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What's culture got to do with MH370 ?

Sri Lanka, March 27 -- The 10th anniversary of the Malaysian MH370's disappearance fell a few weeks back. This is aviation's biggest mystery and reams have been written about it. But what has not bee... Read More


Citing Union Work Doesn't Help Petitioner

Sri Lanka, March 22 -- This case is about a legal dispute concerning the retirement age of an employee (the petitioner) who is an English copy typist. The petitioner argues that his employer (Sri Lank... Read More


Past as Prologue?

Sri Lanka, March 20 -- Those who identify with issues that deal with country or gender, identify with these matters as an end in themselves. That was not supposed to be how it was. Why does identifica... Read More


Poles apart

Sri Lanka, March 17 -- For those who wonder why there are no more landslides in most elections and why even when there are some, the huge mandates begin to carry no weight in no time, there is news. T... Read More


Appealing the Right to Appeal

Sri Lanka, March 15 -- This is a case about a property partition lawsuit. The original 4th defendant filed a claim, but none of the parties except the plaintiff showed up in court on the trial date. T... Read More


Tourism and some Aberrations

Sri Lanka, March 13 -- Soon on the heels of the press reports about the "White Party" at which locals were summarily barred at the gate and disinvited beforehand, is the news of tourists running busin... Read More


Monetary Board Spared Rap in FC Collapse

Sri Lanka, March 8 -- This is a case about a registered finance company. A shareholder of the company is asking the Court to overturn a decision made by the Monetary Board of Sri Lanka (Central Bank) ... Read More


How the biggest social event earned its reputation

Sri Lanka, March 6 -- A social event cannot fit in the sports page even though a sporting event can, and should. The Sri Lankan sporting event of the year is generally the Royal-Thomian cricket match,... Read More


Absentee Worker in Topsy-Turvy Court Battles

Sri Lanka, March 1 -- Mr. Somadasa (the Applicant and subsequently Respondent in High Court) was a printing press worker who was fired by his employer (a printing company) for poor attendance. His uni... Read More


Verbosity vs. vision

Sri Lanka, Feb. 25 -- Everybody has a view in this country but how many of these people have a vision? The talking heads on television would tell you they have a vision and a plan about how to go abou... Read More