By Dr. Kingsley Wickremasuriya Senior Deputy Inspector-General of Police (Retired) (kingsley.wickremasuriya@gmail.com) Prologue “I am not bound to carry out your illegal orders..!” – SSP says to Police Minister and leaves the meeting..! (Lanka enews defense correspondent. The Lanka-e News of Nov. 18, 2022 reported a rare incident where a Senior Superintendent of Police said to […]
by Nihal Jayawickrama From the best possible vantage point, Bernard Percival Peiris was a witness to the unfolding of history. In 1947, with the entering into force of the new Constitution under which Ceylon achieved self-government, he was instructed by Prime Minister D.S. Senanayake to take charge of the Cabinet Office as its Assistant Secretary. […]
Thursday 6th Octber, 2022 An ugly incident has been reported from the picturesque Peradeniya University, where, one may say with apologies to Bishop Heber, ‘every prospect pleases’ and only the student groups red in tooth and claw are vile. Some undergrads who campaign against ragging came under attack in a canteen at the Peradeniya Arts […]
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