The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress and the Tamil National
Alliance yesterday petitioned the Supreme Court against the Bill
Titled ‘Parliamentary Elections (Amendment)’, gazetted on July 20,
2009.
The petitioners challenged in particular, Section 6 (6) of the Bill,
which states that a political party shall not be entitled to be
treated as a recognized political party if, in the opinion of the
Elections Commissioner, its name signifies any religion or
community.
This limitation is arbitrary, ...

First one for ‘Man of the Match’
Mrs. Leisha De Silva Chandrasena, Chairperson of Sri
Lanka Telecom Mobitel, the Official Sponsor of the Sri Lanka Cricket
Team, presents the first Sri Lanka Cricket fan T-Shirt to President
Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday.





EU’s
self-deception
The Uva election campaign can be described as
by far the most insipid and...