Senaka Weeraratna Each nation in the Asian milieu had from its earliest times developed a distinctive culture of its own, with features as unique as its language, religion, food, attire and attitudes. Asia, in the pre-colonial era, projected an image of a bouquet of different flowers but bunched together in harmony.  Though language and religion […]

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  කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂ/කැෆේ සංවිධානය ලංකාවේ සියලු වර්ගයේ දුෂණ ගැන කථා කරන දේශපාලනඥයින් හා සිවිල් සංවිධාන ‘විදුලි මාෆියාව ගැන නඩු විශේෂ අධිකරණයේ වත් අහන්න කියලා කියන්නේ නෑ.  ජනාධිපතිතුමාට ගල් අගුරු මාෆියාව පේන්නේ නෑ. අගමැතිතුමාට ‘ඩීසල් විදුලි මාෆියාව‘ පේන්නේ නෑ.  සිවිල් සමාජයට දැන් මේ දෙකම පේන්නේ නැති තරමට විදුලි මාෆියාව දැන් රහත් එල ලබා ඇතිදැයි […]

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By C. A. Chandraprema Courtesy The Island May 14, 2018, 9:25 pm At five o’clock in the afternoon on Sunday, long lines of vehicles two abreast were seen on both sides of Galle face, to enter the driveway to the Shangri- La hotel. Alighting from a taxi this writer walked to the hotel. That was quicker. […]

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By C. A. Chandraprema Courtesy The Island May 14, 2018, 12:00 pm (Continued from yesterday) Of the five separate determinations given by the nine judges of the Supreme Court, the lengthiest was Justice R. S. Wanasundera’s dissenting determination. This is also the determination most often referred to by nationalists who claim that the executive presidency is […]

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By Ranga Jayasuriya Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lankan politics is becoming increasingly acrimonious, yet again. There is a deepening polarization among the UNP and President Maithripala Sirisena on the one hand and the Yahapalanaya Government as a whole and the emboldened Rajapaksa acolytes of the joint opposition on the other hand. The President is openly […]

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Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, May 14 (newsin.asia) – China, on Monday approved a loan of US 1 billion dollars to construct the phase one of the Central Expressway in Sri Lanka, the Prime Minister’s office said in a statement here. China’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Cheng Xueyuan met Prime Minister Ranil  Wickeremesinghe in capital Colombo and […]

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Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo May 14 (newsin.asia) – 8000 people were affected as heavy rains caused flash floods in Sri Lanka’s southern districts of Galle and Kalutara on Sunday, the Disaster Management Center said in a statement Monday. A Spokesperson for the Center, Pradeep Kodippilli said that several people had been evacuated from their homes due […]

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හර්ෂනී අර්සකුලරත්න උපුටාගැණීම  මව්බිම ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්‍ෂ මහතා 2020 ජනාධිපතිවරණයට ඉදිරිපත් වීම වැළැක්වීම සඳහා බොහෝ දෙනකු උත්සාහ දරන බව මවුබිම වෙනුවෙන් රණවිරුවෝ සංවිධානයේ කැඳවුම්කරු නීතිඥ මේජර් අජිත් ප්‍රසන්න මහතා පැවැසීය. ඔහු මේ බව කියා සිටියේ ඉකුත් 10දා සමාජය හා සාමයික කේන්ද්‍රයේ පැවැති මාධ්‍ය හමුවක් අමතමිනි. එහිදී ඔහු මෙසේද කියා සිටියේය. ‘නාගානන්ද කොඩිතුවක්කු නීතිඥවරයා හා සුගන්ධිකා ප්‍රනාන්දු නීතිඥවරිය […]

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The Allies continue to celebrate Victory Day & end of World War 1 even enacting some of the famous battles & they are not bothered that Germany’s or Japan’s feelings are hurt. So what is this reconciliation nonsense that the present Sri Lankan government is promoting. Denying Victory Day celebrations & honoring the Army is […]

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