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By Vera Gamini Samarasinghe What is Green Hydrogen and how come the energy world is presently all talking about it? Green hydrogen is simply plain hydrogen H2 made through the electrolysis of water using clean electricity from a patented method harnessing the breaking waves or surf of the sea giving very large quantities of electricity […]

60th Anniv. Of Coup ’62-Legal Aspects by KKS PERERA The UNP and the Tamil parties vehemently opposed the controversial The Criminal Law (Sp Provisions) Act, No.1 of 1962. The government was determined to bring the coup accused to book ‘by hook or by crook’. The bill was post-hoc and applied with retrospective effect. Trying the […]

By Kumar David By all accounts the JVP’s star is rising; everybody says so. We have had similar scenarios before where it seemed the JVP was at peak but the outcome in the subsequent election was disappointing. Will it be the same again? No one can say till the results of local government (LG) or […]

January 26 – it’s one of Australia’s most divisive days. And while there are differing interpretations of what it means to celebrate it, the origin of the date is indisputable. For some, our national holiday means little more than a day off, a BBQ, copious amounts of alcohol and soaking up the last real moments […]

By Kumar David Though I do have a particular interest in the JVP-NPP and am anxious to see the NPP’s ‘Rapid Response to Current Challenges’ manifesto developed and improved, this column not drafted exclusively for that purpose, though it may read like that. I would be happy if other social and political movements find it […]

By Kumar David An apocryphal youth inquired from the President “why a referendum couldn’t be conducted to ascertain whether the electorate (would approve) extending his term by two years”, says the front page of the Island of Monday January 10. Presidents don’t float kites like this unless they have intrigue up their sleeve. Soon you […]

By Kumar David The NPP released its initial political Manifesto entitled a Rapid Response to Overcome Current Challenges on December 21 last year ( https://www.npp.lk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/NPP-Booklet-English.pdf). Notably it is introduced as an “initial” document so presumably after accumulating public comment and benefitting from debate and perhaps a consultative seminar (physical or Zoom) a final version will […]

By Kumar David The government is in retreat analysts say. Strategists in the opposition, smelling blood, are hopeful of replacing President and Parliamentary majority in 2024 and 2025, if not earlier in the event of a debacle. It is a sign of the times that Namal and his wife were jeered and compelled to flee […]

By Kumar David You will remember that before religion took centre stage people whispered that phenomena they could not explain were the influence of dark forces and evil spirits. These mysterious goblins were hidden in a nether metauniverse, a multiverse of dark energy and dark matter. Religion came along and Christianity and Islam substituted God […]

By Kumar David From mid-September to late November the autocratic ambitions of the Gotabaya regime were in retreat, but the President’s hard-core has rallied and in the last fortnight we see a toughening tone. But is there substance to this posturing or is it a confused government running in circles around itself like a headless […]