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  • Serela with her father.
    In the shadow of a Renaissance Statesman
    In an interview with Samangie Wettimuny “The Man of Unmatched Impact’’ in the series, ‘Footprints on the sands of time’ published in the Daily News on May 15, 2017, Lalith...
  • War on glyphosate
    The trouble l have against scribes who use the prefix Dr. is that they do not disclose, for what and from where, they have obtained their doctorate. It can be a doctorate in...
  • The factory at Horana.
    Tragedy at Horana factory
    H.K Ariyapala had joined the rubber factory in Balapitiya, Horana, only two months previously, when five people, including him, died following inhalation of ammonia gas last...
  • POINT OF VIEW
    Why this ban on Vesak pandals?In all newspapers, both Sinhala and English, the striking headlines ‘Ban on Pandals on Vesak and Poson Poya Days’, appear. It is also stated...
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  • [APPRECIATIONS - (23-04-2018)]
    H. V. PereraLegal geniusH. V. Perera was born to a middle-class family in Moratuwa. His father was a licensed surveyor. Perera received his primary education at Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa and...
  • New realities of unity government
    Leading politicians of all hues anointed with the auspicious Avurudu oil are moving to the New Year, taking them to new challenges in national and party politics, and facing the realities of a unity...
  • Prorogation and after
    The President prorogued Parliament on the eve of Sinhala and Hindu New Year. Perhaps it was a New Year ‘gift’ from the Head of State. Anyway, whatever is said and done, it is a grim reminder to his...
  • Larger lessons for India from the Facebook data scandal
    Social media networks such as Facebook and WhatsApp now make it possible to communicate with large numbers of people, individually or in small targeted groups. This can be a big boon for elected and...
  • Post-confidence priorities
    Political analysts have given many reasons for the very poor results obtained at the Local Government elections held on February 10, 2018, by the main coalition partners of the Unity Government – the...
  • Moves against democracy
    The Mahinda group do not abandon their racist political project unless Yahapalanaya campaign it out of politics. At every opportunity, they will use the card of racial violence. It is necessary to...
  • Assault on Dutch tourist, Mirissa
    The recent report in the British newspaper The Daily Mirror, ‘Dutch tourist assaulted in Sri Lanka’, brings home to me the reality of living in Sri Lanka.I have lived in Unawatuna for six years,...
  • President Mokgweetsi Masisi being escorted for the signing in venue.
    Mokgweetsi Masisi sworn in as Botswana’s fifth President
    Botswana has once again, witnessed the compliance of the constitutional requirement of a state President relinquishing power at the end of two consecutive five year terms in office.This was when...
  • SAVING SRI LANKAN PUPPETRY
    Gamvari Supun Tharanga (26), a Peradeniya University Graduate with a degree in Computation and Management is an unlikely candidate to save the art of puppetry from oblivion and yet, he has stepped up...
  • Taken for a ride
    An enforced break because of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year has not slowed down intense political manoeuvring both within and without the government in the aftermath of the no-confidence motion...
  • No-nonsense plan to curb traffic crimes
    There is absolutely no road safety and traffic discipline in Sri Lanka. Politicians are doing very little to improve the traffic and road safety system. I have noticed the following dangerous hazards...
  • Political possibility for Sri Lankan society
    The struggle towards Independence in Sri Lanka was a peaceful political movement which aimed at achieving freedom and self-rule for the country from the British Empire. For those pioneers in the...