Why did former President Sirisena vacate the Paget Road residence, having made it part of his ‘deal’ with the UNP? A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court, comprising Justices Priyantha Jayawardena, Gamini Amarasekara, and Kumuduni Wickremasinghe, having examined the arguments put forward by both the petitioner and respondent parties, issued an interim order on March […]
By Lynn Ockersz The bleat of helpless Lambs, Continues to rise shrill, Above the missile blitzkrieg, In this a most harrowing hour, In Eastern Europe’s history, And the Iron Fist crashing down, On the glories of civilization, Is for sure a tragedy compounded, But there’s this curious link, Between top brass Generals, Following top-down orders, […]
Defeated UNP candidate among new appointees Sri Lanka’s growing dependence on bilateral assistance in addition to the anticipated USD 2.9bn credit facility from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is frightening. A statement issued by the Indian High Commission, in Colombo, on Dec 23, 2022, after the handing over of 125 Sport Utility Vehicles to Public […]
#uதுකම් (#Duty): By Laleen Jayamanne Somewhere online, I found this simple but startling composite, multi-scripted, word-slogan of the aragalaya; (#duty#යුතුකම්). Written with letters (akshara), drawn from all three languages of the country, it appears to be by an anonymous artist during the earlier GOTAGOGAMA PHASE of the aragalaya. It’s a key word expressing an ethical […]
By Lynn Ockersz For the Isle’s local Sires, On whom the reins of power, Were bestowed with caution, By a tactically retreating empire, The umbilical tie with the latter, Was never brought asunder, For, the departing big power, Wanted a faithful local agent, And our Brown Sahib class, With its zest for adulation, Meets the […]
In a classified diplomatic cable from Colombo, wartime US Ambassador here Patricia Butenis categorized President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Basil Rajapaksa and common candidate at the 2010 presidential poll General Sarath Fonseka as war criminals. The cable released by whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, written by Butenis weeks ahead of the presidential poll conducted […]
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The Myanmar junta’s foreign minister, Wunna Maung Lwin, attended the fifth Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) in Colombo, Sri Lanka this week, according to DVB.
The Myanmar junta’s foreign minister, Wunna Maung Lwin, attended the fifth Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) in Colombo, Sri Lanka this week, according to DVB.
By Shamindra Ferdinando The Metropolitan Police Service, UK, has said that a person ,recently arrested in the UK over his alleged involvement in the killing of journalist Mylvaganam Nimalarajan, 39, in his Jaffna home on Oct 19, 2000 is a Sri Lankan national. Jack Griffith, Press Officer – Specialist Operations at the London Metropolitan Police […]