Opinion: A reply to CV Wigneswaran’s attack on G. L. Peiris - Part 1
C.V. Wigneswaran, the former Supreme Court judge, is the odd man out in Tamil politics. The main characteristic that separates him from his rival Tamil politicians is his chronic tendency to belittle and/or demonise the Sinhala-Buddhists consistently in a desperate bid to elevate Tamil culture and history to a superior status – a corrosive and deceitful tactic which is detrimental to reconciliation, peace...
The Pandora Papers revelations turned into a hot topic in Parliament and the Government and the Opposition lawmakers engaged in a heated argument over the issue.The heated exchange of words broke out when SJB Parliamentarian Thushara Indunil Amarasena attempted to drag the names of high ups in the Government together with former Deputy Minister Nirupama Rajapaksa and her husband Thirukumar Nadesan, whose...
While several Sri Lankan sports administrators join the new rich in a free-for-all, a wrestling manager has seen greener pastures on the other side of the fence:The contingent of Sri Lankan wrestlers who went on tour to contest the 17th World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway returned to the island without its manager who has reportedly decamped and has stayed back in the saga of missing athletes and...
The new Securities and Exchange Commission Act contains many salutary provisions that will ensure efficiency, predictability and consistency in the regulation of the country’s securities market, said Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC) Chairman Viraj Dayaratne elaborating on the ‘New Act and the Way Forward’ via a virtual discussion last week. He said the new Act enables...
