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Fri, 25 Oct 2024 Today's Paper
The November 16 presidential election will mark a crucial phase if not a turning point or new page in the history of independent Sri Lanka. If we need a personality with a vision and goals to change the corrupt and unjust system we have today it need
On the eve of the September UN Climate Action Summit, young women and men around the world mobilized by the millions and told global leaders: “You are failing us”. They are right Global emissions are increasing. Temperatures are rising. The c
As the rest of the country gets ready for the November Presidential elections, farmers in Pollonaruwa are looking up and hoping for the skies to open out, so that the present lack of water would be solved.
While Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) candidate for the November 16 presidential election, is facing fresh hurdles to his candidacy following legal action by two civil society.....
Today is one ‘Friday’ that would be marked in history as a memorable ‘Good Friday’ to one or the other party in the petition the three-member bench in the Court of Appeal (CA) would deliver its ruling on; a ruling either way....
Gandhi was suspicious of many things modern, including modern Hinduism: a new, 19th century religion, sharply demarcated from others, and a fitting rival of Islam and Christianity. Why?.....
The torrential rains that unleashed their fury on Sri Lanka during the past couple of weeks are gradually abating in most parts of Sri Lanka though thunder showers have been reported from some others. The torrential rains, the resultant floods and ov
Just when UNP lawmaker Sajith Premadasa was seeing the road ending before him due to internal politics within the Green Party he got an opportunity to rise like a butterfly after a period of playing the role of caterpillar.
As the day of nomination for the presidential elections approaches fast, uncertainty and anxiety engage the minds of voters over the latest developments.
People are good. Even bad people are good. They don’t think they are bad and they do things to make others believe they are good. In short, there are few wrongdoers in this world. This is why, when politics is the subject at hand, those offering co
Integrity is a most precious virtue, the most outstanding; Compassion motivates people to go out of their way, to go that extra mile to help the physical, mental or emotional pains of another human being!!! Kindness generates Compassion and is sadly
Hats off to Sajith Premadasa! To paraphrase a much clichéd quote: He came, he saw and he conquered, no question. Drive and determination and raw ambition, the three fundamental elements essential for achievement of desired results in any field were
When Mahinda Rajapaksa held out the hand of his brother and former Secretary of Defence GotabhayaRajapaksa and proclaimed ‘I am handing over my brother to you’, at the inaugural national convention of the SLPP in August, I was reminded of a very
What have a fifteen year-old schoolgirl from Sweden and anti-imperialist fighter Mohandas Gandhi got in common? And what sets them apart from others who actively work to promote causes they support from the environment or to rid themselves of the yol
The UN Department of Peace Operations has suspended Sri Lankan Army contingents serving peacekeeping operations in some countries in response to the appointment of Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva to the position of Commander of the Sri Lanka Army.
Last week, the United National Party Working Committee nominated Sajith Premadasa as the presidential candidate of the Grand Old Party, and effectively, of the UNP led alliance. Mr Premadasa’s candidature may not impress those who wanted a more for
The Swan represents grace and beauty on many planes. It is linked to love, poetry and music. Swan was sacred to Venus, the goddess of love in Roman mythology. In Greek beliefs, this bird...
Has Sri Lanka ever had a statesman as Prime Minister? This is a rhetorical question because the answer can only be a resounding ‘NO”. We need a Lee Kwan Yu. Someone ruthlessly efficient who does not allow unnecessary factors....
Driven out of their homes and lands in 1949 when the United Nations recreated the state of Israel, the Palestinians are today one of the the largest and oldest bloc of refugees in the world.
The presidential election is on us. It seems that each presidential campaign season brings with it no shortage of new (mostly old) ideas of how to fix what ails our country. Many of these gems involve.....
Sixty years ago on September 25, 1959, Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike (SWRDB) the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka then known as Ceylon was shot and seriously wounded by a Buddhist monk named Ven.Talduwe Somarama Thera. Prime Minister SWRD Bandar
Over the past few centuries we have seen the emergence of four pillars of democracy. They are the Executive which is expected to be blessed with the gifts of honesty and integrity, accountability and transparency, a like-minded Legislature, an indepe
“History has ended”, proclaimed Fukuyama -- a gig intellectual of the last quarter of the 20th century -- with apocalyptic certainty. This assertion was made despite heavy hitters like Hegel, Spencer, Marx, who proclaimed that History was yet ven
Whatever the outcome of yesterday’s Working Committee meeting of the United National Party (UNP) on its presidential candidate was, the damage inflicted on the party by the feud between its leader and....
It seems all major players are ready for the November 16 presidential poll. While the Sinhala constituency dominates presidential election, divisions at times provide Tamil and Muslim people the opportunity to decide on who the next President....
It was heartening to see protesting disabled soldiers win their demand to enjoy a full salary after retirement, which would now be offered to them till they breathe their last.
When the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court in a landmark ruling held that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s advice to the queen to prorogue parliament was unconstitutional, the air was similar to what prevailed in Sri Lanka....
We are at the tail-end of the Wickremesinghe led regime. Even of some can’t afford the luxuries they enjoyed five years ago they can be happy that they are able to enjoy so much freedom as citizens of a democratic country. Now a presidential electi
Whatever little information that emanated from the top level discussion among the senior leaders of the United National Party (UNP) on Tuesday suggested that there was, more or less, agreement to appoint party’s Deputy Leader Housing, Construction
There’s a game I came across when I was checking if there was a word called ‘bluffoonery’. I’ll get back to the game in a moment. The reason for the search was simple; there’s been an overload of bluffing in the politics related to the pres
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