Dr Sudath Gunasekara 28.8.2015. JVP in this country started with an aborted coup to overthrow the elected Government in April 1971. They perceived it as a revolution of the proletariat to liberate the suffering masses from the oppression by the bourgeois. Their approach was based on what they have read and heard in communist countries. […]

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Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka’s policy makers need to approach the issue of an investigation whether it is international or domestic by taking stock of the legalities and mandates legally in place. No inquiry can be limited to a period omitting the origins and terror unleashed over decades. No inquiry can omit to name and […]

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ධර්මන් වික‍්‍රමරත්න ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ 23වැනි අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා ලෙස රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ ඉකුත් සතියේ දිවුරුම් දුණි. ඔහුගේ නව කැබිනට් මණ්ඩලය සැප්තැම්බර් 2 බදාදා දිවුරුම් දීමට අපේක්ෂිතය. මෙයට පෙර ලෝක ඉතිහාසයේ සිව්වැනි වරට අගමැති තනතුර දරා ඇත්තේ දෙදෙනෙක් පමණි. එක් අයෙකු වසර 121කට පෙර බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය අගමැතිවරයා ලෙස කටයුතු කල විලියම් එවර්ට් ග්ලැඩ්ස්ටන්ය. දෙවැන්නා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ඩඩ්ලි සේනානායකය. අගමැති රනිල් […]

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by Shamindra Ferdinando  Courtesy Island August 27, 2015, 12:00 pm Former UPFA MP Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha yesterday said that the anticipated change in US policy towards Sri Lanka was aimed atstrengthening the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe administration. The US policy shift was not at all surprising because the Obama administration had, in no uncertain terms, made known its […]

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A Well Wisher. Some steps on How to prevent cheating at elections Use security paper or paper with water mark for printing ballot papers. Use pencils or permanent ink to mark ballot papers. Some inks fade over time. Tests must be done to ensure permanent ink. All the voters should have valid I.D. cards with biometric data […]

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Mahinda Gunasekera Toronto, Canada August 27, 2015 His Excellency, Maithripala Sirisena President of Sri Lanka Copy to:  Hon. Ranil Wickremasinghe, Prime Minister ”      ”     Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, Minister of Foreign Affairs ”       ”     Mr. P.B. Abeykoon, Mr. Saman Ekanayake and Mrs. Chitranganee Wagiswara Your Excellency, It is somewhat puzzling to note that the government headed by […]

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Gallage Punyawardana Head- Swarna Hansa Foundation The cat is out of the bag, speaking to a group of journalists US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Nisha Biswal has said that Sirisena- Wickramasinghe administration has recognized the International Community as part of it. The International Community as seen by most countries in […]

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