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Sat, 19 Oct 2024 Today's Paper
Although it has been six weeks since the Omani owner/Managing Director of the export-oriented Al Obaidani apparel manufacturing plant in Katana and its security guards were assaulted by a group of unidentified thugs, no arrests have been made by the
Over the past weeks, members of the ruling party have been at pains to ‘educate’-us the masses- that the Aragalaya, which led to former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fleeing the country and subsequently resigning, was a result of a secret plan hat
The present rulers of this nation have asked time till 2048 to make a Sri Lanka a developed nation. When we look at the long journey ahead and the number of years that have to be slogged, we must...
Imran Khan is perhaps the best Prime Minister Pakistan has ever had. Today he is in remand custody in an unknown location amid fears that he would be killed by Pakistan’s all-powerful military, the state....
In this era when Sri Lanka is facing its worst ever economic crisis since independence in 1948, President Ranil Wickremesinghe and the Sri Lanka Podujana Perapuna (SLPP) Government are making proactive efforts to pull the country and its people out o
In a recent article (“The need for governance-linked State-contingent IMF programmes: A third way for Sri Lanka” April 27, 2023, International Banker), Professors Charles A. Goodhart, Dimitrios P. Tsomocos and I advocate for the need for
Eye-catching decorations were all over the town and dazzling lanterns were put up in every corner of streets and lanes. Vesak is celebrated in Buddhist countries and it is a very significant celebration for devotees following the teachings of Gautama
Sri Lankans must be taught courtesy, but not diplomacy. Why? Because Sri Lankans who go abroad to work as diplomats have the knack to work there without antagonizing people over there. The problem....
Our state-owned media organisations have been abused by successive governments in power for so long that they have completely obliterated the idea of public service media organisations. These organisations....
Leaders and people of Sri Lanka cannot be content with the country having been ranked 135th among 180 countries in this year’s World Press Freedom index (WPFI) released by the Reporters Sans Frontiers (RSF), one of the premier international organiz
Reviving the Colombo Light Rail Transport (LRT), abruptly suspended in 2020, makes eminent sense from the transport point of view. But collaborator Japan’s re-entry into the project is tied to tough pre-conditions set by Tokyo, it is reliably learn
As is traditional, the month of May in Russia is marked by the broad celebrations commemorating the anniversary of the Great Victory.
A cunning plan by Winston Churchill and volunteers smartly defeated the first and only General Strike in Britain in May 1926. Churchill....
The Commonwealth of Nations – of which Sri Lanka has been a loyal member for more than 75 years turned a new page when King Charles III....
Ramdas, who worked for many years at Colonial Motors in Union Place, used to live in Polhengoda then. He rode a scooter and used to give me a few rides those days. We have enjoyed each other’s company at gatherings hosted by members of the Sri L
In the matter of forgetfulness, especially of their blemished past and of their failures, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna seems to be attempting to outsmart President Jayewardene. They too have forgotten that they have been running the country for th
Commonwealth. Charles himself will be the oldest monarch to take the British throne as the ceremony unfolds at the Westminster Abbey.
How can Sri Lankans find a new sense of belongingness and possibility in a country full of contradictions? At the time of writing....
As the United Nations joins Buddhists the world over to celebrate the thrice-blessed Vesak today, there is much energy in the Buddha’s message for the world body to reinvigorate its commitment to....
Sri Lanka is a paradise for biodiversity, despite moves that political leaders and business tycoons take to damage this diversity. On May 22, the United Nations marks the International Day for Biological Diversity with the theme being building a shar
Sunil Ariyaratne who wrote Nanda Malini’s celebrated song ‘Nidahas Baila’ got it all wrong when he claimed that no blood was shed in the struggle for independence from British rule. He claimed that no one was beaten, as Nehru and Patel were in
On April 23, a Facebook post was shared by Shiromal Cooray which drew public attention to an incident of sexual harassment.
In November 1947, the United Nations (UN) partitioned Palestine - a decision taken with no support from either the people of
Rather, some individuals are more culpable for the country’s economic miseries than others. Mahinda Rajapaksa and his extended family did more economic damage to the country than the megalomaniac terrorist Velupillai Prabakaran and Rohana Wijeweera
To commemorate the heroes involved in the 1886 struggle, words stronger than anyone could write are engraved on the Monument....
Exactly a year ago, Sri Lanka was in the midst of an economic cum political crisis with an unprecedented foreign exchange slump having....
May Day rallies like in the past, this time too would be heavily politicized. Just the other day there was speculation that the government has initiated moves to ensure district offices countrywide....
The Great Revolt in weeks after the May Day in 2022, characterised by the masses taking over the streets in their millions, led to hopes of setting our country on a progressive path. However, despite....
The details of the agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) regarding our debt restructuring facility, have finally been made public and the debate in Parliament is ongoing. The persons, who designed the IMF framework at Bretton Woods in
Former President Ranasinghe Premadasa was killed 30 years ago on 1 May 1993 at 12. 45 p.m. along with 17 others in a bomb explosion that also injured 38 more persons at the Grandpass Road – Armour Street Junction in Colombo.
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