By Indi Samarajiva On the day of the Central Bank bombing, at least 100 people lost their sight. If they could see today, not much has changed. Downtown Colombo remains a post-apocalyptic space full of troops and shuttered buildings. Armed men patrol in front of tiny shops selling Saddam-era dinars. Behind checkpoints men vainly sell [...]
By Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka In 1988, in the throes of an existential crisis and out of sheer need for electoral and socio-political survival, the UNP reluctantly handed over the leadership to Ranasinghe Premadasa, who dubbed it “a torch blazing at both ends.” Will the UNP be ready today, and for the same reason, to hand [...]
By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema — Photo by Asoka Fernando General Secretary of the People’s Alliance (PA), Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Jayaratne was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s 20th Prime Minister last week. Jayaratne entered parliament from the Gampola electorate following the 1970 General Election from the United Front led by Sirimavo Bandaranaike. Born on June 7, 1931 [...]
By Tisaranee Gunasekara “Societies are not made of sticks and stones, but of men whose individual characters by turning the scale one way or another determine the direction of the whole” — Plato (The Republic) The parliamentary election has finally ended, giving the Rajapaksa regime an unprecedented majority and leaving in its wake a moment [...]
I am a person with only a general education and cannot boast of being a lawyer or a highly educated professional. There are many like me who are confused about certain aspects of the law. We would be very grateful if some knowledgeable person would explain in simple terms, the following: 1. In a military [...]
Royal College 35 (1G, 5T, 1P) Vs. Prince of Wales 6 (2P) at Royal Complex Isipathana 8 (1T, 1P) Vs. St. Peters College 27 (2G, 2T, 1P) at Havelock Park Kingswood 23 Vs. St. Anthony’s College 10 (1G, 1P) at Bogambara Trinity 44 (2G, 6T) Vs. Dharmaraja 5 (1T) at Pallekele S. Thomas’ College 29 [...]
This is by way of a response having read the interview by Raisa Wickrematunge with TNA National List representative M. A. Sumanthiran titled “A New Face In Parliament?” which appeared in The Sunday Leader of April 11, 2010. Lawyer Sumanthiran avers that the Tamils are a separate, distinct people who have been left out of [...]
By Shabeeb Muzammil and Muradh Mohideen The words of ABBA, “Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty, what would life be? Without a song or a dance, what are we?” as sung by the Head Girl of Gateway College Colombo, Marliese Liyanage, was definitely brought to justice in the form of a [...]
By Hafiz Marikar Two former top sportsmen of Trinity College passed away last week. First to go was Nihal Halangoda. His funeral took place on Wednesday. Malsiri Kurukulasuriya passed away yesterday (Saturday) and his funeral arrangements have not been finalised. Nihal Halangoda was a top class third row forward for Trinity under late Gen. Denzil Kobbekaduwa in 1959 and under E.D.K.Roles in 1960. After leaving school he [...]
By Faraz Shauketaly For all the concerns that the DNA may have to resort to court action and the overt suspiciousness of the Fonseka camp, General Sarath Fonseka found himself in parliament. One could almost hear the democratic world’s pride at General Fonseka’s swearing-in as a Member of Parliament. Again, this was an indication that [...]
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