By Shyamon Jayasinghe – Strange things sometimes happen with canny drama. It was only two days ago- last Wednesday evening (20th November)-that I played the DVD of theGandhi movie to educate my young grandson. Just as India […]
I hope to serve the country more in future – Maithripala SLFP defectors stripped of posts and party membership Sri Lanka’s ruling party today said all Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) MPs who defected from […]
Dear All Great news for No Fire Zone is that we have won a Britdoc Impact Award …to make it even better you can also vote for a “Netflix High 5” award which – would be worth […]
By Kusal Perera – We would not be talking of a decent and a free election this 2015 January. Minister Maithripala Sirisena was once heard saying he could even go back to the village in […]
Any intelligent person will agree that communal politics have been the bane of this country. Instead of looking at issues from a national point of view, the communal perspective encourages a narrower approach, each group […]
Orphaned by the 2004 tsunami, two British brothers have told their story in a book out this week and unveiled plans to build a Sri Lankan children’s home, using funds from their flip-flop business. Rob […]
The Colombo Crime Division (CCD) yesterday (19) revealed that investigations are being conducted to arrest more suspects, in connection with the assault and sexual harassment of a Scottish couple at a night club, by Minister […]
A protest was staged in Jaffna today calling for the release of the three Sri Lankans who were sentenced to death together with five Indians. The five Indians were yesterday pardoned by President Mahinda Rajapaksa but […]
Land grabbing and pricing This precipitates a situation where the vegetable and paddy farmer has to get into debt during the period (in paddy, the Yala and Maha seasons) of production. They either have to […]
Govt. brands Solheim a liar The government today branded the Development Assistance Committee (OECD) Chairman and former Norwegian Sri Lanka peace negotiator Eric Solheim ‘a liar and a supporter of terrorists’ who was in cahoots […]
My dad armed Mahattaya says Sajith United National Party (UNP) Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa says his father armed Gopalaswamy Mahendraraja, also known as Mahattaya, in an attempt to split the LTTE. Speaking at an event in […]
At the United National Party (UNP) working committee meeting tomorrow (Nov 21) it is to be decided whether UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe or Minister Maithripala Sirisena is to be fielded as the ‘common candidate’ at […]
