Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's abrupt departure from a meeting that was to be chaired by him had caused quite a stir recently, highly placed sources revealed.
The public forum organised by several government aligned political parties and their leaders on the controversial Yugadanavi power plant deal will go ahead today (29) as planned despite attempts to thwart it.
The Ministry of Finance sources claim preparations are afoot to launch an immediate disciplinary inquiry against a senior official of the Ministry of Power and Energy, alleging that she provided certain information to a powerful member of the Opposition regarding the transfer of 40% of the shares of the Kerawalapitiya Yugadanavi power plant for a period of 15 years at a price of USD 250 million to the US based New Fortress Energy.
The judiciary, the bedrock of democracy, is entrusted with the solemn duty of upholding justice and ensuring the rule of law. However, history reveals instances where the scales of justice have tipped unfavourably, leading to judicial miscarriages with devastating consequences.
“When someone shows you who they really are,” said Maya Angelou, “believe them the first time.” But as pessimistic as this fortune cookie philosophy might sound, it points to the inherent optimism of human beings.
Sudath Mahadiulwewa, with his new film My Red Comrade has broken a lull of nineteen years.
Sudath Mahadivulwewa makes a spectacular return to filmmaking after an absence of nineteen years with his cinematic venture “My Red Comrade” which leaps off the popular neorealist mode, and into its own bold and innovative genre.
Sudath Mahadivulwewa, a renowned Sri Lankan producer, has released his latest film, My Red Comrade.
Whenever I am confronted with the challenge of writing about subjects and disciplines, the frontiers of which I am not quite certain, I have an “infantile tendency” of referring to well-known dictionaries and lexicons.
