By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema Vehemently denying accusations leveled against the TNA by TULF Leader V. Anandasangaree that the party had won the election after buying votes, TNA Parliamentarian Suresh Premachandran said TNA candidates were unable to even campaign in certain areas in the North due to security restrictions. Premachandran said that on the contrary, Anandasangaree [...]
Demands Govt. to release the first results of the investigation into the murder of Lasantha Wickrematunge By Udara Soysa In an exclusive interview with The Sunday Leader, Vincent Brossel, head of the Asia Desk in Paris of Reporters Without Borders said that Sri Lanka must immediately combat impunity related to violations of free speech. In [...]
For the record we reproduce below an editorial penned by the late Lasantha Wickrematunge, Editor-in-Chief of this newspaper in August 2008 in response to repeated bitter complaints by UNP stalwarts that The Sunday Leader never took umbrage or criticized the leadership of Ranil Wickremesinghe during Lasantha Wickrematunge’s tenure. We will be producing a series of such [...]
Text and Photo by Kiyaz Deen Much has been written during recent times over a supposedly controversial road or roads within the Wilpattu National Park but the circumstances for such roads to come into being have not been talked about. The original road through Wilpattu has been a cart track since time immemorial and was later classified as a [...]
By Ranee Mohamed Domestic aides have always caused an unbearable anguish to beautician Rosanne Ossen. Perhaps it was all symbolic of what was in store for her — for a domestic aide to be the cause of a dying pain. Mother of three, Rosanne Ossen took great pride in her large two storeyed home situated [...]
By Sumaya Samarasinghe The opening of ‘Kalpana — Masterpieces of Indian Contemporary Paintings’ and ‘Religions of India’, took place on Monday, May 24 at The Lionel Wendt Gallery. Kalpana is an exhibition of digital reprints on canvas of paintings by some of the most eminent artists in India. The exhibition was curated by Anjolie Ela [...]
By Raisa Wickrematunge Rienzie Wijetilleke is an eminent businessman in the field of banking. A past student of Wesley College, he left lucrative positions at state banks several times to join the then relatively unknown Hatton National Bank. He eventually rose to his current position as chairman. Wijetilleke has often spoken out on important issues, [...]
By Thilaka V. Wijeyaratnam This century brought a remarkable change to Sri Lankan family life, especially to those in the North and East. With a cruel and senseless war and the volatile situation of the country, young people, with the approval of the elderly parents, migrated to countries like France, Switzerland, UK, America, Canada and [...]
I was intrigued to read Dr. Asoka Thenabadu’s article about “Sri Lankan drivers, good, bad or ugly”? He refers to the drivers in UK and Singapore being polite, disciplined, courteous and considerate. Why pretend? In UK, there is definitely road rage. As an expat, Dr. Thenabadu could compare Britain to Sri Lanka; not only to [...]
By Helasingha Bandara “The UNP leadership is known to be spineless in the first place. At present he has his own troubles regarding survival. However that party’s executive committee too is strangely silent or slow about action against the brutal criminal.” (May 27, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Almost five months have elapsed since Shantha Abeysekara [...]
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