The Enemy Within?
Prison officer arrested over alleged drug supply to Magazine Prison as Sri Lanka’s prison crisis raises an increasingly uncomfortable question:…
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Justice – But Not the Gallows
Cardinal Ranjith’s opposition to capital punishment following the Easter Sunday verdicts raises a difficult question: how should a State punish…
Digital Nomads: Has Sri Lanka Set the Bar Too Low? USD 22/Day
“All the Twos – 22” but its not Bingo! Former Deputy Tourism Minister Faizer Musthapha questions whether a visa that…
Oh No, Prison Unrest: A Corrected Effort? Or What?
Disturbances across several prisons turn an institutional crisis into a national security question – and the Government itself is now…
When the Law Grows…And When It Must Wait
Lord Denning’s philosophy offers a useful framework for Sri Lanka’s debate over extending judges’ retirement ages Few judges have influenced…
Constitutional Amendment Proposes Longer Tenure for Superior Court Judges, Setting the Stage for a Fresh Legal Debate on Judicial Independence
COLOMBO, Thursday – The Government has taken the next formal step towards extending the retirement age of Sri Lanka’s superior…
Supreme Court May Already have Spoken
Earlier ruling suggests changing retirement age of incumbent superior court judges would require a referendum COLOMBO, Tuesday – As the…
Weather Hits Again: Four Missing as Landslide Strikes Home
KANDY, Monday: Rescue teams raced against time late Monday after a landslide engulfed a house in Ginigathena, leaving four people…
Faizer Musthapha, PC, MP, Has Called for an End to “Blame Game Culture” – Unity Not Political Division
Reacting to the violence, Mr Musthapha said that while accountability must always follow any serious incident, immediate political point-scoring does…
After Negombo, Now Mahara
The Mahara Prison unrest has transformed what initially appeared to be an isolated disturbance into something far more troubling: a…
