By Abdul H. Azeez The Beira Lake is a landmark of Colombo. Its green waterfronts are overlooked by five-star hotels and slums alike. People take pleasure rides on swan boats, others race in organised competition while some others can be seen fishing! It is no secret to anyone that the Beira is immensely polluted. Excrement [...]
“I speak severely to my boy, I beat him when he sneezes; For he can thoroughly enjoy, The pepper when he pleases.” Chorus – “Wow! Wow! Wow!” — Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland – Lewis Carrol. By Ravi Perera The other word that recurs is mediocre. Argentines detest the mediocre and fear to be thought of [...]
By Roel Raymond and Lalith Perera in Kirinda Tissamaharamaya and Lunugamvehera On Monday the 16th of August, Wasantha Kumara (41), his wife Sriya Kanthi (35), their two children Aysha Nawodi (12), Sathmini Sandeepa (6), and their twin nieces (Sriya Kanthi’s sister’s children) Pramudi Hansala and Samudi Hansala (9) got into a Navy Boat at the [...]
Customs Advises AG ‘severe’ fiscal loss to country Article 28(C) and Article 28(D) violated with impunity By Faraz Shauketaly In spite of valliant efforts by senior members of Sri Lanka’s Customs department led by respected civil servant, Mrs. Suddharma Karunarathna, it appears that Sri Lanka will lose out on a Rs 619 Million fraud. The [...]
By Athula Samarakoon The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) held a World Conference on Higher Education in 1998 in Paris under the title ‘Higher Education in the 21st Century: Vision and Action.’ Sri Lanka was represented by the former Minister of Higher Education Prof. Viswa Warnapala who argued that as a country [...]
By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema The Presidential Commission on Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation may be unable to deliver the goods as expected. The Commission was appointed to show the government’s commitment to the promotion and protection of human rights and prevent the recurrence of another violent war. The Commission appointed by the President under Section 2 [...]
By Raisa Wickrematunge Whether he’s tying Samurdhi officials to trees, attacking state TV stations or interrupting Parliamentary proceedings, there’s definitely one word to describe former Deputy Minister for Highways, Mervyn Silva- entertaining. It is perhaps for this reason, that he is a panel judge on the Swarnavahini talent contest, “Megastar.” In light of his recent [...]
By Indi Samarajiva Sri Lanka is building or expanding not one but six ports. The Mahinda Chinthana envisions 10,000 ships passing through Hambantota alone, while current traffic islandwide is around 6,000. Indeed, Mahinda has pushed through with his vision despite much advice that building Hambantota was unnecessary because his government has faith in a regional [...]
By J. Abeywickrema As you read this, this Sunday morning, the 15th of August 2010, Sri Lanka’s map is being permanently altered. The southern city of Hambantota will never be like what we have known it for millennia as of this morning. This is because the Indian Ocean will inundate a vast swathe of land [...]
By Roel Raymond As many as 14 cases of grave sexual abuse were reported in the month of July 2010 alone. A 15 year old in Vavuniya was sexually abused by her brother-in-law and later delivered a stillborn baby, while another 15 year old, also in Vavuniya, was sexually abused over a period of four [...]
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