Sir William Ivor Jennings (1903–1965) was a distinguished British constitutional lawyer, academic, and one of the principal architects of the Constitution of Ceylon (Sri Lanka). He served as the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ceylon and later of the University of Cambridge. Renowned for his writings on constitutional law and governance, Jennings championed the rule of law, responsible government, and the moral foundations of public administration.
An area of 187.56 acres of land belonging to the State Cement Corporation in Kankesanthurai, Jaffna, has been formally released by the Security Forces for future civilian use, allowing the property to
A police sergeant attached to Malwathuhiripitiya Police in Sri Lanka’s Gampaha Police Division has been suspended following an investigation into an alleged attempt to obtain a kilogramme of chicken meat in exchange for securing bail for a suspect. According to
Christa Pike's survival has exposed a contradiction that capital punishment normally conceals. The state can declare a life forfeit, but when its machinery of
A senior figure in Sri Lanka’s Frontline Socialist Party has claimed that two-thirds of the country’s population has fallen into poverty under the current
Editor’s Note: This essay was originally published some seventy-five years ago in The New Lanka, October 1950 edition. Its reflections on governance, morality, and the responsibilities of leadership remain strikingly relevant today.
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