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  • [CITIZENS' Mail - (14-08-2018)]
    BOUQUET FOR SARATH FONSEKAWildlife Minister Field Marshal SarathFonseka has said that the police would not be able to eradicate the underworld by resorting to third grade and...
  • [CITIZENS' Mail - (13-08-2018)]
    Pride of place for all Sri LankansThe Citizens’ Movement for Good Governance (CIMOGG) strongly endorses the untiring Bernard Fernando’s plea in his recent letter titled “...
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    MPs, mind your mandateMembers of Parliament are there to look after the people. Because all the people of the country cannot get involved in preparing legislations and other...
  • [CITIZENS' Mail - (08-08-2018)]
    Why not levy a “Kunu” tax?Now almost all of us pay a nominal santhosam to the garbage collector to facilitate easy disposal of our garbage. I suggest that by imposing a tax...
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  • [CITIZENS' Mail - (07-08-2018)]
    False promises, false alarmThe former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, it is reported has warned foreign countries not to accept any asset offered by Sri Lankan government and that when his party comes...
  • [CITIZENS' Mail - (06-08-2018)]
    Galle grandeur nothing newThis is with reference to your news item about shifting of the Galle stadium.The tsunami did not affect the stadium much as it was buffered by the ramparts of the fort. The...
  • Capital Punishment for a crime free society!
    Since the declaration of Capital Punishment in Sri Lanka by President Maithripala Sirisena, there have been many articles published in this column most of them opposing his controversial decision.We...
  • [CITIZENS' Mail - (31-07-2018)]
    SUFFERING OF CANCER PATIENTSThe following thoughts are in reference to the letter of Joe Perera which appeared in the Daily News Citizen’s mail on May 3. He writes about the suffering of cancer...
  • [CITIZENS' Mail - (30-07-2018)]
    Think twice before executingThis is in sequence to the letters of Cat Kumarage and R.M.B. Senanayake and sensible contributions made by the other ‘citizens’ to this column. Please let our President...
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    Alternative measure to death penaltyThe European Union is opposing the re-introduction of the Death Penalty although our serious crime rates like the rate for murder and child abuse are a world...
  • [CITIZENS' Mail - (25-07-2018)]
    The bud wilted and dead, drooping downWhat a farce! The entire country was waiting anxiously to hear the debate in parliament on the New York Times exposure of gratifications accepted by...
  • [CITIZENS' Mail - (24-07-2018)]
    Capital punishment is not a blind moveI refer to the headline in your paper on July 18 that the Anglican Church opposes hanging drug trafficking criminals on death row on the ground that taking of...
  • [CITIZENS' Mail - (23-07-2018)]
    Ban protests, marches on week daysProtest processions, marches and gatherings in public roads during weekdays should be banned.These protesters themselves are violating the right to free movement of...
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    I most welcome the Prime Minister’s recent disclosure in the World Cities Summit in Singapore that two urban corridors would be developed soon: one along the 134 km Central Expressway leading to...
  • [CITIZENS' Mail - (18-07-2018)]
    Response to Dr. Asoka ThenuwaraLife and suffering in another realmDr. Asoka Thenuwara has commented on my recent letter and says that the solace to either form of suffering does not lie in the...
  • [CITIZENS' Mail - (16-07-2018)]
    Law not to be discreditedThey say you cannot have the cake and also eat it. Similarly, if we want to maintain the law we must implement it. If we don't implement a law which is in the Statute books...