By Shamindra Ferdinando The National Freedom Front (NFF), a constituent member of Nidahas Janatha Sandhanaya (NJS), has declared that it would oppose President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s bid to fully implement the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. The patriotic people were ready to defeat such plans, even at the expense of their lives, the party has vowed. […]
A lawyers’ group, aligned with Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU), yesterday (31) said that President Ranil Wickremesinghe couldn’t unilaterally decide on the full implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. Attorneys-at-Law Pasan Gunasekera and Bhupathi Kahathuduwa, in a statement issued, explained why police and land powers, in terms of the controversial amendment, shouldn’t be granted […]
CEYPETCO and LANKA IOC have increased the price of 92 Octane petrol by Rs 30 per liter with effect from midnight today (01 February). The new price will be Rs 400 per liter
Why did former President Sirisena vacate the Paget Road residence, having made it part of his ‘deal’ with the UNP? A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court, comprising Justices Priyantha Jayawardena, Gamini Amarasekara, and Kumuduni Wickremasinghe, having examined the arguments put forward by both the petitioner and respondent parties, issued an interim order on March […]
By Lynn Ockersz The bleat of helpless Lambs, Continues to rise shrill, Above the missile blitzkrieg, In this a most harrowing hour, In Eastern Europe’s history, And the Iron Fist crashing down, On the glories of civilization, Is for sure a tragedy compounded, But there’s this curious link, Between top brass Generals, Following top-down orders, […]