- Bribery Commissioners object to GL
& Jeyaraj sitting on select committee
The two members of the
Permanent Commission to Investigate Allegations
of Bribery or Corruption now before a
parliamentary select committee has written to
Speaker K.B. Ratnayake objecting to Ministers
G.L. Peiris and Jeyaraj Fernandopulle serving on
the committee.
The two commissioners are former supreme court
judge T.A. de S. Wijesundera (chairman) and
former IGP Rudra Rajasingham. The third
commissioner, former judge Siva Selliah died in
January 1997 and was not replaced.
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of bhikkus participate in the last rites for Ven.
Balangoda Ananda Maitreya, one of the country's
most learned and erudite monks at the funeral
which attracted a very large gathering. He was
widely regarded as an exemplary disciple of the
Buddha and attracted devotion both at home and
abroad. (Picture by Saranapala Pamunuwa) |
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- Tenth SAARC summit in Colombo
- L
E G A L W A T C H
Discrimination unlawful with or without
FR application
- The
week that was
Premadasa family raises hot air
While the Premadasa family was occupying the
centre stage of the Cabinet, a group of
supporters of Sirisena Cooray planned to organise
a meeting. The venue selected was the Sucharita
Hall in Colombo Central.
- Blowing hot and cold over Kandalama
The fact that the Kandalama Hotel won the most
prestigious Green Globe Award not only this year
but three years in succession giving it the stamp
of the most eco-friendly project is without doubt
an honour to be shared by those at the helm of
affairs in the country at the time who did not
give into the ravings and rantings of those who
were out to make political mileage in the guise
of environmental hazards, calling for the
scrapping of the project.
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- The day Tiger terrorists hit Yala
- People
& Events
Impressions III
We did not want to be second class citizens in a
foreign land when we had such a wonderful
homeland. The situation however, has changed
completely. We are glad to see and hear about
people settled happily abroad. It is not the good
living: the material bounty they are able to
enjoy if they work hard enough; and definitely
not the glamour of living abroad that prompts
this streak of non-patriotism in us. It is sheer
disappointment in the way things are in our
country as of now, and the inability to hope or
look forward to improvement.
- Count
Your blessings!
- Those
were the days !
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