So His Majesty…oops! His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa is ensconced in the presidential throne – oops again — seat for another spell. Some say it’s for six years, others say it is for 6+2 = 8 years. A refrain that’s going on in my heavy head is from a song of a couple of years ago [...]
Muttukrishna Sarvananthan Ph.D. On the morning after the election result was announced I woke up to a stale old day. The winning margin of the election was too big to believe. The hope for believable change has turned into an unbelievable status quo. If it is the destiny of Sri Lanka, I humbly accept that. [...]
Ever since capital punishment was removed crime in our country has escalated to such a level that all serious thinking people should advocate that capital punishment should be reintroduced to check the crime rate in our country. Lately, we find children becoming victims of these brutes who to satisfy their lust, rape and kill them. [...]
By Tisaranee Gunasekara “Here on the slopes of hills, facing the dusk and the cannon of time Close to the gardens of broken shadows, We do what prisoners do, And what the jobless do: We cultivate hope”. – Mahmoud Darwish (Under Siege) So begins the Rajapaksa era, heralded by a massive vote of confidence by [...]
By Gamini Weerakoon Presidential Election 2010 was one which had the greatest of fluctuating fortunes between the two main contenders in politics of the country. When in May last year, LTTE terrorism ended with the elimination of its leadership, President Mahinda Rajapaksa was hailed as the Maharajano and people danced on the streets exploding crackers [...]
AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes received the Airline C.E.O. of the Year Award for 2009 from Jane’s Transport Finance (J.T.F.) magazine in London recently. AirAsia’s success story and its “skilful” maneuvering of the global economic downturn have drawn applause in transportation and related sectors globally. The airline has achieved in eight years what other airlines [...]
By Cassandra Mascarenhas In a controversial turn of events, access to several independent news websites, namely Lankaenews, Lankanewsweb, Infolanka and Sri Lanka Guardian were restricted on the day of the presidential election last week and the day subsequent to it. This follows the establishment of a special unit by the government in an attempt to [...]
Based on the precept that genies cannot be thrust back into their bottles, the technology now available to help review umpiring decisions cannot now be denied to the officials themselves. Theoretically, the International Cricket Council (ICC) can still scrap the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) under which either side can refer an on-field umpire’s decision [...]
Fairytales! So now the race is over and our beloved Mahin-deer emerged triumphant. He must be pleased as punch with his 58% majority, no? But our dear Mangy had a different take on the numbers. In an interview with this rag he compared the majority to the 1933 elections in Germany. When benevolent dictator Hitler [...]
T.M. Krishna, one of India’s leading artists in the world of carnatic music and an icon of undiluted classical music will grace the Colombo stage today January, 31 at the Lionel Wendt Theatre at 7 p.m. This unique event is being organised by the Neelan Tiruchelvam Trust, International Centre for Ethnic Studies and Law and [...]
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