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When in Parliament the solitary Thamil Makkal Thesiya Koottani (Tamil People’s National Front) MP C.V. Wigneswaran opened a can of worms by glorifying Tamils and the Tamil language over other communities and languages, Industries Minister Wimal Wee
The government presented the bill titled ‘20th Amendment to the Constitution’ to Parliament in its original form despite attempts by a section of the government.....
In the mornings now the traffic on the left lane in Colombo areas moves painfully slowly. The word painfully is closely associated with life and politics in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka stakes a claim for some of the best books written by Asian authors, but sadly these authors have to take the books to readers in a country like ours. Books can take you on a journey, to a past which is often contested by historians and nati
In 1988, the People’s Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE), a Tamil separatist group, undertook a mercenary mission to stage a coup in the Maldives. They were hired by Maldivian businessman Abdulla Luthfi.
Strident calls were repeatedly made from many quarters for the 19th Amendment to the Constitution to be repealed.
There’s a ‘Core Group’ on Sri Lanka operating in international circles. It is made of five European countries (Germany, North Macedonia, Montenegro and the UK) and one North American, Canada. A political bloc, then, essentially and one whose ge
The United Nations marks World Maritime Day today. Where Sri Lanka is concerned, it comes this year in the wake of the fire that broke out on September 3 in the engine room of the MT New Diamond when it was some 65 kilometres off the eastern coast of
The news that young Ruwan Wijewardene was elected Deputy Leader of the UNP boosted my spirits and that of many of my friends. We had feared that the exit of Ranil Wickremesinghe at the end of the year, would be the end of an era of gentleman politici
According to Julia Carey’s poem “LITTLE ACTS’ we are told that little acts of kindness can form a mighty ocean. Dwelling on the way things were, I’ve read some really beautiful stories that are worth sharing, so here goes.
Tragedies can be kaleidoscopic moments. They provide those instances that cut through imposed façades. An unobtrusive cutaway view in a moment of tragic truth.
This is a time when even those who agreed with the LTTE to explore a solution to the ethnic problem within a federal framework are standing even for the abolition of the existing provincial councils. This may be a genuine mind change or swimming with
In the 1920s, Sri Lanka had a 49% forest cover, but by 2005 this had fallen by approximately 26%. Between 1990 and 2000, Sri Lanka lost an average of 26,800 ha of forests per year. This amounts to an average annual deforestation
The environmentalists have come up with a fretful confrontation with the government over the Sinharaja issue. This irritable attitude of environmentalists is justifiable with what is said and done so far by the government regarding the few environ
Education Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris, in an interview with Daily Mirror, comments on the 20th Amendment to the Constitution
On September 16, media reports revealed that United Nations (UN) investigators had emphatically stated the government of Venezuela committed egrarious....
Amid a crisis where many independent analysts are warning that the proposed 20th Amendment could be a death certificate for parliamentary democracy in Sri Lanka, the United Nations this week marked the International Day of Democracy with Secretary Ge
In both Sri Lanka and India, which share a culture, cow slaughter is generally considered unethical by the majority Sinhala-Buddhists and Hindus. In Hinduism, the cow is considered “holy” but in Buddhism it is not. However, cow slaughter and beef
There is reliable information coming through that the Uda Walawe’s iconic elephant, Rambo may be captured and trans-located to a holding ground (which is effectively an elephant prison) by the Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC). This will in
Leaders of the Opposition parties, especially those of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and the United National Party (UNP) are making an unnecessary big fuss over the architect of the draft 20th Amendment to the Constitution that has already been ga
The 79th Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday the 10th of October 2020, at the Sri Lanka Federation of University Women: Resource and Training Centre at No. 96/25, Kitulwatte Road, Borella, Colombo 08.
Sri Lanka needs stricter road laws and tough law enforcement officials to implement them. When ever an authority says this it underscores one major issue; a good number of Sri Lankan motorists.....
First the United Arab Emirates, then Bahrain and which Arab nation is next in line to make ‘peace’ with Israel? In Washington on Tuesday, the UAE and Bahrain formally signed with Israel what is touted as peace agreements....
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is reported to have suggested the creation of an administrative structure remodeled on the ancient demarcations of Sri Lanka into regions as ‘Ruhunu, Maya and Pihiti’ to govern the country in place of Provincial C
As kids we knew of China as a country producing inferior or cheap goods. There was even a joke shared among schoolchildren when one kid had penned in her notebook that the opposite of ‘original’ is ‘Chinese’. That’s the old China we knew of
The 22nd edition of the Colombo International Book Fair will open its pages to the public from tomorrow, September 18 till September 27. Sri Lanka Book Publishers Association President Upali Wanigasooriya has said that in previous years some million
When constitutional amendments are proposed and they are made public in draft form, there is a general rule of thumb that can be employed to figure out where one should stand -- for or against. It goes like this: You disregard whether or not you are
September 16 is designated the ‘International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer’ by the United Nations General Assembly.
They say that there are so many fathers to victory but defeat is a bastard. Well, in the present Sri Lankan context we can make an adjustment....
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