By Walter Jayawardhana
When the government repeated the same performance of the ancient heroes of Wellassa and emancipated this country some political elements of here wanted to take those emancipators to the hangman, said President Mahinda Rajapaksa addressing a mammoth public rally in the grounds of the University at Buttala in the Moneragala District which a [...]

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By Janaka Alahapperuma

President Mahinda Rajapaksa and First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa paid homage to the Holy Statue of St Annes and attended a Special Religious ceremony at Thalawila Church on Saturday 1st July. Bishop of Chilaw Rt Rev Valence Mendis officiated at the Mass with the participation of resident priests, Navy Commander Vice Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe, [...]

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by Bodhi Dhanapala, Quebec, Canada
A number of people, e.g., Chandrasiri Wijewickrema, has written a number of articles based on the premise that Dayn Jayatilleke was recalled because he made statements favoring the 13th amendment. However, this is pure surmise for which no supporting evidence has been presented by Wijewickrema. The discussion in a recent article [...]

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Dr.P.A.Samaraweera, China
While travelling in China I saw a news report about a student in a leading school committing suicide as a teacher had reprimanded her for using a mobile phone. In fact, there had been two incidents.
 
I showed the news item to my Chinese friend who is a teacher and he was indeed shocked that a [...]

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By Dr.Levins T.C.Rajaratnam
Peace and development remain the objectives of our era. Economic globalization is developing in depth, and science and technology are advancing by leaps and bounds. These developments have brought about new opportunities for all countries to develop their economies and improve the living standard of their people. The world is not yet a [...]

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