Sri Lanka has a proportional system at the district level and a proportional system at the national level based on the same poll. Prior to 1978 there was the first-past-the-post system based on constituencies with […]
Are Sri Lankans digging their own graves?
Sri Lankan have the opportunity once again on August 5 to use their franchise to retain their rights and elect a new set of representatives to their parliament. This situation was arrived prematurely, because the […]
Change needed to clean up the Sri Lankan Parliament
Sri Lankan parliament needs to have a collection of quality representatives of all political parties, inclusive of national list members. The National list to be made up of top quality non politicized professionals of critical […]
Local contractors to build Ruwanpura Expressway!
The Cabinet has decided to revoke all the agreements signed with foreign contractors and assign the work to local contractors; thus construction of the ‘Ruwanpura’ expressway will be undertaken by local contractors. The Ruwanpura Expressway […]
Sri Lankan rainforests Archaeological findings!
Archaeological excavations in rainforests of Sri Lanka unearthed earliest evidence for hunting with bows and arrows outside Africa (48 000 BP). The oldest remains of homo sepians date back to 34,000 BP are stone age […]
Tamils must return a full TNA team to parliament!
Many Tamils in Sri Lanka understand the position of Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leaders aiming to settle outstanding issues with the Government to enable their people to get on with life in a United Sri […]
Tamil National Alliance message to Tamil voters!
“If someone hurts you, don’t mind it ever because it is a Law of Nature that the tree that bears the sweetest fruits gets the maximum number of stones.” “One must love everyone, especially those who hate you; for it […]
More Credit from Central Bank to revive Economy!
Sri Lankan economy fell to dismal levels over the past few years, and got worse following the COVID-19 pandemic. Following instructions from the President the Central Bank has taken immediate remedial actions. In support of […]
Stupid Ignorance shuts an active voice!
Sunil Jayawardena (53), Sri Lanka Self-Employed Professionals’ National Three-Wheeler Federation Chairman; set to contest the General Election from the Colombo District as a candidate of Independent Group 26, was assaulted by a group of individuals. […]
TNA must take a full team from Jaffna District to the new parliament!
The Prime Minister has said he was prepared to hold talks with the TNA as representatives of the Tamil people when they return to parliament after 2020 General Election, with a view to resolve outstanding […]
