Shenali D Waduge Prabakaran had a grouse but that grouse was against the Tamil caste system of which he was a victim. This explains why his first victim after he formed the Tamil New Tigers in 1972 was Tamil Mayor Alfred Duraiappah gunned down in 1975. Circumstances made him a pawn of geopolitics & turned […]

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Garvin Karunaratne former Government Agent, Matara (Posted on November 17th, 2013; reprinted for kind consideration  a decade later) A Spectacular Phenomenon Last week I went to Iceland, in search of the Northern Lights, a mysterious phenomenon – coloured shades of light in the sky taking various forms, at times even sequencing a dance.‚  Every tourist […]

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By a concerned Kandyan: Dr Sudath Gunasekara. Mahanuwara Naming newly acquired bear cubs in the Dehiwala Zoo. I read that these two cubs have been named as Nilame and Menike.I regret very much this foolish decision made by the Zoo authorities. This is highly defamatory and malicious.Therefore, I demand this foolish and defamatory decision should […]

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Courtesy The Island Leader of ‘Pivithuru Hela Urumaya’ Udaya Gammanpila has alleged that US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie Chung, has omitted certain words from the statement issued by Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to the sanctions imposed by the UK government on former military chiefs. Commenting regarding the matter, Gammanpila said: […]

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Courtesy Adaderana President Anura Kumara Dissanayake convened a high-level meeting today (28) at the Presidential Secretariat with senior officials from the Ministry of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation, as well as the Ministry of Urban Development, Construction and Housing.  During the discussion, the President instructed the relevant officials to expedite the construction of the […]

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Courtesy Adaderana It was revealed in the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) that a private company named ‘Savorite’ was issued Waiver of Registration (WoR) certificates to import 38 types of medicines in 2022 without the evaluation of the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA).  The former Secretary to the Ministry of Health also informed the Committee […]

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