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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

      Editorial:Why open another front?
The Supreme Court yesterday gave the Secretary to the Treasury time till January 27, 2009 to inform it of the difficulties involved in complying with its order of December 17 to reduce the price of a litre of petrol to Rs. 100.00.
The Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva, said that, this case was a judicial review of executive action. The executive cannot on his own vary the order, without seeking the permission of the Court and placing before the Court the relevant facts and proof.
The petition filed by Ravi Jayewardene, Attorney-at-Law, Ravi Karunanayake UNP Member of Parliament and the ...
The Island wishes all its Hindu readers a Peaceful and Prosperous Thai Pongal
Hindus in Colombo flocked to the Gas Works Street Junction, Pettah yesterday to do their last minute shopping for the Thai Pongal festival. Sugarcane, raw saffron, tender coconut leaves, raw white rice, coconuts, jaggery, clay pots, mango leaves are some of the items needed for the Pongal festival. (Photo-Saranapala (Pamunuwa)

LTTE ban timely, but should have been earlier – Devananda
Social Services and Social Welfare Minister Douglas Devananda said that the ban on the LTTE was timely. But had the Government proscribed it earlier, a number of precious lives could have been saved and large scale ...

Ultranationalism is harmful
Ultranationalism is rather a relatively unfamiliar word. It was coined by ...


Is the government mad?
The re-registration of citizens is a real head-ache, waste of time, energy...

UK says Hamas showing some
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British Foreign Secretary David ...

Ronaldo wins FIFA player of year award
Cristiano Ronaldo won the FIFA World Player of the Year award on Monday to ...
A guilty government?
Lasantha Wickremetunga was not just a newspaper editor. He was the de facto...
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