By Garvin Karunaratne, Ph.D. former Government Agent, Matara District ƒ”š‚ The current Government of President Rajapaksa is blamed for increases in prices of essential commodities. It is true that prices are exorbitant today. I am told that a kilo of beans at Narahenpita Wholesale Market was as high as Rs. 90. I was in Sri Lanka […]

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orpheus perera Happiness and peace. Those are really the prime issues in human existence. That is what all of us are seeking. This often is a bit hard to see because we cover up those basic goals with layers of surface objectives. We want food, we want money, we want sex, possessions and respect. We […]

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Sri Lanka News Ranil Wickremasinghe, addressing a UNP election campaign meeting held in Jaffna Veerasingham Hall Friday, ƒ”š‚ said that all the military camps in Nothern peninsula will be scrapped except Palaali Sri Lanka Army (SLA) camp, which will be convertedƒ”š‚ into an international airport. “High Security Zones are no longer necessary in the peninsula and the […]

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Ranjit Wickremeratne My Motherland is just a tear drop in the vast ocean of ours with around 20 million inhabitants. We Sinhalese were living with other races for many many years. This is our country. A Sinhala nation with 75% Sinhalese and 25% other races living side by side as citizens of Motherland Sri Lanka. […]

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By Janaka Alahapperuma The construction work on the Norochcholaya Coal Power Plant Phase II in the Puttalama District was inaugurated by President Mahinda Rajapaksa on 18th March. The contract was awarded to the China National Machinery & Equipment Import & Export Corporation (CMEC), a Chinese Government owned company. ƒ”š‚ The total capacity of the power plant […]

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Sri Lanka News Sri Lanka’s first commercial wind energy plant owned by Senok Wind Power is scheduled to start operating this month. The 10 Mega Watt plant is located in the North Western coast of the isalnd in the Kalpitiya area of the Puttalam district. The plant which is run by a private enterprise is […]

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