committee of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has asked newly-appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to bring […]

After today’s Mumbai rally, he will address rally at Aurangabad on June 8

Tuesday 10th May, 2022 Yesterday’s dastardly attacks on anti-government protesters in Colombo must be condemned unreservedly. It is not difficult to identify the perpetrators of violence, and they must be brought to justice forthwith. They could easily have been prevented from taking on the Gota Go Gama protesters if the police had cared to use […]

As Sri Lanka battles with one of the worst economic crises, Saliya Pieris PC, President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), urged all the Sri Lankan politicians to act as statesmen and avert the imminent crisis.

 UDHAMPUR : Following the Common Minimum Programme provided by J&K Legal Services Authority, and under the Chairmanship of Chairman District Legal Services Authority Udhampur, Y.P. Bourney and overall Supervision of Secretary, District Legal