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  • Petitions challenging 19A before SC tomorrow

    Petitions challenging 19A before SC tomorrow

     

    The petitions filed by eight persons challenging the constitutionality of the proposed 19th Amendment to the Constitution will be called before the Supreme Court on 1st of April 2015.

    The petitioners are Attorney-at-Law Gomin Dayasri, leader of  Pivithuru Hela …




  • AUSTRALIAN LANKANS WRITTEN TO PRESIDENT

    AUSTRALIAN LANKANS WRITTEN TO PRESIDENT

    Seven Sri Lankan Associations in Australia has written to President Sirisena and has requested not to lift the ban currently imposed on LTTE Tamil Terrorists front organizations and  LTTE Tamil terrorist support individuals.

    The Full text of the letter is



  • 19th Amendment has arrived

    19th Amendment has arrived

    (Courtesy of Sunday Times)

    Almost a century ago — August 1920 to be precise, the United States of America passed the 19th Amendment to its Constitution. By this amendment, its Congress (Parliament) granted franchise – the vote, to adult women …


  • Devolution in India and Sri Lanka

    Devolution in India and Sri Lanka

    (By Courtesy of The Island March 24, 2015)

    By Neville Ladduwahetty

     

    The Island editorial of March 16, 2015 quotes Northern Province Chief Minister C. V. Wigneswaran as having stated as follows during Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Jaffna:

     “Thirteenth


  • Jaffna HSZ reduced further

    Jaffna HSZ reduced further

    By Shamindra Ferdinando

     

    Courtesy of The Island

    Removal of security zones in the North – paving way to terrorism again

     

    High Security Zones (HSZs) had been an integral part of the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) defences in the …



  • Beyond the 13A Recipe for disaster

    Beyond the 13A Recipe for disaster

    By Ranjith Soysa

    (Courtesy of The Nation)

     

    In 1987, the Indian Peace Keeping Force was deployed in Sri Lanka after signing the Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord

    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Sri Lanka as expected ended up …