Posted on April 13th, 2021
KAMALIKA PIERIS
S.W.R.D Bandaranaike was Prime Minister for a very short time, 1956- 1959. Throughout
this period, he was soundly ridiculed. Praise for Bandaranaike came
several decades later when the MEP period came into historical review and it
was found that changes initiated had become entrenched, also that they were
good.
Then they started to praise Bandaranaike as a person.
Guruge (1999) said he admired SWRD’s extraordinary intellectual and oratorical
skills. Bradman Weerakoon (2004) said SWRD was ‘uncommon man
in the age of the common man’ HSS Nissanka (1976) reported that KPS Menon said Bandaranaike was
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On March 13, the Sri Lankan governmenty announced plans to ban the wearing of burqas and said it would close more than 1,000 Islamic schools, citing national security [File: AP/Eranga Jayawardena]
On March 13, Sarath Weerasekara, Sri Lanka’s minister of public security, announced that the government will ban wearing of the burqa and close more than 1,000 Islamic schools in the country. The minister was quoted as saying that “the burqa” was a “sign of religious extremism” and has a “direct impact on national security”.
The news was picked up internationally and resulted in several statements by human rights organisations and the UN special rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Ahmed Shaheed, as well as from Pakistan’s ambassador to Sri Lanka. Three days later the government stepped back from Weerasekera’s statement. Cabinet spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella announced that the decision “requires time” and a consultative process.