By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema UNP Southern Provincial Councilor and Attorney-at-Law Maithri Gunaratne says the outcome of the election for UNP office bearers would have been different if a proper secret ballot had been held. Gunaratne has now challenged the appointment of party leader Ranil Wickremesinghe before court and the case is to be taken up [...]
By Raisa Wickrematunge Q: It was just announced that you won the DSC prize for South Asian Literature. How does that feel? Is it something you expected, or is it very surreal? A: It was not something I expected. I was at Jaipur to meet Oprah and hang out with Rushdie, neither of which I [...]
By Dinouk Colombage It is estimated that over 425 million people use social media networks, including Facebook and Twitter. The use of social media has been described by many activists as the ‘final medium for free speech’. Catherine Jackson, Reporters without Borders, called on media groups to embrace social media networks as they search for [...]
By Nirmala Kannangara – Pictures by Dinouk Colombage Doctors pledge to practice medicine ethically when they take the Hippocratic Oath. However there are many instances where doctors have completely forgotten their oath and instead become mercenary and work without mercy. This is one such story of a heartless doctor who had duped the family of [...]
By Maryam Azwer A first year student from the University of Peradeniya was recently hospitalised after allegedly being ragged by his seniors. According to Peradeniya University Student Council President, Mahesh Lanka, the victim was identified as Rajitha Lakshitha, a student from the Arts Faculty, and is reported to have been physically and sexually assaulted. Although [...]
By Ranee Mohamed Thushari, a teacher herself, had been surprised to find that her seven year old son Dinun, studying at St. Mary’s College, Kegalle had bled from his nose and was vomiting. But she had been asked to come to school as soon as possible because her son had a ‘stomach ache’. Thushari Karunasena, [...]
By Imaad Majeed Young Arosha Yeshan (26) was returning home along the southern expressway early Friday morning when tragedy struck. The car he was driving skidded off the road and crashed killing him and with it his dreams and ambitions for the future. Arosha Yeshan’s death was the first on the southern expressway since it [...]
Prince William’s Tour Of The Falklands Sparks Protests Despite being branded as a ‘conqueror’, Prince William’s arrival in the disputed Falkland Islands saw him receive a warm welcome. In Argentina however, violence broke out. The Duke of Cambridge’s arrival, ahead of a tour of duty as an RAF search and rescue pilot, comes as the [...]
By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema South Indian fisherman M. Jegadeesh (30) was among the fishermen who were stoned allegedly by Sri Lanka Navy personnel while fishing near the Kachchatheevu island in Sri Lankan waters last week. Jegadeesh speaking to The Hindu newspaper in India had said a sharp stone hit him. He had received injuries on [...]
By Nirmala Kannangara Speculation is rife as to who allowed Laugfs Leisure Limited to build a hotel destroying a mangrove in the Puttalam District. Laugfs Leisure Limited a fully owned subsidiary of Laugfs Holdings has come under severe criticism for destroying a mangrove in the coastal hamlet of Karukapane in Arachchikattuwa in the Puttalam district [...]
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