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Samantha Jane Power, US Ambassador to the UN during the Obama administration is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at an event celebrating Mangala Samaraweera’s completion of 30
State Minister of Highways and Rural Development Ranjan Ramanayake seems to encounter problems in what he wishes to convey to the media. Now the actor turned politician states that he was misquoted in the media with regard to the revelation he made a
Sri Lanka, which came under the spotlight for its human atrocities during the civil war, is now accused of being cruel to elephants. Opposition to how Sri Lanka treats domesticated elephants was aired in British Parliament by MP Dr. Rupa Hue recently
W.P. Ariyasena was last seen on the evening of December 12, 1989. Caught between the violence of two forces of the Government and rebels, Ariyasena was one among hundreds who never returned home during the reign of terror. “He left for the town, du
Kusal Mendis is the prototype for a national cricket star in the making in the age of social media. When Mendis, the diminutive designated flag-bearer of the national cricket team hits the sweet spot, social media goes into top gear. When he fails, w
IWhat a potpourri!!! What a deadly combination!!! What a colossal amount of money involved??? YET, MADUSH IS LOOKING AT ONLY LIFE IMPRISONMENT!!! Jewellery heist of another enormous amount and the culprit/culprits are laughing!!! It would be interest
In Sri Lanka, numbers of high-profile reputed criminal gangs are largely operating in the provinces of Northern and Southern with blessings of prominent politicians in power. The trend has led Sri Lanka to become the main illegal cocaine and heroin h
The American Nobel literature prize winning author Ernest Hemingway in one of his bestselling novels, ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’ says, “I belong to humanity and every person’s death diminishes me”. It is in the light of deep reflections such
I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail– Abraham Maslow Sri Lankans had been a caring nation. People here used to help their neighbours and were hospitable to visitors. If someone
By the late 1940s,Sri Lanka had a formidable network of English medium schools operated by the colonial government, missionaries, Buddhist and other faith based organizations. Contrary to the bunkum that was later advanced as a means
For the past few decades, India has been witnessing internal migration from State to State and also unauthorised immigration from Bangladesh, both movements being driven by economic factors.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness.....
During the last few months, our dear motherland had experienced chaos and tragedies unprecedented. The constitutional crisis plunged this dear country in a 52-day cloud of unknowing and confusion.
Tensions between South Asia’s super powers -- India and Pakistan -- are once again on the boil, after a car laden with explosives was detonated by a suicide bomber in Indian-occupied Kashmir, killing 40 Indian paramilitaries.
It’s time overdue that the misleading myths on immigration are thrown into the trashcan. They are causing untold damage. The fact is that President Donald Trump’s...
The year was 1985. Junius Richard Jayawardene was the Sri Lankan President while Rajiv Gandhi was Prime Minister of India. The New Delhi facilitated talks between an official Sri Lankan Government delegation and six entities representing the Sri Lank
The following is a speech made by Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera during the adjournment debate on the Constitutional Council in Parliament on February 21:
“If you want peace and development, work for social justice” is the theme of the United Nations World Social Justice Day which was marked this week. In a statement, the world body says, social justice is an underlying principle for peaceful and p
Replying to my column last week (“Reflections on Sri Lanka’s Nationalisms”) Dr Dayan Jayatilleka posted the following comment: “Ceylonism did exist and not only as the consciousness of a socioeconomic elite.
It was in the 1960s that my parents took me to see the play at the then-new Veerasingham Hall in Jaffna. A key attraction was that producer Ernest MacIntyre and his sister Evelyn had been living within a hundred yards of our home down Chemmany Road w
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s four-day visit to the North last week seemed to have been aimed at the forthcoming Presidential and Parliamentary Elections, in the light of the plethora of large-scale development projects he announced during
Passing of the 19th Amendment in the most disgusting manner with unwanted, undemocratic provisions smuggled in was yet hailed as democratic victory highlighting the Constitutional Council (CC) and Independent Commissions.
The Colombo municipal Council (CMC) inspecting eateries in Borella just few days ago, closing down one and filling cases against three leaves room for us to check what we purchase when dining out.
The February 14 attack on an Indian military convoy in the disputed Kashmir region once again underlines the importance of a concerted international effort to find a solution to the seven-decade-old crisis.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s call for ‘forgive and forget’ on incidents related to the war drew a jibe from the Tamil politicians.In his remarks made in Jaffna last week, the Prime Minister meant to say that those who committed crimes
The arrest of Makandure Madush and the revelation of several politicians consuming narcotics underscores the fact that the drug trade in Sri Lanka has deep roots and can’t be eradicated that easily.
Saturday’s Daily Mirror carried an expose headlined, ‘Who was behind the arrest of Makandure Madush’. The article gives a new take on the story that is continuing to create headlines and take centre-stage with startling new revelations on a dai
Many years ago, before the 17th Amendment was implemented, I ended my weekly column to the Sunday Island newspaper mentioning the number of days since the said amendment was passed and asking why the independent commissions had not been appointed. Ar
Freedom of expression, freedom of movement, freedom of assembly, freedom of worship; these are all enshrined in our Constitution as fundamental rights. No one can take them away; no President, no Prime Minister and no Parliament. The judiciary, the t
Hardly had the smoke of the gun salutes fired on February 4 settled, when we received news of the arrest of Makandure Madush with 40 of his entourage in Dubai. On Independence Day, we sing eulogies to those who fought against the British and other wh
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