Thursday 9th September, 2010

• Predictable-end and anticlimax Sri Lanka way

  Sri Lankan Guardian

  Theatre with no drama, drama with predictable anticlimax, men without honour, politics without principles, backbones without bones and an opposition without leadership are all debilitating components ...

• Sri Lanka removes term limits for presidency

  Arab News

  The amendment also will tighten President Mahinda Rajapaksa's hold on power by giving him total control over the judiciary, police and the civil service.The main opposition group, the United National ...

• 18th Amendment Draconian Attempt To Subvert Democracy – Sajith

  The Sunday Leader

  UNP MP Sajith Premadasa, speaking at the party headquarter Sirikotha this afternoon said that the 18th amendment to the constitution – that was passed in parliament today – was a draco...

• Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa vying for more powers, re election

  Spero News

  Colombo – Tomorrow, Sri Lanka’s parliament will start discussing the 18th amendment to the constitution, which would increase the powers of President Mahinda Rajapaksa and allow him to run...

• S.Lanka president wins constitution vote on third-term bid

  Breitbart

  Sri Lanka's parliament on Wednesday passed constitutional reforms enabling President Mahinda Rajapakse to seek a third term, in changes critics say point to the country's slide into autocracy. The ...

• Sri Lanka parliament adopts controversial constitutional amendment+

  Breitbart

  COLOMBO, Sept. 8 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Sri Lanka's parliament passed Wednesday a controversial 18th amendment to the 1978 Constitution, paving the way for what critics warned could become a "constitut...

• When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going – Ravi K

  The Sunday Leader

  By Gazala Anwer UNP MP Ravi Karunanayake at the party headquarters Sirikotha this afternoon said that the party would decide how they would protect the country, after the voting took place in Parliam...

• Rosy Calls For Fresh Constitution, Not ‘Patches’

  The Sunday Leader

  By Gazala Anwer The Opposition United National Party’s Rosy Senanayake today expressed the country’s need for a fresh constitution and not for ‘patches and plasters’ to be put...

• SF: DNA Will Fight For The People

  The Sunday Leader

  Former Army Commander and Democratic National Alliance (DNA) parliamentarian Sarath Fonseka said today (8) is a dark day for democracy and that the party will continue its fight on behalf of the peopl...

• DNA MP Raises Privileges Issue

  The Sunday Leader

  Democratic National Alliance (DNA) parliamentarian Sunil Handunnetti today (8) said his privileges as a public representative were violated by the Maharagama Police. Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa said the...

• Sri Lanka: 'Colombo teaches lessons of political culture for South Asia'

  General Sources

  [TamilNet, Wednesday, 08 September 2010, 14:22 GMT] The 18th Constitutional Amendment was passed in Sri Lankan parliament Wednesday with a majority of 144 votes. The Amendment, which has been passed i...

• Sri Lanka chief gets total power

  The Australian

  SRI Lanka last night handed its President absolute power - and in the process anointed another South Asian political dynasty - with parliament rubber-stamping constitutional changes that critics have ...

• Sri Lanka votes on law amendment

  Sri Lankan Guardian

  (September 08, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Sri Lanka's parliament passed an amendment to the constitution, allowing Mahinda Rajapakse, the president, to run for a third term."The 18th amendment to th...

• Nestle Inaugurates New Sri Lankan Chilled Dairy Plant

  Morning Star

  MAIN FACTS: - The new facility--which will add to the company's 106 other chilling facilities in the country--was officially opened by Honourable Chamal Rajapaksa, Speaker of the Parliament and Hono...

• Sri Lanka constitutional amendment passed

  World Bulletin

  Sri Lanka's parliament on Wednedsay passed a constitutional amendment that grants President Mahinda Rajapaksa even more unchecked power, which had prompted opposition cries of a looming dictatorsh...

• Deported Tamil man longs to return to Canada

  CTV

  A man who was kicked out of Canada for his criminal behaviour and former ties to a Tamil street gang says he is determined to get back to the country where he spent his formative years. Since getting...

• Amendment Bill through: 2/3 in Parliament after 33 years

  Ada Derana

  Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka was passed in Parliament with a two-thirds majority a short while ago. It was passed with 161 members voting for and 17 against, while the main Opposition...

• Sri Lanka's crisis-ridden apparel industry to shift businesses overseas

  Digatha News

  Sri Lanka and the recent 20 percent wage hike offered to garment workers lot of garment manufacturers are looking at . .“This is the case at present with factories that have a greater exposure to

• VIDEO: Dictatorship will ruin country, Ministers and family, says Fonseka

  Ada Derana

  The President who is heading for a dictatorship will ruin himself, his Ministers, his own supporters and the future of his own family members. The Democratic National Alliance (DNA) is against the sta...

• Six UNPers formally cross the floor

  Ada Derana

  Six UNP MPs, Abdul Cader, Earl Seneviratne, Upeksha Swarnamali, Nimal Wijesinghe, Lakshman Seneviratne and Manusha Nanayakkara crossed over to the Government side in Parliament a short while ago.

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