Kanthar Balanathan What is Intelligence The ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills.” an eminent man of great intelligence” Intellect, intellect, mind, brain, brains, brainpower, powers of reasoning, judgment, understanding, comprehension, and quickness of mind. The collection of information of military or political value. “the chief of military intelligence” The True Meaning of Intelligence Essays. … This simple definition is often used by […]

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Kanthar Balanathan SriLanka became a republic on the 22nd May 1972. However, the JVP insurrection was launched on the 5th April 1971 and lasted till June 1971. To date, the root cause (RCA) of this insurrection was not released by any analysts. The revolt was under Srimavo’s government. It could be assumed that the revolt […]

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Dilrook Kannangara Executive presidency was introduced to create an unfair advantage for the UNP as it has a lion’s share of the minority vote. This was the intention in 1978 when it was created. In a 1966 speech to the Ceylon Association for the Advancement of Science, JR Jayawardena proposed executive presidency as the UNP […]

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Sarath Wijesinghe   (former Ambassador to UAE and Israel) Prins 94 years  is no more with us having sacrificed the life for the needy and downtrodden over  seventy five years as a young activist, Journalist, Leader of the villagers, Politician, writer, senior member of the Parliament  and a rare breed  as one of the most honest […]

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By ; A.A.M.NIZAM – MATARA     Dear Lankaweb readers and all patriotic people of Sri Lanka resident in the country and in overseas I sincerely wish a very happy, prosperous peaceful New Year in 2019, a year to be free of terrorist threats, western Indian and neo liberal subjugation and people’s uprising against attempts to colonise […]

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Courtesy NewsIn.Asia   Colombo, January 1 (newsin.asia): Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) has reported handling 2.65 million teus for the 12 months ending December 31, recording a 13 per cent increase in its annual throughput and contributing 38 per cent of the Port of Colombo’s volumes in the year just concluded. Colombo International Container Terminals […]

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By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island January 2, 2019, 12:03 pm UNP MP Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakse, PC, yesterday said that the passage of the Presidential Inquiry Commission Amendment Act should be the priority for parliament in 2019. Colombo District MP Rajapakse said that in fact the House owed an explanation as to why all political parties […]

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