by Gomin Dayasriƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  Hillary Clinton lavished praise on the action plan verbally presented by Minister G.L.Peiris. Bless him on a futuristic plan that has pleased Uncle Sam in our feeble endeavors to be an obliging nephew. Therein lie an uneasy feeling: notwithstanding whatever accomplishment, West will never let us off the hook on human rights […]

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Shenali Waduge First things first, since when and by whom has the US been appointed the world’s policeman to accuse fellow nations, oust political leaders, invade nations, fire unmanned drones that kill civilians and use western media to brainwash the public into thinking that the US is saving humanity and safeguarding human rights? After a […]

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By Damien The Secretary to the treasury Dr. P.B Jayasundara recently made statement that the country is wasting the foreign currency on things that can be made in this country. I would like to add to this by stating that as a ƒ”š‚ country we should have clear targets and policies that are aimed at both […]

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Ayesh Madhawa De Silva. The governments all over the world have started to “ƒ”¹…”case-study’ Sri Lanka as a paradigm for defeating terrorism. Sri Lanka is seen as a unique example of how to dismantle a terrorist group militarily. That the present government succeeded while the others failed is evident. Within an year in power, and […]

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Arcadius The Ceylon Agricultural Society, a private society of British colonists, established the first co-operatives around 1904. But it was D. S. Senanayake”ƒ¢¢”š¬‚minister of agriculture and land in the State Council, and prime minister (1947-1952) of independent Ceylon”ƒ¢¢”š¬‚who founded the island’s cooperative-society movement in 1923. After the Japanese attack on Colombo in 1942, Senanayake emphasized […]

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Asada M Erpini A report datelined Jun 1, appearing in the Sri Lankan media, states, “India outlaws Sri Lanka’s terror group LTTE for another two years”ƒ”š‚. Does the essence of the decision make any sense in a practical sense? ƒ”š‚ To most Sri Lankans, the announcements of India outlawing the LTTE appear as mere hogwash. India […]

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P. Perera I came acrossƒ”š‚ a news letter (please find pages extracted and attached above) from the SLƒ”š‚ High Commissionto Canadaƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ and something very interesting caught myƒ”š‚ eye, Mr. Rohan Perera who is the President and CEO of his company has won a prestigious international award for Canada and Sri Lanka, this is a millstone achievementƒ”š‚ by any standards. One […]

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