Report claims North-East women abused By Maryam Azwer The military has rejected a report which claims that women in the north and east have faced, and are continuing to face, an increased sense of insecurity despite the war having ended. A report by the International Crisis Group (ICG) titled Sri Lanka: Women’s Insecurity in [...]
By Nirmala Kannangara “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child!” William Shakespeare, King Lear Today is Christmas Day – a very special day to show love and compassion towards all beings. For parents whether they are rich or not, this is the time they think more about their children [...]
Ranil Wins But Will He Heal Wounds? “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” Martin Luther King, Jr. Ranil Wickremasinghe as expected retained his leadership title of the United National Party at an election prompted by a [...]
By Imaad Majeed The administration of the Ruhuna University said that a student “mafia” was behind some of the ragging incidents at the campus. A fresher was admitted to the Matara hospital and later transferred to Colombo for treatment after she fainted following a ragging incident on Thursday. Speaking to The Sunday Leader the Deputy [...]
A Lighter Christmas Everyone’s dashing around frantically trying to get everything done by Christmas Day. Except me of course, it’s more like a purposeful plod. There’s a jingle on the radio which goes, “ I’ll be dashing through the stores with my credit card.” I think you should stick to what you can afford. After [...]
The New Paradigm Engineers of a large state authority were asked by their superiors why their estimates are so low as that would hamper negotiations with contractors, similarly an engineer of a state institution was asked in regard to a contract being executed, not to test its quality as it would delay the next [...]
By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema The Power and Energy Ministry says the Norochcholai coal power plant has not been in operation for 35 days since it was commissioned in March this year and generated power sporadically during that period. Power and Energy Minister Champika Ranawaka said the plant had not been operating for 35 days due [...]
By Raisa Wickrematunge The Tamil National Alliance(TNA) says talks with the government are still on and have not been suspended despite comments made by a government Minister. TNA leader R. Sampanthan told The Sunday Leader that the dates had been fixed for future discussion with the Government. He also said that Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella [...]
By Ranee Mohamed Photos by Thusitha Kumara It is three in the afternoon and the little ones stumbled sleepily into the dark little hall of the Singitha Niwasaya of the Vajira Shri Home in Kotte. Little girls and boys all under five years of age – all wore clothes belonging to other children. And to [...]
By Lakshman Indranath Keerthisinghe Attorney-at-Law Reminiscences make one feel so deliciously aged and sad. -George Bernard Shaw-The Irrational Knot How may I begin to write about my old hometown Galle that lies south of the border between the Western and Southern Provinces of Sri Lanka.? May I sing ‘Green, Green Grass of home’ with Tom [...]
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