Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 07/08/2013 - 05:17
Note No. 688 Dated 08-July-2013
By Col. R. Hariharan
President Mahinda Rajapaksa appears to have taken a pragmatic decision to go ahead with the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) election without tinkering with the 13th Amendment (13A).
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Fri, 06/28/2013 - 05:38
Note No. 687 Dated 28-Jun-2013
By Col. R. Hariharan
(This is an extract of answers to questions raised by webmedia in E-mail interview given to Confluence, a London Based Magazine.)
Q1. India has blown hot and cold over the Sri Lankan national question over the past several decades. Now there is 13A and the elections for a Northern Provincial government looming. Do you see the Manmohan government acting positive and decisively in this context?
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Fri, 06/28/2013 - 05:33
Paper No. 5518 Dated 28-Jun-2013
Guest Column by Dr. Kumar David
The political scene in Colombo has changed rapidly in the last two months. Actually it is not sudden, as I will explain at the end, but there has been a remarkable shift in the political domain. A regime which since the end of the civil war in May 2009 was strong, stable and popular has mutated fairly quickly into a regime of crisis.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Wed, 06/26/2013 - 05:33
Note No. 685 Dated 26-Jun-2013
by Col. R. Hariharan
Indian Ministry of External Affairs took the unusual step of issuing a strong press statement cautioning Sri Lanka not to dilute the 13th Amendment (13A) at the end of a Tamil National Alliance (TNA) delegation’s meetings with Indian leadership including the Prime Minister on June 19, 2013.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Sun, 06/16/2013 - 06:12
Paper No. 5510 Dated 17-Jun-2013
Guest Coloumn: By Dr. Kumar David
The government successfully deflected attempts to move the Commonwealth Heads Meeting (CHOGM) scheduled for November out of Colombo, and secured promises of participation from UK’s Cameron and India’s Singh. This was a diplomatic success in the aftermath of the setback at the UN Human Rights meeting in Geneva in March.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Thu, 05/30/2013 - 05:40
Paper no. 5501 Dated 30-May-2013
Guest Column by Dr Kumar David
Electricity tariffs were raised on April 20 and there was such an outcry that GoSL was forced to climb down.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Sat, 05/11/2013 - 14:06
Paper No. 5490 Dated 12-May-2013
Guest Column: Dr Kumar David
I will deal with the long overdue provincial council elections in the Northern Province, a political storm that has broken out as a consequence of an electricity price hike imposed with effect from 20 April, and two minor issues.
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