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The momentous year of 2022 for Sri Lanka can be divided into two major phases. In the first phase, people grew frustrated with the failure of their government led by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, to solve....
Although it is not surprising, it is sad that the reprimanding of Sri Lankans as a whole and a politician in particular by a Korean official for not being punctual and not keeping promises, did not draw attention of the people, at least to the ext
Last week, a visiting South Korean official gave an earful to the state minister of social empowerment, Anupa Pasqual, for being late for a meeting. South Korea Disaster Relief Foundation (SKDRF) President Cho Sung Lea was se
nAll these years the authorities remained unmoved and now the Mihintale Chief has spoken out
Labour productivity Lanka is about between 18 and 22 kg per day in Sri Lanka, in contrast to 30 to 60 kg per day in the competing countries
The Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya plans to have ‘The faculty of Agriculture Undergraduate Research Symposium 2021/22’ on December 28 (Wednesday) at the Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricul
The Ambassador of the Netherlands Bonnie Horbach responding to questions posed by the Daily Mirror and shared her views on bilateral relations covering areas such as the island’s economic crisis, women rights....
When 2022 dawned, no one would have imagined ‘we the people’ were about to begin a year of what could be described as one of an unimaginable and unmitigated disaster. Despite rising.....
The writer has read several well written articles in the press chronologically narrating and analysing the history of our current predicament. Now that the symptoms and diagnosis phases over the last 74 years....
At least four Sinhala Kings were converted to Christianity with the advent of the Portuguese whereas there was none converted during the Dutch era. According to historians...
Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) leader and Colombo District MP, Mano Ganesan received a telephone call from Ranil Wickremesinghe on 19 July 2022
The classic festival of joy and peace has dawned again. With the fall of snow hovering over the northern hemisphere in the heart of the winter season and by contrast,
Christmas is the grand feast of the wretched and marginalised of the Earth. Of course, the rich can also celebrate it but only in solidarity with the poor.
It has been a hectic year for all of us; especially for the lawmakers who have had to continue their ‘act’ in trying to prove to the people that they are worth the salaries paid to them. What’s alarming....
It is said that when the United States sneezes, the world catches a cold. This used to be the case. Today it is China that is shaking the world with every move it takes. Early this month, China’s all-powerful....
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has proposed to all political parties in Parliament to get together to find a solution to the decades-old ethnic problem before Sri Lanka’s 75th Independence Day....
Since Sri Lanka’s civil war ended in 2009, successive governments have attempted a range of steps to enhance the reconciliation process. In 2011, the Sri Lankan Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission....
All the fuss over that Govt directive ordering women school teachers to wear saris to school reminds me of the time when Mahinda Rajapaksa was President,
Seventeen per cent. That is the extent of Sri Lanka’s forest cover as of 2021. Even though Sri Lanka is promoted as a biodiversity hotspot, mainly to attract nature lovers from across the globe, the extent of deforestation is worrisome. Haphazard d
Over the past weeks, nay month or so, we and our fellow countrymen and women have been held in thrall by the demand by opposition parties in parliament for the holding of local government....
Since Elon Musk took over Twitter, there has been so much attention on the microblogging platform. At least twice in the last two months, I have received official communications hinting....
Employees of the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau have urged the Ministry of Environment to hold an impartial inquiry to probe the frauds committed by its former acting Director General and recover....
Why are there no incidents of ragging being reported from the private universities in Sri Lanka while brutal and barbaric criminal activities committed in the guise of ragging in state universities have made the entire so-called students movement a m
Last week, a student mob at Peradeniya University stormed the residence of the former vice-chancellor, attacking the residents and ransacking the place. The attack followed a traffic accident involving the son of the vice-chancellor, whose vehicle ha
In six days, we will be celebrating Christmas - the birth of the Christ-child in a stable at Bethlehem in Palestine. Sadly today, Palestine.....
“You are a PARANGI ‘- Christian PERERA’, a descendant of the 16th century imperialists who invaded independent nations with.....
“Imagine a world that deserves our best where we get up each day knowing that we can make a difference,” says the first female.....
As Sri Lanka seeks to attract Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) amidst its economic crisis and places a greater emphasis on exports to boost its reserves,
Today, the world is facing a new ‘Cold War’. The original cold war from 1945 to 1990s between both the United States (plus its allies in the NATO bloc) and the Soviet Union was an ideological conflict -the fear of communism in the United States (
Despite the chairman of the Election Commission (EC) Nimal Punchihewa having announced that he would call nominations for the local government elections during the end of this month (December),
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