Midweek Review

Self-destructive features of kingship as explained in the Attanagalu-vansa

June 18, 2013, 6:02 pm

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The story revolving around the pious King Sri Sanghabodhi is one with which most of us are familiar. Kingship was thrust on him, when his preferred vocation was that of a recluse. During his brief reign at Anuradapura he tried his utmost to invest pristine Buddhist values into statecraft, but went into voluntary exile when faced with an insurrection rather than expose the country and the people to a bloody war. In the end, he even gave up his life to appease his ambitious companion, Gothabaya, who usurped his throne.Read More...

Amending the Thirteenth Amendment – II

June 18, 2013, 6:03 pm

We continue with amending the Thirteenth Amendment this week as it appears that some well meaning people have misunderstood the article published last Wednesday. My intention was to draw the attention of the public to the Articles 154 G (2) (b) and 154...

Ethnicity and religion and their Ideological and political influences - I

June 18, 2013, 6:09 pm

Ethnicity and Religion are perhaps the most obvious elements through which people distinguish themselves from each other. They are not the only ones, and sometimes elements such as caste and class become even more important in the emergence of reasons ...

Provincial Police Powers under 13th Amendment

June 18, 2013, 6:08 pm

Political columnist of The Sunday Island on 16.06.2013 in its column "Political Watch", attempts to analyze the provisions of the 13th amendment to the Constitution dealing with Police Powers in an article under the title "Disappearance ...

Eppawala phosphate deposit in peril again?

June 18, 2013, 6:10 pm

There have been a number of articles in recent times on the latest attempt to exploit the rock phospate deposit at Eppawala, in the Anuradhapura District. As said in one newspaper, it is being done in a rather surreptitious manner by the government aut...