By Lynn Ockersz Hunger is reaching fever-pitch, In stomachs shriveling sans Bread, But the grinny Sires in TV frames, Cajoling the queueing underclass, Calculate that waiting these folks out, With tongue-in-cheek syrupy talk, Is the best game they could play, To live and rule another day, But this amounts to fooling oneself, For, the dividing […]
by Dr Laksiri Fernando The current protests in Sri Lanka are multitude. The most influential has been the Galle Face protests, Aragalaya (Struggle), now exceeding two months. After a halfhearted governmental change, some of the participants must be staying at home or going for work, carefully watching the situation. However, it is superficial to say […]
JVP to submit written proposals to Justice Ministry By Shamindra Ferdinando Some political parties, represented in Parliament, have stressed the need to ensure that the 21st Amendment to the Constitution does not include provisions that require public approval at a referendum.SJB’s Patali Champika Ranawaka, PHU leader Udaya Gammanpila and the leader of civil society group […]
Poor response from political parties By Shamindra Ferdinando Nimal Punchihewa, soft spoken Chairman of the Election Commission (EC), didn’t mince his words when he underscored the loss of public confidence as well as overall disappointment in the electoral system last week. Punchihewa stressed the need for far reaching changes in the electoral system while reiterating […]
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday instructed Minister of Agriculture Mahindananda Aluthgamage and State Minister of Livestock, Farm Promotion and Dairy & Egg Related Industries D.B. Herath to immediately increase the price paid to dairy farmers for milk supplied by improving productivity at Milco. The President made these remarks while inspecting the Milco Factory at Narahenpita yesterday […]