By Captain Elmo Jayawardena Our island was called Lanka in pre King Vijaya times. Valmiki’s immortal Ramayanaya had King Ravana ruling the land from the city of Lankapura. That was almost four thousand years ago. The Arab traders termed it Jaziratul-Yaqut, island of rubies. Some called it Serandip, some Ceilan, from which the Portuguese picked [...]
Minister says “We are guided by CEB” CEB Gen. Manager: “Rise in Prices Inevitable” Power Tender for Jaffna “Aligned towards one agent” No plans to set up CEB-owned Emergency Power Unit By Faraz Shauketaly Sri Lanka’s Power Minister’s quest to show case his capabilities in turning around the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has had disastrous [...]
By Surendra Ajit Rupasinghe There is a tendency to isolate issues and incidents, and to treat them as separate projects, which does harm to the need to hold the State, the various regimes and all parties accountable for all crimes and violations connected with extra-legal killings, abductions and enforced disappearances. It is only then that [...]
By Faraz Shauketaly A Colombo businessman has alleged that Nowzer Fowzie, a Western Council Provincial Councillor threatened to shoot him but was thwarted by the presence of a Policeman. The incident happened last Friday – incredibly the 13th for those into numerology – in the morning. Sources close to Nowzer Fowzie however, deny that the [...]
The inaugural ceremony of the commencement of the construction of the Colombo Lotus Tower, a concept of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, was held at D R Wijewardena Mawatha, Colombo 10 last Friday under the patronage of Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa. A sod cutting ceremony to mark the preparation of the site for the construction of [...]
By Gazala Anver On October 3, 2011, this newspaper published the article “Presbyterian Girls’ School Accused Of Racial Intolerance,” in which several sources had alleged that the Principal of the Presbyterian Girls’ School, Maradana, Mrs. Padmini Jayawickreme, was being racially intolerant. Sources claimed that the Principal had replaced the Christian Church with a Buddhist shrine, [...]
Education and Sri Lankan Ministers By Nirmala Kannangara Sri Lanka must surely boast the largest number of education ministers although none of them have discharged their duties as expected but contributed to an all time mock-up of the system. The recent A/L result fiasco, the public outcry against the government and its education ministers have [...]
By Dinouk Colombage As Sri Lanka looks to become a commercial and tourist hub of Asia, its Civil Aviation unit is viewed as an integral cog. A shortage of qualified pilots and politicisation of the training has plagued an industry which has already faced road blocks during the 30 year civil war. Recently it was [...]
Miscreants target highway users By Maryam Azwer People using the Southern Expressway have, of late, had reason to worry about stones being flung at their vehicles, particularly at night. A week ago, on Thursday night (January 5), a car in which former MP Baddegama Samitha Thero was traveling was damaged when rocks were thrown [...]
By Ahimsa Wickrematunge “I had the most amazing relationship with my dad; he was one of my best friends and he was one of the few people I trusted completely. Not a day goes by that I do not think of him. It breaks my heart that my little brother will grow up without a [...]
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