By Charles.S.Perera ƒ”š‚ A good Lawyer is not one who hasƒ”š‚  qualifiedƒ”š‚  passing Examinations. One may know the law as he may have read them in books or heard from lecturers.ƒ”š‚  A good lawyers is one who can think beyond the lawƒ”š‚  and understand the application of it correctly in relation to a demand and to […]

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Dr Kamal Wickremasinghe -Courtesy The Daily News It is becoming increasingly apparent that the “ƒ”¹…”support group’ of the Chief Justice (CJ) led by the godfather of the NGOs, J.C. Weliamuna, and sections of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka connected to Wijedasa Rajapkshe have botched the legal and procedural strategy of her case, due mainly […]

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Shenali Waduge ƒ”š‚ The Mullaitivu district was the preferred home, training and hiding base of the LTTE leader for over 3 decades. It was also where the LTTE met its Waterloo. 30 years of absolutely no changes despite a host of foreign NGO/UN presence has seen remarkable changes in just 3 years something people need to […]

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by Walter Jayawardhana Explaining the recent Polonnaruwa showers of yellow rain Dr. Chandra Wickramasinghe said it is part of the growth cycle of red rain. ƒ”š‚ In an interview the scientist of the Buckingham Center of Astrobiology in UK said, “The Kerala rain also had the same changes of colour from red to yellow. In the […]

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by Senaka Weeraratna ƒ”š‚ A key test of a civilized society and basis of functioning communities is the protection afforded to the vulnerable. Whether those in need of protection happen to be children, the sick, aged, enfeebled, destitute, exploited humans, or animals, a value measure of civilization is the degree to which their rights and welfare […]

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Bisthan Batcha ƒ”š‚ Sadly, the Sri Lankan Muslims are once again subjected to yet another futile effort to project the possibility of the Muslim Population in Sri Lanka exceeding that of the Sinhalese sometime in the future (See Post dated 17th December 2012 in Lankaweb). A comparison is made of the growth of the Sinhalese and […]

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