People have lived in peace and unity without any religious,
racial differences - Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva
BOTH law and religion teach us good conduct.
Discipline taught by religion is espoused by law as well. Penalties
imposed on law breakers help to discipline them later on. There are
times we act compassionately when implementing the law. Many times
we come to the assistance of people seeking legal relief.
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Provincial “robbery” of local monies
THE Finance Commission of Sri Lanka must be
congratulated for the release of its first-ever Annual Report.
Although nearly two decades have passed since the enactment of the
13th Amendment to the Constitution followed by elections to the
Provincial Councils, the system of fiscal devolution had taken
effect only from 1990 onwards.
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Media experts criticise “one-sided” Media Freedom Report on
South Asia
SENADHIRA, after reading the report released
here pointed out in an interview that the biggest violator of press
freedom in Sri Lanka is the LTTE and there is only passing reference
to them in the IFJ report. He explained that the LTTE does not allow
any Tamil newspaper to function in the areas they control in the
north and the east of the country
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