Giving his testimony before the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) into the Easter Sunday Attacks yesterday (13) Former Governor of the Eastern Province M.L.A Hizbullah dropped a bombshell when he claimed that Easter Sunday attacks mastermind Zahran Hashim supported President Maithripala Sirisena at the last Presidential Election. 

Sources from Police Headquarters have now revealed that several case files from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) investigations into the Chief of Staff of Former

In Sri Lanka, the meaning of constituency service has been distorted over time to include matters such as springing people from remand and providing assistance in cash or kind for various ceremonies and events organised by constituents. The former should be illegal. The latter makes heavy demands on the finances of the MP and may be a causal factor fostering corruption in various forms. There will be no system change until voters cease to select their representatives on how they helped get individuals out of remand or on the quality of the bus that was provided for a pilgrimage.

Professor Kumar David, once an academic in the Engineering Faculty at Peradeniya University and a Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers in the UK and Hong Kong, left for eternal rest last Monday while in Los Angeles,

Elections are often about creating divisions within the electorate and channelling power to the majority opinion.

This year’s Presidential election in Sri Lanka stands out as a special one for several reasons.