Courtesy Adaderana A petition has been filed with the Court of Appeal requesting the court to issue a Writ of Quo Warranto preventing Ranil Wickremesinghe from being a Member of Parliament. The petition has been filed by Sharmila Gonawala, the Co-President of ‘Women for Justice’. Leader of the United National Party (UNP) Ranil Wickremesinghe, UNP […]

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Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent Gloucestd,m Ontario. This response to Henry’s (USA) pertinent question to my response to Canadian High Commissioner David McKinnon’s meeting with former LTTE terrorists in Mullaitivu, recently. He asks: “Is there a possibility that newspapers in Canada will give due publicity to letters such as yours.” The answer is : Yes Henry.  […]

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Diannah Paramour Australia Ayubowan I feel a burning need to talk about Sharmini Sereasinghe. I guess she’s been sheltered her entire life from the hard facts surrounding Sri Lanka’s grandiose yet terrifying history. Those whose blood soaks the white sands are that of soldiers who gave their lives in service, in service to save everyone, […]

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By P.K.Balachandran/Daily Mirror/newsin.asia Colombo, December 11: The on-going political and constitutional imbroglio in Sri Lanka could put on the backburner or even shelve, efforts to give the country a brand new constitution. The new constitution had been on the anvil until October 26, when a political tsunami struck the country. It was on that day […]

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චාමර ලක්ෂාන් කුමාර මේ සටහන ලිවීමට පෙලඹවූයේ එංගලන්තයේ සිටින මනීෂ චාමර අමරසේකර තම මුහුණුපොත ගිණුමට තැබු සටහනක් මා තුළ ඇතිකළ කම්පනයයි. සැතපුම් දහස් ගණනක් ඈතින් සිටිය ද තවමත් රට තොට සිදුවන දෑ පිළිබඳ උනන්දුවෙන් සිටින්නකු වන මනීෂ කොටා” තිබු සටහන සැබැවින්ම, සංවේදී එකක් ම විය. ඔහු ලියා තිබුණේ නිදහස් අධ්‍යාපනයේ පියා ලෙස සැලකෙන සී ඩබ්ලිව් ඩබ්ලිව් කන්නන්ගර […]

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Chandre Dharmawardana What happened to CWW Kannagara happened to many legislators of limited means of that era who worked selflessly, without thinking of how they are to fend for themselves when they reach old age. They died poor although they were expected to maintain a high social standard. In deed, it is an irony that […]

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By Poet in the Wilderness The present by force occupant of Temple Trees Seems to have a mindset of the Nineteen Forties Foreign powers are his Masters dark Our lives are too precious for his Royalist lark   Move over and let those who truly love Lanka fair Take Lanka to success and joy rather […]

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