Old boy ties By Vimukthi Yapa Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has acquired land belonging to the Kotte Municipal Council and is to present it to a leading school in Colombo, The Sunday Leader has learned. Kotte Municipal Council sources said that 3 acres of land worth Rs. 730 million has been acquired by the Urban [...]
By Victor Ivan The political outlook of our country has not kept pace with the unprecedented changes that have swept across the modern world today. It still stagnates at an unprogressive level where the ideological backwardness of politicians reigns supreme. Although, Prabakaran had been removed from the political scene of the country, the various schools [...]
By Gazala Anver The ocean covers 70 per cent of the planet and a blue whale is 2000 times the size of a human. Mind boggling as these facts are, what is interesting is the fact that Sri Lanka, despite the tropical clime, is home to its very own population of whales, blue whales included. [...]
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 [...]
Roshan Abeysinghe How accurate are ICC team rankings in Cricket? Or are these merely to drum up interest and create the hype? My purpose of asking these questions is not to disapprove of it. I do know that as the game evolves players, administrators and fans look for opportunities to enjoy the game outside the [...]
By Dinouk Colombage In response to last week’s article entitled ‘Sri Lanka’s Multi Billion Rupee Commitment-Courtesy China’, many activists have criticised the projects highlighted by illustrating the lack of prior feasibility studies carried out. Jagath Gunawardena, environmental lawyer, stated that no environmental feasibility study had been carried out prior to the expansion of the Colombo [...]
2 Dead, 100 Sick By Nirmala Kannangara One hundred people working at the Ratmalana Railway Yard have been infected with the deadly dengue virus while two have already succumbed to the fever. When The Sunday Leader visited the site we were refused entry and had to smuggle a photograph when the gates were momentarily opened. [...]
By Ranee Mohamed It was the stirring of her little sons that woke her on the night of January 20. When Jayasinghe ArachchigeGeetha opened her eyes, and looked at her sons aged four and five years of age, they were both cuddled up to her from both sides. She had been tempted to turn towards [...]
By Nirmala Kannangara In Kalutara - Pictures by Asoka Fernando The unfortunate accident in Elamodara where a Suzuki Maruti van caught fire killing four on the spot and sustaining burn injuries to the rest, is said to be due to their own negligence, says the Kalutara North Police. Eleven people including children were traveling in [...]
By Dinouk Colombage Sri Lanka has spent an astounding Rs. 391.7 billion on investment projects in the country in the last four years. This enormous amount of money has been spread over five projects, of which only two have been completed but are still to serve any real purpose. All of these projects have been [...]
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