– Kumar Moses There was a big hullabaloo at the last general election about the ruling party misusing state property and government servants for its election work. Sadly this has always been a practice in the island. However, there is a bigger danger in the northern district of Jaffna where government servants are using their […]

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Commentary by Shelton A. Gunaratne, professor of mass communications emeritusƒ”š‚ at Minnesota State University Moorhead ƒ”š‚ The following story is an excellent example of process reporting. With some editorial touches, a journalist can convert it to Buddhist-oriented journalism (BJ). It does pass muster the principal BJ criterion of reducing or controlling dukkha (sorrow/ unsatisfactoriness). ƒ”š‚  I will […]

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Samarasinghe Arsenic contamination is becoming an increasingly common problem not only in the developing world, but alsoƒ”š‚ in the most industrialised nations. Any urban water distribution system in Sri Lanka may contain arsenic in the pipe water. Well water may also contain high arsenic content depend upon the location and hardness of water. The content will […]

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Anjalika Silva USA Congressman Van Hollen, As one of your constituents originally a Sri Lankan and now a voting American, I was offended by the support given by Congress for screening a disputed piece of video sponsored by Channel 4 –“Killing Fields in Sri Lanka” which was not prevented by any quarter of the congress.ƒ”š‚  […]

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Byƒ”š‚  Paul Harris For the WAPS Conference, Oslo, August 20 2004 ƒ”š‚ [Submitted by Hela Puwath:ƒ”š‚  This paper has been widely published in the past few years, but we believe we should re-read it asƒ”š‚  a reminder to assess what has (not)changed since Paul Harris’ speech.ƒ”š‚  We are eternally grateful to our great leaders, and the […]

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MR. SARATH WIJESINGHE, AMBASSADOR OF SRI LANKA ƒ”š‚ Sri Lanka is one of the few model democracies in the world having obtained adult franchise in 1930’s.ƒ”š‚  She continues to be a democratic nation to date.ƒ”š‚  After the peace is dawn the “Nation”ƒ”š‚ is blessed with emerging and vibrant economy, booming tourism, stock market on the rise […]

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