The Rain Hasn’t Come — Now the Bill Is Arriving
More Than 84,000 Hit by the Dry Spell as Government Sets Aside Rs. 3 Billion for Farmers and Vegetable Prices…
Author: Team Independent
Sri Lanka Puts US$1 Million on the Table for Nepal
President Orders Humanitarian Contribution as Death and Destruction From Catastrophic Floods Stun the Himalayan Nation COLOMBO – Sri Lanka will…
22A: Two Years That Change Everything
Parliament Can Change the Retirement Age for Tomorrow’s Judges. But Giving Two More Years to the Judges Sitting There Today…
El Nino Hits 84,000 – Rs. 3 Billion Set Aside for Farmers
Government Also Worries About What Happens If India Restricts Food Exports More than 84,000 people are now reported affected by…
22A Battle Moves Into the Supreme Court
NPP MP Seeks Dismissal Of BASL Office – Bearers Challenge The increasingly contentious battle over the proposed 22nd Amendment has…
Once We Decide, We Will Not Turn Back – President
AKD defends 22A, says government will listen but will not retreat from decisions taken for the people. President Anura Kumara…
The Supreme Court: Handle with Care
From JR and Neville Samarakoon to Chandrika and Sarath Silva, Mahinda and Shirani – politics has wandered too close to…
Dolly Parton Bids Bye Bye at 80
Country music legend Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80, her family has announced on social media. The…
Mannar: Sri Lanka Goes Looking for Oil – Again
Government opens four offshore blocks covering nearly 34,000 square kilometres to international explorers in another attempt to turn Mannar’s petroleum…
22A: BASL Asks Chief Justice to Step Aside
Bar Association raises the stakes in constitutional battle over extending judges’ retirement ages, suggesting Chief Justice should recuse himself from…
