Dilrook Kannangara Ganesan was elected to parliament for the first time in 1994 with close to a hundred thousand votes. He did very well at subsequent elections in 2000, 2001 and 2004. A very good election performance in four consecutive elections; facing stiffest competition as he contested the Colombo district. He maintained a low profile […]

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By DR M D P DISSANAYAKE ƒ”š‚ It has been reported that Miss Chathurika Lakmini Dandeniya has obtained Distinction Passes in all thirteen subjectsƒ”š‚  on her way to completing MBBS degree at the University of Sri Lanka, Peradeniya.ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  This has been a unique record for the University in its history of 50 years, thus Chathurika obtaining […]

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– Kumar Moses Switzerland and Singapore are small nations compared to their neighbours, but proud ones. They are highly multicultural. But the first thing that comes to mind when their names are mentioned is law and order. Maintenance of law and order in these two nations is the envy of the world. Social discipline wise, […]

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by Charles.S.Perera Sri Lankaƒ”š‚  being a Buddhist country ofƒ”š‚  the Theravada tradition allowing the Buddhist Monks into Universities after removal of the Pirivena system of Buddhist education ƒ”š‚ ,was the greatest wrong done to Buddha Sasana in Sri Lanka. We are reaping the “sins”ƒ”š‚ of that act to-dayƒ”š‚  with ƒ”š‚ the Buddhist Monks in the roleƒ”š‚  ofƒ”š‚  […]

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Ira de Silva London,, Canada Ms. Navi Pillay High Commissioner for Human Rights Geneva. cc: Hon. Ban ki Moon, Secretary General of the U.N., New York Dear Madam, I have just read a news report dated October 26,2010 in which it is claimed that after the publication of the documents by Wikileaks and the press […]

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Anura Seneviratna (for expat Hela team). ƒ”š‚  There should be no discussion or efforts to prove with historic evidence but a self-evident fact a child could understand is, that the incorrectly named Srilanka is the tiny Island Country of the Indigenous Hela/Sinhela Nation of people. While every indigenous national country of the world is named […]

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