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The Canadian province of Alberta’s legislature Thursday passed Premier Danielle Smith’s Sovereignty Act, empowering the provincial government to dismiss federal law, programs, and policies. The Albert...

SINN FÉIN has backed calls from the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights for Britain to consider withdrawing its proposed Legacy Bill. In a recent report published following a visit to the UK earlier this year, Dunja Mijatović said if the Bill was adopted, it could cause issues with the implementation of the European

A bill advancing in the New Jersey Legislature would expedite the implementation of significant changes to the state’s WARN law. Back in January 2020, Governor Philip D. Murphy signed...

Quorum shouldn’t be abused, warns Prof. Peiris By Shamindra Ferdinando Prof. G.L. Peiris, MP, has said that the existing Independent Commissions (ICs) should continue until the appointment of the Constitutional Council (CC) to pave the way for the reconstitution of the ICs in terms of the 21st Amendment to the Constitution. The 10-member CC consists […]

By Lynn Ockersz In the fabled Isle, Said to have been blessed, With all things elevating, No sleep is lost now, On which comes first, ‘Bread or Guns?’ For, betwixt the safety, Of the masters of the land, And the ‘Sambol’ and rice, Of the toiling subject class, It’s those wielding heft, Who decide what […]

AN East Yorkshire MP has given his support for a Bill to help prevent the theft of all-terrain vehicles, such as quad bikes.

By Ifham Nizam The Ceylon Electricity Board top management strongly believes that Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara had rightly stated that tariff hike is a must for the survival of the CEB, unless fuel is given at a very concessionary rate. Wijesekara yesterday also said that the Government hasn’t proposed to recover past losses […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando President Ranil Wickremesinghe will appoint 12 new Cabinet ministers soon after the final vote on his maiden budget, according to sources. The vote is scheduled to be held on 08 Dec. Sources say that the SLPP has recommended ministerial portfolios for 10 of its members whereas UNP National List MP Wajira Abeywardena […]

By PRIYAN DE SILVA  InSPIRE (Incubator Space for Promoting Information Right and Freedom of Expression)  launched an incubator space at the Department of Sinhala and Mass Communication of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura last week.  An Incubator Space is an integrated learning space that provides opportunities for multi-disciplinary learning, networking, collaboration with resource persons, media […]

Approval was granted at the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers held on 20.06.2022 for the National Environmental Policy. Accordingly, the Ministry of Environment has prepared the National Environmental Action Plan for the period of 2022 – 2030 with the contribution of all relevant parties by paying attention on the environmental challenges in the twenty […]