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Sat, 26 Oct 2024 Today's Paper
The SLPP presidential campaign of Gotabaya Rajapaksa is gaining steam and the JVP has announced Anura Kumara Dissanayake as its candidate, but the UNP is in crisis without a candidate.
The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) rally at Galle Face recently was large, and it reminded me of the Rajapaksa- Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) rallies in Nugegoda, Kurunegala, and yes, Galle Face.
I have a very difficult task to perform. That is to summarize three excellent speeches made by the esteemed and erudite panelists this evening. At the outset, let me summarize the current geopolitical and strategic situation in the Indian Ocean.
With Sri Lanka still probing the hundreds of cases of enforced disappearances in the north, east and the south, yesterday’s United Nations international day of the victims of enforced disappearances, needs to draw....
At a time when the timing is critical to conform to the requirements prescribed in the Constitution of the Republic of Sri Lanka as far as the holding of elections is concerned at different levels and.....
When the JVP packed the 12-acre Galle Face green with People under the banner of their front organisation the National People’s Power (NPP), to announce Anura Kumara Dissanayake....
Only two political parties in the country seem to be certain as to what they are going to do in respect of the forthcoming Presidential Election and as to what the outcome of the election would be.
Carrying large wounds caused by unprecedented burn injuries, Mother Earth is crying in pain and we, her reckless and heartless children, are digging a grave to bury her, not realsing that when she dies, we all will die.
Teachers are assets to the country despite those rendering this service not being among those who are earning a decent salary in keeping with their qualifications. Recently the focus on teachers....
Sri Lanka seems to be a nation which relates well to indiscipline. The country’s lawmakers promote indiscipline and its citizens haven’t been taught any other way of living by those who wield political power. We read in newspapers that the United
As the representatives of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) came out after their latest round of bilateral discussions, they commented to the media only in broad and abstract terms. They dubbed talks as successful,
‘Romesh Kaluwitharana ct Sachin Tendulkar, b Wasim Akram.’ Remember this? You probably would if you were an ardent cricket fan. You would, even if you were not, being an Indian and a Pakistani, old enough and interested enough (obviously) in shar
In our editorial on August 1, we focused on the container-loads of garbage consisting of industrial and clinical waste belonging to other countries being surreptitiously dumped or downloaded on Sri Lanka and its people in the midst of the ever-increa
Sri Lankans are once again eagerly awaiting a presidential election hoping that a new regime would bring about a much needed change.
Our country is politically bankrupt; poised on the brink of presidential election, but who should the people vote for??? A million dollar question that has no answer!!! It is time now for the young ones to break away and form an alliance so they can
Elections are fast approaching, there is a buzz in the air and apprehension all around. The digital frontier is surely going to be one where Sri Lankan political parties will now renew efforts to gain the maximum PR traction.
More than 550,000 metric tons of vegetables and fruits were being wasted a year due to the post-harvest damage and its loss to the nation amounted to over Rs.67 billion, the State Minister of Agriculture Wasantha Aluvihare had said last week. More th
The night of August 22 to 23, 1791, in Santo Domingo--today Haiti and the Dominican Republic--saw the beginning of the uprising that would play a crucial role in the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade. It is against this background that the I
Gotabaya Rajapaksa is the clear front runner in the presidential race; even before the UNP names its candidate, the former strongman- Defence Secretary is cruising ahead with say, around a 10 per cent lead in the South.
Presidential Election campaign has begun. Three contestants have already entered the battlefield and up to now, the campaign moves peacefully. Before long, however, the airwaves...
A successful leader is one who can defend against the various temptations and baits of the political field; of strong character, with both charisma and conscience and willing to listen to the wishes of the common man and to represent....
The Justice Vijith Malalgoda fact finding committee, appointed by the President following the 21/04 suicide bombings, had recommended that the country’s intelligence services be brought under a legal mandate that would empower....
National security has become a prominent theme in the election campaign. Easter Sunday attacks have forced the voters to rethink of candidates and to assess pros and cons of each, in terms of national security.
Since January this year, a devastating fire has been burning in the Amazon -the world’s largest rain forest. This rain forest plays a crucial role in keeping our planet’s carbon-dioxide levels in check.
We have recently seen religious dignitaries, both Buddhist and Christian, vociferously voicing their views on politics. As a mere observer, I think the time they have devoted to this would have been far better spent in the guiding of their flock.
I wonder how many people remember ‘Always Breakdown.’ It was probably the first political satire TV series in Sri Lanka, long before ‘Kathura,’ ‘Ethuma,’ and ‘And Company.’ The political figures....
The April 21 Easter Sunday Islamic State suicide bombing catastrophe turning into a blessing through the consolidation of an all-religions solidarity alliance, there was special significance for Sri Lanka in Thursday’s....
Reconciliation is not only for victims of war. It is a concept which should reach out to every citizen of Sri Lanka equally. Consultations that were carried out countrywide showed that while equity and fairness are....
This caption for the article may have strong disagreements, but I believe this presidential poll is just that. Run up to the presidential polls seems to rope in “nonentities”, though most who clamour for a “strong” Sinhala Buddhist president.
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