By Walter Jayawardhana President Mahinda Rajapaksa said, important monuments like the Lion Rock Sigiriya, of the 5th century AD that belonged to the magnificent Anuradhapura era gives the nation immense power and courage to build our nation now. He was speaking after declaring open an ultra modern archeological museum built with Japanese assistance at Sigiriya […]

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Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . K1J 6G1 . Canada July 27, 2009 Honourable Stephen Timms, MP Financial Secretary to the Treasury House of Commons Westminster London, UK By e-mail Dear Stephen Timms: The world in 1955 was a pretty good place I thought.ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  A courageous one at that when the […]

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LankaWeb Editorial July28th 2009 The previous editorial was captioned “Message To All Harbingers Of Doom And Ill Wishers Of Sri Lanka~ BACK OFF!” While reiterating this suggestion it has to be noted with much enthusiasm that on an even note all the calls for a waiving of the IMF Loan to Sri Lanka have been […]

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Dr. A Samaraweera. Dear Editor, ƒ”š‚  This lengthy article (ref. below) that appeared in ‘Lankaweb’ of July 26th, along with many othersƒ”š‚ that wereƒ”š‚ publishedƒ”š‚ on the sameƒ”š‚ topic, have missed out on a crucial factor which appearedƒ”š‚ only asƒ”š‚ a ‘blip’ in theƒ”š‚ massive outpourings that occurred from the begining of this yearƒ”š‚ on the Sri Lankan conflictƒ”š‚ .ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚  Some may not […]

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By Charles.S.Perera Of course Dayan Jayatileke needs no one to defend him. ƒ”š‚ Least of all me, as I do not know Dayan Jayatilleke, I have seen him only in media images and heard him on video clips. But I have read some of his articles on various subjects appearing in the websites. ƒ”š‚ I like his […]

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By Walter Jayawardhana International Monetary Fund’s Mission Chief for Sri Lanka in Washington, Brian Aitken accepted the statement of the Sri Lanka Central Bank that the recent approval of USD 2.6 billion is a direct endorsement recognizing the Sri Lanka government’s economic policies by the international lending institution. ƒ”š‚ Aitken said in Washington, “the IMF Board […]

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