Constitutional reform takes centre-stage

Sharif visit stirs SLAF’s Pak jet fighter interest :

Contest for AG post :

‘Sinha-le’ issue raised in Cabinet :

Hirunika side-show :

Apart from some important bilateral agreements and diplomatic sweet-talk, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s visit to Sri Lanka was significant to both countries from a defence point of view.

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Our leaders and associated symbols

Congratulations and all that to the yahapalanaya government of Maithripala Sirisena and Ranil Wickremesinghe and the Greens and Blues. As I write this, I giggle to myself since people are busy deriding the term yahapalanaya; worse, insulting the government.

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Why Sri Lanka deserves a new constitution

If Sri Lanka is to consolidate the democratic gains of 2015, it is vital that President Maithripala Sirisena's SLFP and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's UNP overcome their differences, rivalries and ideological differences and jointly provide leadership to introduce a Third Republican Constitution.

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