By Rohana R. Wasala Apropos Ranga Jayasuriya’s write-up under the evocative title THE DEADLY CONTRAST: MAHINDA Vs GOTA/Lankaweb/August 7, 2018). The five year presidential term ends in January 2020; not in January 2019 as the writer says . This inaccuracy may be overlooked  as an accidental error. RJ’s conclusion that the poor performance of both […]

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Dr Sarath obeysekara Should we have people’s Courts to judge politicians for contempt They have many broken promises and violated constitution in many instance. We take them for judgment every five years Government should establish a special cour like the one they installed for judging Corrupted ones . Any one who acts in contempt against […]

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Dr Sarath Obeysekera  Government of Sri Lanka ( GoSL ) aims for a predictable trade promoting trade –led growth driven by export-oriented foreign direct investment .New National Trade Policy recommends the design of an  export strategy consisting of policy Tools ,specific tools .specific projects ,sector-specific time –bound targets ,expected results and a monitoring mechanism. Under […]

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වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග මෑත යුගයේ අති ධාවනකාරී දුර දිග නොබලන අන් අයගේ මෑනවීම් මත කටයුතු කිරීමට ගොස් අමාරුවේ වැටුණු චීවරධාරීන් කිහිප දෙනෙකු සිටිති. ඔවුන් අතරින් සෝමාරාම , භද්දිය සහ ඥාණසාර ප්‍රධාන වෙයි.  කැළනියේ බුද්ධරඛිත කියූ නිසා සෝමාරාම අගමැති බණ්ඩාරනායකට වෙඩි තැබුවේය. කැළනියේ බුද්ධරඛිත විසින් සති දෙකක් තුලදී තමාව බේරා ගන්නා බවට සෝමාරාම විශ්වාස කලේය. […]

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Editorial Courtesy The Island Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) Chief Ven. Galabodaatte Gnanasara Thera has been sentenced to jail for contempt of court. Opinion may be divided on the severity of the punishment—19 years RI to be served in six years—but the fact remains that he committed a very serious offence and nothing could be cited in […]

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NEVILLE LADDUWAHETTY Courtesy The Island The Island Editorial of August 8, 2018 titled “Diyawanna slapstick” very correctly recommends that one of the options open to the Joint Opposition is to “challenge the legality of the unity government on the grounds that the pact between the UNP and the UPFA has expired”. The legality of the “unity […]

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