GL asks govt. to secure int’l assistance to recover stolen money By Shamindra Ferdinando Former Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris yesterday (07) suggested that the government seriously consider securing UN support for the recovery of stolen public assets. Addressing the media at the Nawala Office of ‘Nidahasa Jathika Sabhawa’ consisting of 13 rebel SLPP MPs, Prof. Peiris said […]
Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana yesterday (08) announced that the proposed appointment of 17 Sectoral Oversight Committees had been included in the Order Paper of the Parliament. Referring to the proposed appointment of three committees to be established, the Speaker had requested all MPs to extend necessary support. Accordingly, approval for incidental matters, related to these […]
By Lynn Ockersz A new-born girl child, Left alone and found crying, In desolate provincial wilds, Seems yet another story, Of family planning gone awry, But this time around, There’s more to it than that, Because the lights are going out, One by one in the Isle’s hearths, As the economy grinds to a halt, […]
The 51 sessions of the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council is underway. Sri Lanka is again in the focus with Western powers and their lackeys targeting the war-winning Sri Lanka military. Successive Sri Lankan governments, including the incumbent administration, failed to address core issues. Their failure to counter accusations that over 40,000 Tamil civilians […]