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  • Halt this trend
    Minister Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka is generally known for speaking his mind, an attribute which most cite as the cause for his loss at the 2010 Presidential Election. He...
  • MR in Cuckoo land
    Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa who addressed the Kandy District convention of the Pohottuwa party over the weekend was an angry man indeed. He took strong exception to...
  • Ending Global Hunger
    Ours is an unequal world. Hunger kills more people than AIDS and tuberculosis - 821 million people suffered from hunger in 2017 - 11 percent of the world population. Sixty...
  • Future of Indian Ocean
    The Indian Ocean is perhaps the most important ocean in the world, given its huge commercial and geopolitical value. The Indian Ocean’s waters reach 28 countries, together...
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  • Importance of fire safety
    Fire is one of man’s most important discoveries, yet it is also one of the most dangerous. Sayings such as “you are playing with fire” illustrate the dangers associated with fire. It can raze solid...
  • A ‘timely’ achievement
    The proceedings of the Presidential Commission probing the goings-on at SriLankan and the now-defunct Mihin Lanka published in all the daily newspapers generally make for grim reading. Yes, SriLankan...
  • A correct move
    The police crackdown on the Aava gang and other criminal outfits in Jaffna is to be welcomed. In our main story in yesterday’s edition Jaffna Senior DIG Roshan Fernando was quoted as saying that a...
  • JO's doomed project
    The whole country, or, at least the politically alive segments of the community are today all agog about speculation on the formation of a Caretaker/Interim Government to replace Yahapalanaya (Good...
  • A stinking spat
    At a time when the garbage problem in the City has assumed critical proportions we have the Colombo Mayor and the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Land Reclamation and Development Corporation (SLLRDC)...
  • A salutary move
    The decision taken by President Maithripala Sirisena to set a time frame for the release of all land in the North, presently occupied by the military, to their legitimate owners would certainly be...
  • Relative Merits
    Nepotism has been part and parcel of this country's political culture since the dawn of Independence. It is said that Prime Minister D. S. Senanayake wanted to ensure that his son Dudley became Prime...
  • Honouring the teachers
    Those who can, teach. This is a memorable slogan seen on London billboards some years back. The idea is that not everyone can teach. It takes something special to be a teacher, who is responsible for...
  • War Heroes as political pawns
    State Minister of Defence Ruwan Wijewardene has hit out at the Joint Opposition (JO) for accusing the Government of mistreating members of the Security Forces. Speaking at a recent function he...
  • JO's manna from heaven
    There is much brouhaha these days over a statement made by the Head of the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith and the response to it by Finance and Mass Media Minister...
  • A prudent move
    The Government has announced more drastic measures to contain the fall of the Rupee. This was inevitable given the rapid outflow of foreign exchange for certain big ticket items including vehicles....
  • Celebrating children and elders
    Today, we celebrate the Yin and Yang of Life: Children and Elders. It is the children of today who become the elders of tomorrow. On the International Day of Older Persons and International Children’...