The killing of BNP leader raises unpleasant questions
A legitimate demand
The language we teach!
Danger behind bipartisan agreement on Lankan parliament’s supremacy
Inching towards doom
Babu talks about Feedback
Film director Ruhul Amin dies
Opposition, West reject Assad ‘peace plan’
Syria refugees in Jordan do deals in desert
Dutch coaches promise high
Ctg Kings, Duranto at loggerheads over Tait
DU students charged extra fees
Sylhet trader stabbed to death
Govt H1 borrowing from scheduled banks soars
Import slump sends reserve to record $13b
Govt’s parting gesture to save rivers
NBR on the prowl
ACC to seize Bridges Division documents
Water board submits feasibility report
Non-MPO teachers begin sit-in
Protest continues against rapes

Danger behind bipartisan agreement on Lankan parliament’s supremacy

The main lawyer for the impeached Sri Lankan chief justice, Shirani Bandaranayake, Kandiah Neelakamdan, centre, walks with his legal team at the Supreme Court Complex in Colombo on January 3, after a Supreme Court decision that virtually struck down a move by the ruling party to impeach the chief justice. — AFP photo

In addition, the appearance of a bipartisan consensus between the government and UNP in refusing to appear before the courts on the issue of the impeachment of the chief justice may be a tactical one on the part of the opposition party. It is significant... Full story

Inching towards doom

INDUSTRIALISATION, urbanisation, etc are reportedly held responsible for global warming and climate change in many publications of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. With a lower level of fossil... Full story

Will this be the year that Israel goes to war with Iran?

The door is clearly open to the Iranians, if they want to come in from the cold of sanctions and isolation. If they fail to do so, and continue to buck the international community, war in 2013 is likely. Full story

Letters to Editor