Political power

(FUTA) The statement issued by the Media Secretary to the Minister of Higher Education in response to the letter sent by the Federation of University Teachers’ Association (FUTA) to the president concerning the Minister’s recommendation regarding the recruitment of a Temporary Assistant Lecturer in Political Science to the Department of Economics, University of Kelaniya reflects […]

In 1938, during a heated argument with Churchill, his cousin Lord Londonderry, a pacifist, tried to drive home a point by asking, “Have you read my latest book?” “No” replied Churchill, “I only read for pleasure or profit” The ironies inherent in the regular lambasting of the so-called free media by the political establishment, particularly when […]

[Police at the well; Potos: Daily Mirror] Major opposition United National Party (UNP) says that that ‘A key witness in the trial against a former ruling party Provincial Council Member who forced a teacher to kneel down in her school, was found dead in an abandoned well in the Nawagattegama area’ and that ‘it is […]

Deputy Minister at the press conference Hemal Gunasekara Now Says He Can’t Remember The “Forged” Number Plate  Responding to the revelation made by the Police that Deputy Minister ‘s vehicle had a forged number plate, the Deputy Minister had said he could not remember anything about the number plate of his vehicle! “I didn’t see […]

Two parliamentarians, who had tried to show their high-handedness on the Katunayake Expressway, were forced to withdraw following interventions by the security forces personnel. The parliamentarians who entered the expressway violating the restrictions were from the Western and North Western provinces, sources said. One MP had removed road barriers and entered the expressway, but after […]

One-time Post Master General Soma Kotakadeniya yesterday alleged that politicians had destroyed the once proud Sri Lanka Administrative Service (SLAS), hence a major effort was needed to restore it.Mrs. Kotakadeniya claimed that the SLAS was in a pathetic state due to political interference and the failure on the part of SLAS officers to resist successive […]

A prison officer attached to the Negambo prison has been admitted to the Negambo hospital due to an assault committed by Negambo municipal council UPFA member Daya Nilanga, inside inside Siduwa police station.The victim is a jailer named Samantha Dasanayake.Hospital sources say that one of his ears have been injured due to the assault. It […]

Min.Amaraweera on wrong side The Disaster of the Minister of Disaster ManagementDushy Ranetunge, opposite the British High Commission, December 22, 2012, 7:48 pm The Sri Lankan Minister of Disaster Management, Mahinda Amaraweera, was seen driving on the wrong side of the road, up Bauddhaloka Mawatha, damaging another vehicle and subsequently threatening a female passenger for […]