By Gazala Anver Browsing through the internet, I came across a link to National Geographic’s annual worldwide photo contest. Naturally, the pictures were all striking and enough to inspire anyone, not just photo enthusiasts. One picture that made me stop, while I drank in all the details and the sheer luck of having caught such [...]
Lakshman Indranath Keerthisinghe – Attorney-at-Law Our challenge is strongly to encourage the Sri Lankan government to embrace reconciliation, accountability, and respect for human rights, while trying not to push the country towards Burma-like isolation from the west,” Patricia A. Butenis, US Ambassador in Sri Lanka wrote; as revealed in WikiLeaks cables – Colombo Telegraph on [...]
By Indika Sri Aravinda President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Prime Minister D.M Jayaratne will be able to travel for free along the southern expressway after it opens to the public from today. When The Sunday Leader queried from the Road Development Authority (RDA) southern expressway project Director D.M Chandrasiri, he said that all VIPs including government [...]
By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema The presentation of the 2012 budget last week in parliament resembled a scene out of a boxing ring or a rugger match gone rowdy when governing party lawmakers clashed with the protesting UNP legislators. The attack on opposition UNP parliamentarians by the UPFA legislators during the budget speech delivered by President [...]
By Jude Fernando “Judges should behave within the judiciary as well as outside it in such a manner as to consolidate the confidence of the people. Judges have no private behaviour. It should be remembered that when oppressive, criminal, arbitrary, despotic actions are taken against the people by the executive or authorities, it is the [...]
Having over-nighted in Kandy and woken early enough to make our way to the lab that was to perform the battery of tests that is the lot, once a year at least, of those over-the-hill types like yours truly and the better half, we certainly didn’t expect the amount of excitement that was ultimately packed [...]
A Japanese company and the chairman of the local company have both written to The Sunday Leader through a lawyer rejecting charges raised in articles appearing in this newspaper over two cancer curing drug being manufactured in Japan to be distributed in Sri Lanka. The Japanese company, Brastsheave Company Ltd and Mr. Mohamed Nazeer, the [...]
By Raisa Wickrematunge The crew of a stranded ship in Sudan is being discharged, the National Union of Seafarers of Sri Lanka (NUSS) said. The situation is still uncertain however as there is not enough fuel to reach the port of Jeddah, for the first step of repatriation. “The police are now at the Sudan [...]
By Ranee Mohamed A sixteen year old boy has been admitted to the Embilitipitiya Hospital after he and a group of his friends were allegedly abused by a disabled person who had previously served in the armed forces. “My son was taken to hospital in a very serious condition. We believed that he could not [...]
Mango Memories Oh, yum! I just ate the most delicious mango. The fruit seller told me it was from Jaffna, and I do believe him. I hope we’ll find more of these in future. And don’t tell me the canned ones are available, because we all know there’s nothing like a fresh, sweet and juicy [...]
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