Today is Vesak. As a child studying as a boarder at Kalutara Balika and then Musaeus, observing Sil for Poya was mandatory. Sil seemed like a chore then, except on Vesak. Vesak was special. There was always milk toffee or something special with lunch. At Kalutara Balika we did a 24 hour Sil observation for Vesak. (Other days we broke ...
I have to admit. I was slightly uncomfortable towards the middle of the speech by President Maithripala. Is it Presidential go into such detail about what happened in the executive committee of the SLFP? However, as the President went on to elaborate, I settled down in my chair and listened. He was laying it out, patiently and systematically, every thing that happened during the last ...
We can find examples for the ideal cabinet from developed countries in our own backyard (say Singapore) or globally (the USA). The reality is close to the 31 member cabinet formed in January 2015, because that is the minimum we have seen in practice here in Sri Lanka. As I argued in articles published in Financial Times and Dinamina, whether we ...
ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ජාතික විභාග වඩා ඵලදායී කිරීම සඳහා යෝජනා | 2017 December Extracted from the report “A Strategic Plan for the Department of Examination” Prepared by Committee of Experts for Reforming the Department of Examination appointed by the Minister for Education | 2017 අප්රියෙල් මස අධ්යාපන අමාත්යවරයා විසින් පත්කරන ලද විශේෂඥ කමිටුව විසින් සම්පාදිත ශ්රී ලංකාවේ විභාග දෙපාර්මේන්තුව සඳහා ක්රමෝපායික ...
Amendment 20 to the Constitution sought to introduce a mixed member method of electing parliamentarians. Few people seem to be aware that we already have a mixed member electoral system in place for local government. An Act to amend the local government elections using a mixed member method was passed in 2012, largely away from the eyes of media and ...