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  • Rising from the July embers
    I can still remember vividly that fateful day in July 1983 when a Nation’s hopes for peace literally went up in smoke. My schoolmates and I were halfway to school when we saw...
  • Dr. Deepika Udagama Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL)
    Why beggars cannot be choosers
    Hobson’s choice is a free choice, in which only one thing is offered. Because a person may refuse to accept what is offered, the two options are taking it or taking nothing....
  • President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Moragahakanda Reservoir after the President commissioned one of the the last reservoirs of the Mahaweli River Development Programme in January. Picture courtesy President’s Media Division
    A watershed in agricultural history
    The Kalu Ganga Reservoir Development Scheme, which comes under the massive Moragahakanda and Kalu Ganga Reservoir Development Project, will begin nourishing thousands of...
  • [APPRECIATIONS - (23-07-2018)]
    Alfred DavidSelfless public servantSince the sad news of our father’s passing on Sunday, July 15, the many messages of condolence we have received, have been filled with...
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  • A FREE AND OPEN WORLD TRADING SYSTEM, COMMON WEALTH OF PEOPLE
    The year 2018 marks the 40thanniversary of China’s reform and opening-up and the 17th anniversary of China’ accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).In 2001, China acceded to the WTO, which...
  • US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin during a joint news conference after their meeting in Helsinki on Monday. - AFP
    China upgrades African connection
    China’s rising stature as the world’s second largest economy is being consolidated by the country’s increasing role as a responsible leader of the international community. With its Belt and Road...
  • DEMOCRACY AND CONSCIENCE OF PEOPLE AND LEADERS
    The Sri Lankan people came to exercise a hitherto unexperienced process of universal franchise in 1931. People began to participate in the choice of those who were to represent them and look after...
  • Her side of the capital
    Women need an invitation and a place at the table– Meghan MarkleThe City of Love. The City of Peace. City of Order. The City of Justice. We all need it. We can’t live without it. In other words, we...
  • Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Minister Vijith Vijayamuni Zoysa and State Minister Dilip Wedaarachchi at a meeting with the fishermen at the Ministry.
    Ordeal at sea
    After a two-week ordeal, the seven Sri Lankan fishermen stranded for days at sea, off the Maldivian coast, returned to the country last Tuesday (July 17).The 41-foot fishing boat Sindhur-2 left the...
  • The hanging question
    Party politics was briefly overshadowed by the controversial announcement from President Maithripala Sirisena last week that he was willing to implement the death penalty for convicted drug...
  • Omar Waraich Deputy Director, South Asia Amnesty International
    Gener Rondina was at home with his family in Barangay Carreta, a low-income neighbourhood of the Philippines’ Cebu City, when the police came for him in the middle of the night. Trembling with fear,...
  • Engineering in danger
    Ignorance and personal wants of the lawmakers and facilitators are killing the foundry industry due to the export of the valuable scrap depriving the country and the local light Engineering industry...
  • Low-cost method for PC Elections
    A senior retired engineer friend of mine has raised a few concerns on my proposal on the above subject that appeared in the press recently. I take the liberty to enlist my responses to him for the...
  • Clowns or Murderers: Our Hobson’s Choice
    “There is no Viyath Mawatha; it is just a word for a programme. Clearly this is a carrying forward of Mahinda Chintanaya...” - Mahinda Rajapaksa (4.7.2018)The news was sensational, yet it was...
  • Who are our progenitors?
    In the Ceylon Department of British Library of London, my eyes were captivated by a report written by Sir Henry Ward, Governor of Ceylon, to the Foreign Secretary of Great Britain.“My irrigation...
  • CURB SMALL ARMS TRAFFICKING
    Sri Lanka has been fighting against the global trafficking of arms, arms, drugs and wildlife for some time. During the 30-year war, Sri Lanka was unable to fully cope with it. Post-war Sri Lanka has...