By Surendra Rupasinghe Chairman: Anti-Imperialist People’s Alliance Arundhathi Roy is facing the threat of being charged for sedition by the Indian state. This is because she had visited Indian-occupied Kashmir, met and spoke with a diverse group of people who had shared their grief, bitterness and anger, and who had attested to the atrocities committed [...]
By Nirmala Kannangara Development of water sports in the country have been severely hampered over the past one and a half years due to the closure of the Sugathadasa National Sports Complex (SNSC) swimming pools which are the largest pools in the country, The Sunday Leader learns. The SNSC’s failure to release the necessary funds [...]
By Indi Samarajiva While the Sri Lankan government was fighting for control of the North, it had already lost control of many of its universities. “During the last 40 years, the politicians did not sight our universities,” said Minister S.B. Dissanayake in a recent newspaper interview. When Minister Dissanayake did set foot in Peradeniya University [...]
Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka Name a country that has developed successfully without first rate universities, at least one? Not a single! Sri Lanka has, man-for-man, a world class military, but it once had world class schools and universities, which is no longer the case. If we are to be strong, defeat our enemies and compete with [...]
Dear IGP. I thank you for giving us the opportunity to bring to your attention some of the major issues faced by the citizens of this country. First, I would like to congratulate you on your efforts to streamline the Police force, some of which are already bearing fruit. Please see below my humble suggestions. [...]
By Abdul H. Azeez On Thursday, the Health Minister announced that the Sri Lankan government plans to introduce a National Drug Policy ‘stepwise’ from next year. Addressing the local media, Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena said the National Drug Policy will incorporate all the proposals set forth by the late Prof. Senaka Bibile. Minister Sirisena said [...]
By Jude Fernando “Those who would sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither.” — Benjamin Franklin “Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.” — Marx Since 1977, Sri Lanka has undergone a rapid transformation from a welfare state into a ‘national security state’ and this shift has coincided with a [...]
During the war, President Mahinda Rajapaksa appointed Lt. General Sarath Fonseka to ruthlessly put down the LTTE and take control of the north and east. In the process, many say that he ignored real Tamil grievances and simply pushed ahead with profitable business in his newfound domain. Now, post-war, the headlines are dominated by clashes [...]
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced last Thursday that Joel Garner has been appointed interim Team Manager of the West Indies Team for the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka. Garner served as Team Manager until the end of the Digicel Series 2010 having been previously appointed for the West Indies Tour to Australia a [...]
By Abdul H. Azeez ST Aerospace, an arm of TEMASEK, the Singapore Government’s investment vehicle, arrived at SriLankan airlines a week ago to assess potential areas of cooperation. According to CEO Manoj Gunewardene, ST Aerospace currently offers a wide range of various aircraft related services to the national carrier. TEMASEK has shown interest in investing [...]
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