By Charles.S.Perera ƒ”š‚ The Executive President Mr.Mahinda Rajapakse, during the short time he was electedƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  did an excellent job, first byƒ”š‚  appointing an equally excellent Defence Secretary, and then by stages eliminatingƒ”š‚  terrorism from Sri Lanka, and by carrying out an extensive infrastructure development projects. The roads, the harbours, water dams, electricity production, agricultural development will […]

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Top Spin By Suni For LankaWeb July 19th 2010There never has been a more obstreperously blunt critic of Muttiah Muralidaranƒ”š‚  in recent cricket writingƒ”š‚ history than the former Indian skipper andƒ”š‚ spin whiz Bishen Bedi as thoughƒ”š‚  it is hisƒ”š‚  fait acompliƒ”š‚  to run Sri Lanka’s master of spin and considered one of the greatest bowlers if […]

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Dr M. R. Somasunderam. Dear Sir, I think the retirement of Muralidaran will bring to an end a career of a cricketer, whom many will enjoy conversing about at dinners, parties, pubs, and at homes, and whom some will view, analyse, and evaluate as a genius, and others will interpret as a bowler who did […]

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Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario .Canada 20 July 2010 The Editor (Letters)ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  THE OTTAWA CITIZEN Sir: Your report “ƒ”¹…”Charity’s status revoked over aid to Tamil Tigers’ most certainly renewed my faith in the Canadian Revenue Agency for finally catching up with Tamil charities that sneakily collected funds for the separatist war […]

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ALI SUKHANVER Kinza Fatima, a sixteen years old Kashmiri girl wrote to me three weeks back, “Death and blood, cries and shrieks, injured, smashed and emaciated bodies of our dear and near ones; what else we are left with? You writers! Keep on writing but be sure that no one among the Indian Army deputed […]

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Ranjit Wickremeratneƒ”š‚  Every four years or six years politics changed the governments and policiesƒ”š‚ too changed as perƒ”š‚ the wishes of the politicians. Because of this situation it wasƒ”š‚ impossible to carryƒ”š‚ on the good work of any government. This time we haveƒ”š‚ aƒ”š‚ government to stay for sometimes with a clear majority. We need to take the maximum out of […]

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Herold Leelawardena Dear Upsara: You have written a short essay and published it in “ƒ”¹…”the Sunday Leader’ and few web sites. If your desire had been to garner public support for your father’s predicaments, by now you must have realised it’s a futile effort. You see Upsara; “ƒ”¹…”the Sunday Leader’ is an antinational tabloid and […]

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