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(Sunday Observer – By Manjula Fernando) Media Minister and Cabinet Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella told the Sunday Observer that the cornerstone of the ongoing Government-Opposition talks on the proposed constitutional reforms is retaining the executive feature of the office of the head of state. He says the Kilinochchi Cabinet meeting had a greater symbolic [...] (The Island) Interview of Prof Rajiva Wijesinha by Matt Abud of Radio Australia Regarding the Panel appointed by the UN Secretary General MA: Ok. So may be just for some background first. There has been a lot of discussion around the Panel that Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon has set up [...] (Daily News – by Rasika Somaratne) The initiative to draw a national road map to popularize English throughout the country reached its Second Phase yesterday at Temple Trees under President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s patronage. Presidential Task Force on English and IT Coordinator Sunimal Fernando says the phase two targets a wider [...] (Sunday Observer – By Manjula Fernando) Parliament itself should be based on an electoral system that encourages greater responsibility, with mechanisms apart from the electoral system to encourage ties between members and the constituencies they represent. A distinguished political analyst and an expert on constitutional affairs Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha, MP [...] (Sunday Observer – By Shanika Sriyananda) Higher Education Minister Sumanaweera Banda Dissanayake, who is now confronted with strong agitations from university students who accused the government of privatising the university system, says he would do his utmost to ensure democracy in universities and will introduce an Act to set [...] (Daily Mirror – By Dianne Silva) External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris defends the work of his Ministry and the government in the wake of the drama of Minister Wimal Weerawansa outside the UN Office and the appointment of the Panel by Secretary General of the UN, to advise him on human [...] (Daily Mirror) Former Minister and Leader of the SLFP (M) Mangala Samaraweera spoke to Daily Mirror on the metamorphosis of President Rajapaksa, the diplomatic crisis faced by the country and his serious consideration of joining the UNP. Q:What is your view on the manner in which the government handled the appointment of [...] (Sunday Observer – by Ranil Wijayapala) I certainly deny the allegations levelled against me because those who make such allegations don’t seem to be aware of what they are really talking. After the dissolution of the Colombo Municipal Council by Western Province Chief Minister Prasanna Ranatunga and following a Commission of [...] (Sunday Observer – By Uditha Kumarasinghe) National Freedom Front (NFF) Leader and Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities Minister Wimal Weerawansa said as patriotic citizens who love the Motherland, “we should vehemently oppose the move taken by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to appoint an expert panel [...] (Daily News – by Harshini Perera) [Profile] *Name: Kumar Dewapura *School attended: Thurstan College *Civil status: Married, has two children * Experience: 30 years experience in the Apparel industry * Professional qualification: Textiles technology in Henden * Sports: Cricket, rugger and Cadeting The political stability in the country will enable the apparel industry [...] (DNA) In an interview with DNA, Sri Lanka-bound Rahul Dravid says the key to stay atop the Test rankings is to stop worrying about it. How have you prepared for the Sri Lanka series?I had a good time off after the IPL. I started preparing recently for the series. I spent some quality [...] (Daily Mirror – By Dianne Silva) Q: The UNP’s talk of reforms has been mainly focused on bringing about a change in the leadership. Do you think the leader of the party needs to be changed? According to my knowledge- Ranil Wickremesinghe is the first Gentlemen in Politics since the time of D..S..Senanayake and [...] (DNA) When and why did you think of retiring?I was thinking about it for a long time. I wanted to retire after playing the West Indies (November). However, I didn’t want to keep so many talented youngsters waiting. I changed my decision and thought ‘why not retire against India’ as they [...] No self respecting government will bow to EU regulations
(Daily Mirror – By Dianne Silva) Q: After and during your removal from the national list, do you feel that you have the support of the party? It was solely the decision of the party leader to remove me and maybe a few of his [...] (Daily News – by Dinesh De Alwis) Making Sri Lanka a scientifically and technologically advanced country in the region by year 2020 is the vision, Technology and Research Minister Prof Tissa Vitarana said in an interview with the Daily News. First part of this article was published on Saturday Q: [...] (Daily News – by Wijitha Nakkawita and Lakshmi de Silva) Question: What is your view about the reasons that prompted United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to appoint a Panel of Experts to advise him on alleged incidents said to have occurred during the final phase of the humanitarian operations against [...] (Lakbima) Former army chief and the defeated presidential candidate Gen Sarath Fonseka claims that the government is trying to make him a scapegoat for its own failures. The UN panel, he says, was set up under an earlier agreement between President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon [...] Omar Kamil, former Colombo Mayor and one time ambassador to Teheran, picked by President Rajapaksa to put matters right at the country’s premier municipality, though he is no stranger to the job, is having an enormous task at hand, due to years of mismanagement of the Municipality. Due to [...] (Sunday Observer – By Manjula Fernando) In an exclusive interview with the Sunday Observer Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka says unilateralism and lack of transparency on the part of the UN Secretary General’s Office in setting up the advisory panel could indicate shifting of goalposts. He stresses that this is an issue [...] |
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