By L. Fernando If ever a single musician deserved credit for taking the essence of Rock ‘n’ Roll music out of the shadows of African American culture and the early tunes of Chuck Berry and Ray Charles, and almost singlehandedly propelling it into the limelight of the American public, that musician is Elvis Presley. And [...]
By Tirantha Walaliyadde President’s Counsel This article is in response to some queries that came after an interview with The Sunday Leader on 25th September 2011, where this matter was referred to as well as to a comment by Mr. Wijedasa Rajapaksa regarding his representing Potta Naufer. “Thou art the ruins of the noblest [...]
The internet has hit card sales, so a bookshop owner claims. Dharmapala Wijeratna who runs Samanala Bookshop in Mt. Lavinia told this reporter on Saturday that sales this season are down not due to the economy, but due to the computer! People nowadays prefer to sit in front of a computer and send out their [...]
Ranil, you became the leader of my Party in 1994, not by defeating any other candidate, not because you were the most qualified one at the time; you became its leader by default. You became the leader because the only qualified leader at that time, Gamini Dissanayake, was assassinated by the LTTE. Since then what [...]
UNP Provincial Councilors Maithri Gunaratne and Shiral Lakthileka and UNP Horana organiser Ravi Jayawardena who were released last Thursday (22) along with 13 other UNP members arrested for allegedly attacking the party head quarters, Siri Kotha say there is evidence including video footage to show that they had not attacked Siri Kotha nor instigated the [...]
By Tisaranee Gunasekara “… From the very beginning there was a very clear military plan and in parallel…a plan for humanitarian assistance” Gotabhaya Rajapaksa (Testimony before the LLRC) “….the Commission is satisfied that the military strategy that was adopted…was one that was carefully conceived, in which the protection of the civilian population was given the [...]
Colombo’s Santa Claus Text and Pictures by Imaad Majeed With Christmas around the corner, Colombo has been graced by the presence of St. Nick. At shopping malls, hotel lobbies, and even on the side of the road you would have spotted Santas waving at you, some a little too enthusiastically. The Sunday Leader took to [...]
By Raisa Wickrematunge There was a time, not too long ago, when visiting the North and East was fraught with danger. Even after the war, the earth remained a battleground. For hidden beneath were landmines; one wrong step and a life could be erased in an instant. Over the years, as people living in IDP [...]
Families of 600 slain policemen want closure By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema Families of 600 policemen killed in the East during the infamous massacre by the LTTE in 1990, hail the recommendation by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) for an independent inquiry into the incident. Over two decades after the incident, the lamenting [...]
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