By S. V. Kirubaharan in France I personally will be sad if Sudan splits. But at the same time I will be happy if we have peace in Sudan between the two sides … — Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir “We will not be happy over the division of a large Islamic country… but if [...]
S. V. Kirubaharan in France Most of my predictions that appeared in The Sunday Leader of January 10 (“After The Election: What Will Happen To The President’s Promises?”), have come true. Now I give further analysis and predictions. Firstly, as I said in my article, the people who voted for the elected President were let [...]
By Ravi Perera There nothing goes, everything matters. Here everything goes, nothing matters. A few days back Kevin Rudd, the Prime Minister of Australia, resigned suddenly from his office. Evidently he had lost the confidence of the leading figures of the Labour Party of which he was the leader at the time. This paved the [...]
By R. Wijewardene It will soon be incumbent on each and every adult citizen of this country to do their democratic duty. To wield the mighty instrument of universal franchise and determine with a simple tick of the ballot who will and who will not lead this country for the next half decade. The simple [...]
By Victor Ivan The victory in the war against the LTTE made President Mahinda Rajapaksa a giant whilst making all other political leaders look like dwarfs in his presence. In the final analysis it created a situation where nobody was there among the political leaders who had a chance of victory against him in a [...]
