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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 […]