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Fri, 25 Oct 2024 Today's Paper
According to media reports, the National Elections Commission (NEC) has sent out directives to all State employees that persons attempting to influence co-workers, friends and subordinates to vote for a particular candidate at the November 16 preside
Presidential poll will become the all-consuming topic soon, if not already. Last week, when I spent some time in Colombo speaking to a lot of journalists on fake news, I was told it was not a new phenomenon.
The minds of the average voters in Sri Lanka are filled with frustration more than hope. They’d choose to vote for either Gotabaya Rajapaksa or Sajith Premadasa out of the frustration they have to find the country’s next leader.
The name Visakha evokes the best of womanhood in the Buddhist world. The chief patroness of Buddha, who gifted Eastern monastery (Purvaramaya) to Sasana, is revered as the epitome of wisdom, grace, beauty, courage and loyalty. Even here in Sri Lanka,
We have had our share of both, although the latter has always been the majority. While I reflect in retrospect, I think that our first Prime Minister the late D.S. Senanayake and his brother the late
A few days ago, I was watching the replay of Presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa’s maiden election rally address. There were seven youth with me and one of them pointed up his finger towar
It is well recognized that Bangladesh has been vigorously executing large scale development projects to maintain its phenomenal growth rate of 8.2%. What is less known is that its small scale sector has not been neglected and that this sector is also
The unprecedented turnout for inaugural rally at the Galle Face Green— the record crowd that filled not only the Green but vast stretches of Galle Road and the surrounding areas on the previous day had a definite influence....
The country is on the verge of a Presidential Election to be held in November 2019. This is the first Presidential Election to be held after the (last) constitutional amendment; on the 19th, to reduce the powers of the Executive.
It’s election time and another presidential election is almost upon us. Almost three years and eleven months ago, to the date, President Sirisena sent shock waves through the nation when he announced...
Presidential elections have always posed a problem for Tamil nationalist politics. An exclusivist Tamil outlook undermines the articulation of politics and engagement with a leader representing the country.
“Onna Babo Billo Enawaa” was a familiar threat often used by grown-ups to frighten children into obedience in those days. Fear would be instilled into children that the kidnapper with the sack (Goni Billa) would grab them if the kids did not do a
As Sri Lanka prepares for the crucial presidential election on November 16, the major crisis is clearly political corruption with the abuse of power and the failure to take effective legal action. Since independence, few if any leading politicians ha
Since April 21, 2019 Sri Lanka has witnessed probably the most unusual behaviour of politicians of all shades of opinion and their slavishly loyal goons, in the wake of one of the bloodiest attacks in recent times on one of the most holy days for Chr
In conversation a few days ago while travelling in a ‘tuk tuk,’ an elderly driver asked me why there wasn’t any law to disqualify candidates who did not present their political reason(s) within at least two weeks, for contesting elections.
One of the 35 presidential candidates – the highest ever number to contest so far – is former Eastern Province Governor M.L.A.M. Hizbullah who was branded by many politicians, especially those aligned to the Sri Lanka...
The Malaysian security authorities arresting as many as 12 persons for being involved in activities connected to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE) makes Sri Lanka tighten its security belt.
Many of us have heard the story about a Sri Lankan minister meeting his counterpart from a developed nation. For the benefit of first time voters, the story is retold here. Once, a Sri Lankan minister visited a developed country.
The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, the main constituent party of the National People’s Power (NPP), approaching the Tamil Ealam Liberation Organization (TELO) and the People Liberation Organization of Tamil Ealam (PLOTE) to garner support for the upcom
The two Tamil parties- Tamil Makkal Kooteny (TMK) led by former Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran and Eelam People’s Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) led by former MP Suresh Premachandran, teamed up with the Tamil National Al
Promises are cheap, plans expensive. Promises easy, plans take time to formulate and a certain basic level of intelligence to articulate. Promises don’t add up to vision, plans do. Some candidates promise, others plan. I need not elaborate.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. Oliver Wendell Holmes
The election results in Elpitiya a few days ago underscored the fact that politicians can obtain benefits from investments if they’re done wisely. Many moons ago the Mahinda Rajapaksa regime invested heavily on the Southern Expressway. Political an
Life consists of 3 Ex+Ex+Ex’s– Yesterday was ‘Experience’ Today is ‘Experiment’ and Tomorrow is ‘Expectation’ our political morons have not yet learnt to use the Experience of their Experiments to achieve their Expectations!!! We sho
Two things would have startled the Rajapaksa clan in relation to the Galle Face inaugural rally held by the DNF on October 19 in support of their candidate Sajith Premadasa. First, obviously, was the unprecedented numbers who flocked to the green sur
For the past few decades of the globalised capitalist market economic system most of us have chosen to follow the western models in areas ranging from fashion to food. Now most highly qualified nutritionists agree that western food models have failed
Deputy Leader of the United National Party (UNP) and Presidential Candidate of the United National Front (UNF) coalition, Sajith Premadasa who is contesting under the Swan symbol of the New Democratic Front (NDF) promised at his maiden election campa
During the weekend, Malaysia’s Special Counter-terrorism Unit arrested 12 suspects, including two lawmakers of the ruling coalition over alleged links to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Subsequent investigations have uncovered a trail of fina
According to the Marxist theory of the state, the army is the chief component of state power. Whoever wants to seize and retain state power must have a strong army. The Sri Lankan state had a strong Army, Navy and Air Force led by a strong Three Forc
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) effectively chose the President of Sri Lanka in 2005. Yes, the Tigers did it - a few empty ballot boxes from Omanthai moaned their way back to the counting centres.
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