by Asiri Fernando in Daily Morning, Dec 18, 2023The Government of Sri Lanka is considering a moratorium on granting diplomatic permission for foreign marine scientific research (MSR) vessels for 2024 and beyond, senior government sources close to the matter told The Daily Morning. The decision comes weeks after Sri Lanka communicated a reviewed standard operational procedure (SOP) to grant diplomatic approval for foreign warships, aircraft, and research vessels to traverse Sri Lankan waters, airspace, and…
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report in Daily Mirror online, Nov 25, 2023 at 07:31 amCOLOMBO – The appointment of the tenth member to the Constitutional Council (CC) has been hampered over differences within the opposition, eventually leading to its activities being hamstrung, Daily Mirror learns. According to the Constitution, the current vacancy which has existed for more than one year should be reserved for a member of the third-largest party in Parliament, not represented either by the Prime Minister…
by Buddhika Samaraweera in The Daily Morning, Aug 4, 2023Although several parties have criticised the lifting of the ban imposed on five Islamic organisations following the Easter Sunday terror attacks of 2019, the Government is not ready to reconsider its decision as of now, The Daily Morning learns. The ban on the United Thowheeth Jama’ath (UTJ), the Ceylon Thowheeth Jama’ath (CTJ), the Sri Lanka Thowheeth Jama’ath (SLTJ), the All Ceylon Thowheeth Jama’ath (ACTJ), and the…
by Shiva Puri & Ajit Tiwari in The Kathmandu Post, July 13, 2023The growing hostility between Mahendra Mahato and Sunita Singh Budhathoki, mayor and deputy mayor of Mithila Municipality in Dhanusha, has affected important development projects and daily administrative works of the local unit. Mahato, who was elected mayor on a Nepali Congress ticket, had postponed the municipal council meeting scheduled for June 25 after knowing that Deputy Mayor Budhathoki, who is from the UML,…
By Prithivi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, May 15, 2023The public outrage sparked by the news of creation of fake Bhutanese refugees to send them to the United States is growing. There are daily protests on the streets. The Parliament is in uproar. Top political leaders seem to be scrambling to try to contain the scam’s fallout. The Post’s Prithvi Man Shrestha talked to Surya Nath Upadhyay, former chief commissioner of the Commission for…
report in Dhaka Tribune, Apr 2, 2023Bangladesh Sangbadpatra Parishad (BSP), Bangladesh Editors’ Forum and Dhaka Bar Association have strongly protested publishing false news using a child by the daily Prothom Alo on Independence Day. In a joint statement, they demanded the trial of the people involved in the acts of insulting the country’s hard-earned independence. In the statement, Dhaka Lawyers Association President Md Mizanur Rahman Mamun and General Secretary Khandkar Golam Kibria Jobair said the…
by Mohammad Al-Masum Molla inThe Daily Star, Feb 12, 2023is important for a political party to tolerate and respect other parties. When we see that the ruling Awami League lacks such qualities, it becomes evident that Bangladesh’s oldest political party is going through a critical phase. One might wonder why I am saying “critical” when the party has been in power for the third consecutive term. When the BNP started holding divisional rallies protesting against…