The Governor of Northern Province, Mr. H.M.G.S Palihakkara, who was one of the eight panellists appointed by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa to the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), has instructed the Government Agents (Gas) in the Northern Province to …

Courtesy of Island

The Supreme Court in its determination on the 19th Amendment stated that it “… came to a conclusion that the transfer, relinquishment or removal of a power attributed to one organ of government to another organ or …

Following numbers of requests made on the deforestation in Eastern province by two politicians in the ruling party, the HE the President Maithreepala Sirisena has taken some actions to stop such deforestations.

Following are the full texts of the letters …

Traitor Bahu; Defamation on Lion Flag

A complaint was lodged at Police Head Quarters yesterday by Pani Wewala and Gallege Punyawardan Aginst Wickramabahu Karunarathna for his defamatory and derogatory remarks about the Lion and the Sinhale Flag.

In the Hiru …

ON  BALTIMORE AND SRI LANKA 

The USA, the key mover of the UNHCR Resolution seeking investigation into the crimes said to have committed during the last phase of the war 2009 –based on speculative and questionable reports- is sending a …

Former President Chandrika Kumaratunga of Sri Lanka said, that the dismantling of Sinhala majoritarian politics, government structures and laws, is essential for the establishment of durable peace in the island nation. The anti-Sinhala group lead by Ranil, Chandrika, Rajitha, Mangala …

By Bandu de Silva

            28^th April 1952 was the day on which the Japanese Peace Treaty officially signed by 48 countries from those which attended the San Francisco Conference of September held in the previous year came into force. …

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This is my fourth and hopefully final essay on the problems with the 19^th Amendment.  In this essay I focus on the mysterious entity designated the “Council of State,” which the amendment intends to insert as Chapter 7B of …