Friday, 30th January 2015 Attorney-at-Law and rebellious head of Sri Lanka’s unofficial Bar, Upul Jayasuriya, calls on Shirani Bandaranayake to accept responsibility for the introduction of the 18th Amendment, sal ...
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Shirani’s swansong
Friday, 30th January 2015 CJ 43 says her fight was battle for judicial independence, integrity On her final day on the bench of the Supreme Court, 24 hours after her reinstatement as lawful Chief Justice of Sri ...
People’s budget
Friday, 30th January 2015 As expected, the budget of President Maithripala Sirisena's coalition party, the New Democratic Front (NDF), mainly comprising Sri Lanka's two principal political parties, the UNP and the ...
Sri Lanka Is Ready to Take Centre Stage
Friday, 30th January 2015 Sri Lanka has rarely, if ever, topped any US foreign-policy agenda. But after the surprising outcome of its Presidential Election earlier this month, it should get higher billing. In a st ...
Good governance calls for gap between offices
Friday, 30th January 2015 By Lucien Rajakarunanayake Reducing the term of the Executive Presidency was not a matter discussed as widely as other constitutional changes proposed by the common Opposition campaign. However ...
Independent Commissions: Necessary Improvements of the 17th Amendment – Professor G. L. Peiris
Friday, 30th January 2015 Presentation to Parliament of a Nineteenth Amendment, repealing the Eighteenth Amendment and re-instating the Seventeen Amendment, a basic constitutional measure relating to independent commiss ...
British Foreign Office Minister Swire meets Minister Samaraweera
Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera held talks with visiting British Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Hugo Swire at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today. Minister Swire stated that the purpose of his visit was to convey the UK Government’s desire to work closely with the newly elected government of President Maithripala Sirisena and to convey a special message from Prime Minister David Cameron.
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