Quoting the 'Vaseththa Sutta,' former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya said that Buddhists in particular can never be racists.
The Muslim community in Sri Lanka is said to be disheartened by reports that Justice Minister Ali Sabry had been made aware of the impending appointment of Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera, as Chairman of the Presidential Task Force to implement the ‘One Country, One Law' policy.
Mothers of victims of enforced dissapearances in Sri Lanka have launched a protest in the North calling for an international intervention by way of an International War Crimes
The controversial Chinese fertilizer ship ‘Hippo Spirit’ has re-entered Sri Lankan waters according to Marine traffic websites. The ship had been turned away previously following
Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa has claimed he has not been informed of a decision by China to blacklist state-owned People’s Bank.
Former Speaker and Chairman of the National Movement for Social Justice, Karu Jayasuriya has proposed the holding of public consultations in a bid to compensate for the lack of diversity in the recently appointed 'One Country, One Law Presidential Task Force'.
Internal sources of the government claim the meeting between President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and government party leaders yesterday evening (29) had ended on a sour note, following a heated exchange of words between those attending.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has called for an immediate and sudden government party leaders meeting today (28) at the Temple Trees.
Opposition is mounting over the decision made by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to appoint the Secretary General of the ultra-nationalist Bodu Bala Sena organisation, Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera, to lead the Presidential Task Force to implement the ‘One Country, One Law’ policy of the current government.
The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna yesterday (26) filed a writ application in the Court of Appeal requesting it to declare null and void a Cabinet decision to transfer 40 percent of the Yugadanavi Power Plant to US-based New Fortress Energy Inc.
