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(Courtesy of The Island) Review by Neville Ladduwahetty The title of this book comes from a line in an epic poem by John Milton on England’s Civil War. Although the book is a narrative of the many contributions by the..

The continuing controversy over the Colombo Port’s East Container Terminal cannot be ignored. Hope the government remembers the battle between President Sirisena and Premier Wickremesinghe over the UNP’s agreement with New Delhi to handover the ECT to the nuclear armed..

The religion’s principles have influenced the legal system and the Constitution. Its values of non-violence, compassion and social equality are reflected in judgments and have stood the test of time Indian jurisprudence has had a long history and been influenced..

(Courtesy of Asiantribune) The Government of Sri Lanka has entered into the military agreement called Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), considered controversial even by an American ally The Philippines which abrogated the ‘pact’ a couple of months ago, with the..

It is reported that the UNHRC has issued a statement with regard to Vinayagamurthi Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman’s recent utterances at an election meeting in Batticaloa. Since Karuna’s statement is about certain incidents that occurred at the time of the..

That MCC has undergone various stages of approval or observation prior to finalizing the document certainly questions how far our own are interested to view a bilateral document and appraise it considering the advantages and disadvantages to the Country &..

Will personal laws have a place in Sri Lanka with the MCC e-land registry & Bim Saviya? Deeds which had described the various rights and description of property under these laws have been repealed. The land contracts are reduced to..

A view of Colombo showing the Presidential Secretariat, Treasury and the Twin Towers/Amitha Thennekoon economy next ECONOMYNEXT – The following is the second in a series of interviews with academics and public intellectuals on the way forward for Sri Lanka..

The whole ‘war crime’ ‘genocide’ sing song is based on an unsubstantiated allegation of intentional mass killing of some blown up figures ranging from 40,000 to 200,000 CIVILIANS by various third party groups & individuals. This allegation is questioned because..

Third World country policy makers as well as their citizens need to understand that ‘independence’ for former colonies is just a cliché and nothing else. All that happened under colonial rule continues under neocolonial policies & practices. Foreign aid and..