By Pavithra Jovan De Mello Dengue is a deadly disease that is caused by the dengue virus, which is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito has become a common situation in our country of late. Even with so many laws and regulation implemented by the government to control the disease and spread awareness to the [...]
The visit of the 12 member Indian parliamentary delegation led by the Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj may be likened to locking of the stable door after the horse has bolted. The American sponsored-European Union backed Resolution moved against Sri Lanka was what the Rajapaksa government desperately wanted to avoid. But it was passed [...]
“Terror does not evolve except towards a worse terror… Nowhere in the world has there been a party or a man with absolute power who did not use it absolutely”. Camus (Resistance, Rebellion and Death) By Tisaranee Gunasekara For the Tamil families of Dilithura, a small village of mostly estate workers in Elpitiya, Galle, the [...]
By Surendra Ajith Rupasinghe The aftermath of the Geneva drama has brought out new dimensions and intensified contradictions internationally, regionally and locally. This article is an initial attempt to strategically map the emerging scenario and position the various major players and locate their respective agendas, and charter a path to freedom and democracy. The Role [...]
By Ravi Perera One time they were the top dogs in the administration of our public affairs. Not only were they in charge of the affairs of the State they were also recognizable as such. The civil servants then were invariably the beneficiaries of a liberal education, therefore worldly, intelligent and open. Responsible in their [...]
By Faraz Shauketaly The latest pronouncements from the Duminda Silva camp that the injured Member of Parliament from Kolonnawa is to have further surgery has been met with derision by supporters of the murdered politician Bharatha Lakshman. The legal fraternity were agitated at the reluctance of the Magistrate inquiring into the matter to ask the [...]
By Niranjala Ariyawansha Sri Lankans preparing for the Sinhala/ Tamil New Year were in for a shock on the 11th of April when they felt tremors of the earthquake that took place near Indonesia’s Sumatra Islands. It was 8.7 on the Richter scale. An aftershock measuring 8.2 on the Richter scale followed two hours later [...]
The pall of abductions that threatened this sunny isle on the eve of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year receded somewhat with the missing political activist Kumar Gunaratnam being fortunately ‘found’ and being immediately put on a plane bound for Australia where he is resident but the ugly crime of abduction appears to have taken [...]
By Tisaranee Gunasekara “….government as a profitable monopoly and people as hereditary property”. Paine (To the citizens of United States) A cake worth US$ 35 million is a stupendously obscene gesture in a country where 53 percent lack enough money to buy food and 46 percent struggle to find adequate shelter. The economic statistics are [...]
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