by Sahan Tennekoon in Daily Morning, Oct 19, 2023The date of tabling the revised Anti-Terrorism Bill (ATB) to the Parliament remains uncertain since it has been removed from the Parliamentary Order Book as it has not been tabled in the Parliament on 3 October as planned. Making a special announcement yesterday (18), Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana told the Parliament that the revised ATB has been removed from the Parliamentary Order Book since it…
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report in The Island, Oct 15, 2023The UN Human Rights Office has raised serious concerns over two bills under consideration in the Sri Lankan Parliament – the revised Anti-Terrorism Bill and the Online Safety Bill. Issuing a statement, the UN Human Rights Office said the bills give the authorities a range of expansive powers and can also impose restrictions on human rights, not in line with international human rights law. The Anti-Terrorism Bill is intended…
by Pranab Baul & Gazi Firoz in Prothom Alo, Oct 7, 2023Both Awami League and BNP in Chattogram South district are rife with inner conflict. The race to clinch nomination for the forthcoming national parliament election is fuelling these conflicts further. As a result, the conflict over positions in the committees of both parties has been overshadowed by the conflict over nomination. Nomination aspirants of both parties are active in the six constituencies of Chattogram…
By Saman Indrajith in The Island, Sept 23, 2023Opposition and SJB leader Sajith Premadasa told Parliament yesterday that irrefutable evidence had emerged, linking the Zahran group, which carried out the Easter Sunday terror attacks, to the Army intelligence. Participating in the debate on the Channel 4 exposure on the Easter Sunday terror attacks, Premadasa said that there were instances that pointed to links between the Army intelligence and the Zahran group. Firstly, there was an…
By Saman Indrajith in The Island, Sept 23, 2023Opposition and SJB leader Sajith Premadasa told Parliament yesterday that irrefutable evidence had emerged, linking the Zahran group, which carried out the Easter Sunday terror attacks, to the Army intelligence. Participating in the debate on the Channel 4 exposure on the Easter Sunday terror attacks, Premadasa said that there were instances that pointed to links between the Army intelligence and the Zahran group. Firstly, there was an…
report in Khaama Press,September 21, 2023The Christian Democratic Union of Germany and the Christian Social Union of Bavaria, the largest opposition parties in the Federal Parliament of Germany, have called for a halt to accepting Afghan refugees into the country. According to reports, this proposal has reached the French news agency. It is set to be presented in the Federal Parliament of Germany on Friday to reduce immigration. The proposal suggests that the refugee acceptance…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 8, 2023Did the KP Sharma Oli government lie to the nation when it claimed it had informed the international community about the new map passed by Nepal’s parliament in 2020? Most likely, if the foreign minister’s reply to a parliamentary committee on Thursday is true. After unveiling a new demarcation of Nepal in May 2020, the Oli administration told the media that it had communicated to foreign…
by Sahan Tennekoon in The Daily Morning, Sept 5, 2023A new political alliance, initiated by Opposition Parliamentarian Nimal Lanza and led by Opposition MP Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, is to commence key discussions with major political parties representing Parliament next month (October) once it completes drafting their future programme, which is to be unveiled in the same month. Speaking to The Daily Morning yesterday (4), Yapa confirmed that the MPs who support the new alliance had…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 2, 2023Four days after China released its new “standard map”, the government of Nepal said on Friday that it is firm on the political and administrative map passed by Parliament in 2020. Issuing a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: “Nepal stands firm and clear on its political and administrative map unanimously approved by the Parliament of Nepal in 2020”. In response to the media queries regarding the…
By Shenali D. Waduge in The Sunday Morning, Aug 27, 2023A Presidential and Parliamentary Election are due. People are also eagerly awaiting their chance to cast their vote. Most citizens simply want an election. They are clueless as to who should come to power and which team can truly solve the problem. They have been indoctrinated into thinking that the next Parliament will solve all problems. The concern is that the problem is defined differently…
report in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 22, 2023CPN-UML leaders on Tuesday morning snubbed an all-party meeting called by President Ramchandra Paudel to discuss the issue of ending the deadlock of the federal Parliament. Mahesh Bartaula, UML whip, said they did not attend the meeting, arguing that the President cannot summon the all-party meeting to discuss specific agendas. “The President does not have the right to call an all-party meeting with an agenda,” said Bartaula. “The…