Focus on child protection crisis
Setting up and following better safeguarding policies and procedures for children has been of national importance in Sri Lanka for many years. Read More »
Digitalisation of Police Traffic and Road Safety Division: CID probe on alleged irregularities
An inquiry is currently being conducted by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on the allegations levelled by Opposition MP Manusha Nanayakkara in Parliament on 20 July regarding the irregular Read More »
Prevention of Terrorism Act: Cabinet subcommittee continuing discussion
Despite the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) probing the Appraisal of the Findings of Previous Commissions and Committees on Human Rights and the Way Forward submitting an interim report on 2 Read More »
Politics of decision-making
Sixty-five years ago, a westernised, Oxford-educated politician in his quest for political power, decided to ditch the then dominant English language in favour of the native Sinhala language. He went Read More »
Continued trade union action: Adverse impact on school education
Education sector trade unions have announced the continuation of the strike action, as discussions with the Ministry of Education as well as the Prime Minister have failed to provide the expected solu Read More »
Govt. actions harm the economy, not TUs: K.D. Lalkantha
Left-wing politics are essential for a country to build an equal socio-political and economic environment. In an interview with The Sunday Morning, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) politburo member and Read More »
Tea industry: Continuing concerns over fertiliser issue
The Government’s move to ban the import of chemical fertilisers might end up negatively impacting one of the country’s biggest export sectors, according to officials. Sri Lanka’s tea industry stakehol Read More »