Saturday 18th March, 2023 The Rajapaksa-Wickremesinghe government can allocate funds for anything other than elections. It claims to be too broke to spare any money for polls whenever the Election Commission makes requests to that effect. But it readily parts with huge amounts of public money to keep its politicians happy. One thing they put […]
Friday 17th March, 2023 Sri Lankan politics is characterised by unbridled machismo. Macho men of all stripes are full of themselves and consider politics as a male preserve although this country takes pride in having produced the world’s first female prime minister. The Election Commission (EC) Chairman Nimal Punchihewa has told these ‘manful’ worthies some […]
By Norman Palihawadane Police have arrested 15 youth with drugs in their possession on their way to Sri Pada. During a raid conducted by the Hatton Police Anti-Vice squad, the police found heroin, cannabis, cannabis mixed tobacco and a stock of beedies illegally imported to Sri Lanka The suspects between 20 and 30 years of […]
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By Rathindra Kuruwita At least 85 percent of the speech President Ranil Wickremesinghe made in Parliament on the local council elections, on Thursday, was misleading and it was an attempt to influence the courts, Sri Lankan election monitors said yesterday. D. M. Dissanayake, Head of Operation at the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) said […]