February 3, 2023 - Lanka Focus

Mahanayakas oppose implementation of 13A

February 3, 2023February 3, 2023 admin

Mahanayakas oppose implementation of 13A Claims implementing constitutional amendment would challenge unitary nature of SL Warns devolution of powers would pave way for separatism Says it would also lead to collapse of autonomy of central Govt. causing public displeasure The Mahanayaka Theras handing over a letter to President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday opposed the full implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution claiming it would challenge the unitary nature of Sri Lanka. The letter signed by the four chief prelates of the main Buddhist sects said the President’s assurance to…

Independence 75: Many unhappy returns?

February 3, 2023February 3, 2023 admin

Independence 75: Many unhappy returns? (By Tisaranee Gunasekara – Daily FT) Call it a no brainer. Whatever Queen Viharamahadevi, the legendary mother of King Dutugemunu, wore, it wouldn’t have been a Kandyan sari (osariya). So why dress up her statue in that garb, jewellery included? Not just any statue, but the one by the Ruwanweli Seya, her son’s most famous construct, and the place Gotabaya Rajapaksa chose to take his presidential oaths in 2019. When the story broke over the social media, the director general of the Archaeology Department took…