The Justice Ministry and Cabinet of Ministers have taken no steps to charge State Minister for Plantations Lohan Ratwatte with the attempted murder of prisoners in Anuradhapura prison and for multiple firearms offences despite recommendations a Justice Ministry Committee...
By P.K.Balachandran
Governments in various parts of the world are now using contentious domestic issues to gain local support without considering the consequences for relations with other countries.
The latest incident is a parade on June 4 in Brampton, a Canadian...
Speech made by Justice Priyantha Jaywadana at the National Law conference
The President of the Republic, My Lord the Chief Justice, my brother and sister judges of the Supreme Court, the President and the other judges of the Court of...
By P.K.Balachandran
The North Eastern Indian State of Manipur, which has been experiencing unprecedented civil strife for weeks now, has actually been in continuous turmoil since the State joined the Indian Union in 1949.
This is due to several factors, among...
If it’s the biggest, it’s got to be in Dubai! This saying is becoming synonymous with nearly everything built on the land, from skyscrapers to hotels and museums. The latest is Dubai’s Al Maktoum International Airport, the world’s first purpose-built aerotropolis that...
Washington:
IMF First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath has warned of "substantial disruptions in labour markets" stemming from generative artificial intelligence and called on policymakers to quickly craft rules to govern the technology, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
"We need...
After last Friday’s horrendous triple train collision in Odisha in which more than 280 were killed, few would believe that the Indian Railways had actually brought down accidents steeply between 1970-71 and 2021.
A paper presented by two railway officials...
A law close to approval in the state of New York would force commercial creditors including bondholders to give the same relief as lender governments when developing countries restructure sovereign debts.
Its backers say it would streamline debt workouts —...
By P K Balachandran
Sri Lanka is ranked 74 among 169 countries in the Social Progress Index for 2022. Compiled by a well-known, non-profit, Washington DC-based rating agency, the report places South Asian countries in Tier 3 and Tier 4...
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi dedicated India’s new Parliament House to the nation on May 28, 2023. Congratulating fellow citizens on the occasion, the Prime Minister remarked that the 28th of May was an immortal signature on the face...
The newly-installed Congress government in Karnataka has begun the process of restoring the communal balance in the State that was upset by the previous BJP government led by Basavaraj Bommai.
The composition of Chief Minister Siddharamaiah’s cabinet indicates that a...
U.S. President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy reached a tentative deal to raise the federal government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling on Saturday evening, ending a months-long stalemate.
However, the deal was announced without any celebration, in terms...
