By Charles.S.Perera Science and Technology Minister, Champika Ranawaka stated, that the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) has decided not to participate at future sittings of the Special Parliamentary Select Committee to resolve the national question, ƒ”š‚ as the PSCƒ”š‚  has failed to revise the 13th constitutional amendment before the upcoming elections. We have to felicitate JHU forƒ”š‚  […]

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Insight By Sunil Kumar September 10th 2013ƒ”š‚  The expectation that United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay is about to make a damning statement about Sri Lanka does not come as a surprise at all. Her entire visit which appears to be none but a De Trop aberration of the norms of her […]

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J. Jayachandra ƒ”š‚ A lot of Tamils have been mesmerized over the years by an ideology calling for a separate Tamil nation. In fact most Tamils have bought this lock stock and barrel totally ignoring the ground realities. ƒ”š‚ Yet, how many Tamils have seriously given thought to the consequences of such an Eelaam if in fact […]

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P.A.Samaraweera The Sri Lanka-India Friendship Society gathered last week-end at the Taj Samudra to celebrate the Indian Independence Day. At this meeting, its President, Attorney at Law, Kandiah Neelakandan had, in an unscheduled speech ,’…called for Indian intervention to save the civil society in Sri Lanka’. Neelakandan & Neelakandan law firm represented Shiranie Bandaranayake, former […]

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Chandre Dharmawardana Ottawa, Canada. In anƒ”š‚  interesting recent internet article published inƒ”š‚  http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/25031, Ms. Dushyanthini Kanagasabapathipillaiƒ”š‚  has repeated one version of anƒ”š‚  old anecdotal explanation of the place-name “Mavittapuram”. This story is somewhat in the same tradition as the story given to “explain” the place-name “Yalpanam” in terms of a blind lute player; the latter […]

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PRESS COMMUNIQUE ƒ¢¢”š¬- MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY & COMMERCE, SRI LANKA ƒ”š‚·ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  First Indo-Lanka textile agreement inked in Colombo ƒ”š‚·ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ¢¢”š¬’India wants a bigger role’ ƒ¢¢”š¬- Indian Secy Zohra ƒ”š‚·ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ¢¢”š¬’Involving private sector to move forward’ ƒ¢¢”š¬- Secy Siriwardena ƒ”š‚·ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  Exhibitors from India’sƒ”š‚  schiffli & Manchester hubs now in Colombo ƒ”š‚·ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  Lanka textile exports to India […]

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