Dilrook Kannangara The war for UNP leadership is over; for now. Winners and losers emerged from the secret vote. However, what doesn’t come to the public attention is the conduct of over ambitious Premadasa in totally disregarding decorum and advice of the Mahanayakas in ousting senior party stalwart Karu Jayasuriya and further disrespecting him by […]

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Mrs. M. Weeraratna Though in many traditional Christian Western countires, Animal Welfare Societies run by activists drawn mainly from Christian backgrounds and inspired by the pronouncements of Christian Theologians like Dr. Albert Schweitzer (Nobel Prize Winner) are taking up the cause of animal rights and proposing alternate ways of celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ […]

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Media Release-High Commission of Sri Lanka, London ƒ”š‚ High Commissioner Dr. Chris Nonis briefed British Parliamentarians from the House of Commons and the House of Lords, academics and Think Tanks, at an interactive dialogue on the LLRC Report held last afternoon in Portcullis House in the British Parliament. ƒ”š‚ Dr. Chris Nonis articulated that the holistic approach […]

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PROFESSOR ALI SUKHANVER The writer is a Pakistan based analyst on defence and strategic affairs. ƒ”š‚ In the second week of December 2011, theUScongress agreed on a defense bill that includes a provision to freeze some $700 million in assistance untilPakistancomes up with a strategy to deal with improvised explosive devices.ƒ”š‚  According to CBSNEWS, the fertilizer […]

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