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Sajith goes “shooting” leopard during moves to arrest Harin

Sajith goes “shooting” leopard  during moves to arrest Harin

The main opposition party, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) leader Sajith Premadasa, was on a search in the deep jungles of the south last week. It was not for new members who wanted to join his alliance. He was looking for a rare species–the leopard–at the Yala national park. He drove his own Pajero, followed [...]

BASL will resist any attempt to withdraw criminal actions based on PCOI report

BASL will resist any attempt to withdraw criminal actions based on PCOI report

One of the first steps that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa took after he took office in November 2019, was to appoint a Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCOI) to inquire into ‘acts of political victimisation’ committed during the tenure of the Yahapalana Government. Retired Supreme Court Judge Upali Abeyratne, was appointed to head the Commission, which submitted [...]

Blame games as COVID-19 hits catastrophic proportions here

Blame games as COVID-19 hits catastrophic proportions here

The number of daily cases rises rapidly; pandemic division wants lockdown but political leaders not in favour Closer ties between Lanka and China in political, economic, military and COVID-19 spheres It was going down memory lane for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa last Sunday (April 25). He was at the Sri Lanka Military Academy (then the Army [...]

A precursor of sorts

A precursor of sorts

My dear Harin, I thought I must write to you this week even though you are in hospital, recovering from a ‘sudden illness’ while there is a lot of speculation that moves are afoot to detain you. I thought it will be much easier to write to you while you are in hospital, rather than [...]

Resurgence of COVID serious threat to Sri Lankan economic recovery

Resurgence of COVID serious threat to Sri Lankan economic recovery

The resurgence of COVID is a serious threat to the expected global economic recovery and the revival of Sri Lanka’s flagging economy. Global resurgence of COVID The resurgence of COVID in several regions of the world and an imminent third wave of COVID in Sri Lanka are severe setbacks to the expected global economic recovery [...]

On the honking of horns in protest and absurdities of a state gone berserk

On the honking of horns in protest and absurdities of a state gone berserk

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, I suppose, must count himself incredibly fortunate that a foreign visitor to Sri Lanka’s shores was not passing by when, as an opposition parliamentarian, he was ferociously blowing on a trumpet during the famous ‘JanaGosha’ protest (1993). Making local and international law a mockery If so, he may also have been [...]

India’s harrowing death wail shocks and stuns the world

India’s harrowing  death wail shocks  and stuns the world

As India’s shocking death wail continued to echo throughout the world, it brought home to all the horrendous tragedy that awaits a nation when its irresponsible leaders fling caution to the winds and, in pursuit of economic and political goals, embark upon a reckless policy to keep the floodgates open at all costs for the [...]

Will Chop Suey be our CJ some day?

Will Chop Suey be our CJ some day?

That was a real clanger. Dropped right there where justice presides at the top of the judicial pile. And before five justices of the Supreme Court! Alas, it fell on the feet of political leaders some of whom are prone to foot-in-the-mouth disease. They were the ones who have been preaching to us — more [...]

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