The unauthorised construction and land encroachment in the Bambalapitiya Flats; carried out in breach of the law as a result of the patronage and support extended by certain officials and technical staff of the Common Amenities Board (CMA) appear to have come to stay. These happenings are certainly to the dismay of the vast majority [...]
It is fashionable-these days to speak of 2600 years after the birth of the Buddha. But is that calculation correct? T. W. Rhys Davids, in his introduction to “The Questions of King Milinda” (Milinda Prashnaya) refers to the year 1877 AD as 2420th year after the birth of the Buddha. Thus the year 2011 woud [...]
I am a medical officer in the government service. A privilege given to us by the government is the “car permit” which enables us to purchase a car for reduced duty. I was eligible for this and purchased a car recently. I had to obtain a loan from some bank to purchase my car. I [...]
The government seems to be toying with the idea of creating a Senate to resolve the issues claimed by the TNA. We apparently are surrendering to the pressure of India and attempting to satisfy their wishes, otherwise the need for a Senate which was earlier abolished would not have been suggested to India. While we [...]
A gem of a bloomer by Minister Dullas Alahaperuma was heard over a private TV Channel bulletin at 8 p.m on January 22, where the Minister said since the World cup win in 1996 by Sanath Jayasuriya, we have failed to win a single World Cup. Either he is clueless or has not followed cricketing [...]
I t is so comforting to see various places scraping our coconut for us. Some of them do it for free if you buy the coconut, yet others require a payment of Rs. 5 or Rs. 10 per coconut. Recently I scraped three coconuts from such a place in Wellawatte and found to my horror [...]
Over the last few months the GOSL made several hasty, ill advised or unpopular decisions which made it to deny, retract or even make 360 degree turns which have made us the laughing stock of Asia, if not the world. The presence of a rock in the Hambantota harbour was the first denial made by [...]
This matter had been pestering me for a long time, and I was battling with-the t hi-whether to– make my feelings known _or suppress it after the humiliating defeat at the first test in South Africa and also the first ODI. However, as a devout Catholic and a mother, I decided to air my displeasure, [...]
We have heard about the Consumer Affairs Authority. And the Consumer Affairs Authority is all I had in mind when I took a facial recently at a beauty salon in the Liberty Plaza. I was promised heaven and earth. That they will use machines on my face and that my face will become white. But [...]
All students studying to sit for the G. C. E. A. Level examination aspire to enter the recognised local universities, though the students and their parents are aware that only a limited number of students with appropriate passes will be selected to enter the local universities. Of those who are not successful, according to appropriate [...]
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