Amita Arudpragasam

By Basil Fernando

A guy enters into two prisons with a gang of his friends. In one of the prisons he threatens a group of prisoners undergoing trial by placing his pistol on the forehead of one.

The role of a professional Foreign Secretary– public servant as opposed to a politician – is traditionally associated with being measured and articulate.

Month of April 2021 here in Sri Lanka recorded very high numbers of COVID-19 cases with over one thousand and six hundred positive cases reported daily towards the end of the month.

By Basil Fernando

The recommendations by a Commission appointed by the President, recommending that a large number of criminal cases that have been filed in the Courts of Sri Lanka be withdrawn, is the deadliest blow that has been dealt with the administration of justice in Sri Lanka.

The Parliament can be considered as the first respondent responsible for the collapse of the political and social system of Sri Lanka.