Raisa Wickrematunge In a shocking indictment of the police force, a police officer on duty aided a gang of thugs who raided a polling booth in Trincomalee, according to Keerthi Tennekone, spokesman for the Campaign of Free and Fair Elections (CAFFE). “The gang forced their way into the polling booth in Kumburupitiya, and stole ballot [...]
April 13 Is The Death Anniversary Of Dudley Senanayake By Ilica Malkanthi Karunaratne The death anniversary of this colossus of Sri Lankan politics is on April 13. My thoughts return to all he was, all he stood for — far removed from what his and our beloved country has become today. Once a paradise, acclaimed [...]
Text and Images By Asanka-Brendon Ratnayake All it took was one corner for Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel to get back into the position he truly deserves. After the previous two races where reliability cost him dearly the young German was back on top of the podium at this year’s Malaysian Grand Prix. With teammate Australian [...]
By R. Wijewardene With the results of the 2010 General Election now all but final, the outcome is clear. The country has entered a new or is that a blue era. The UPFA has emerged as arguably the most powerful political force in the country’s history. And the party now looks certain to command a [...]
By Anarkalee Perera The question of women in parliament is one that has been debated over since political activist Susan B Anthony first said “There will never be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect law makers”. Historically, Sri Lanka never failed to recognise the importance of women in government and [...]
by Oooru Miyaa (ooorumiyaa.blogspot.com) Was watching BBC today and after watching Gordon Browns car or his motorcade talking the road to the Buckingham Palace live for good ten minutes and then i had enough and switched to Fashion TV..and by the grace of Minister Bogollagama, the great Emissary of the benevolent Government to the foreign [...]
Informant Suspicious Because She Had Converted By Anarkalee Perera Sarah Malani Perera still remains in police custody after publishing two books — From Darkness To Light and Questions And Answers, that allegedly offend other religious faiths in the island. Although previous reports stated that she was being held under anti-terrorism laws, her lawyer Lakshman Dias [...]
By Rajithangani Unantenna Fernando It looks strange, all this greenery being suffocated by long roads and speeding traffic. But this place is precious. It is the oasis amidst the concrete — several acres of marsh land close to parliament adjoining the Diyawanna oya. It is a marsh that everyone notices but has no time to [...]
By Dr. Asoka Thenabadu MBBS, DCH, MRCPCH I worked for a short while in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia in the early ’80s. It was a wonderful experience to see a country that was propelled from the camel age to the supersonic age due to the oil wealth. Saudi Arabia was able to hire the expertise [...]
The Legacy Of The Burghers Someone forwarded a mail about the Burghers of Sri Lanka and it brought back many fond memories of these colourful people, who played a large role in our lives. My mum was a Burgher, she had Dutch and Irish blood in her. My grandmother was a grey eyed Eurasian, I [...]
