By Garvin Karunaratne, Ph.D.(Michigan State University) Former Government Agent, Matara District Upul Jayawardena, a columnist states that the Port of Hambantota could be the armageddon for President Rajapaksa in the manner that the leasing out of oil tanks in Trincomalee to the USA in the early Eighties by President Jayawardena did cause India to train […]

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by Charles.S.Perera ƒ”š‚ The 2088 graduates under Tharuna Aruna ƒ”š‚ Training Programme, after going through an arduous military style training course had immense difficulties to make their grievances heard at the correct place. Their manifestations were ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ subjected to policeƒ”š‚  water jets ƒ”š‚ and batten charges. Finally all of them were able to get employments as ƒ”š‚ financial assistants in […]

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Geethanjana Kudaligamage Rajapakse, regional politics, “Eurocentric Developmentalism”ƒ”š‚ and the western hegemony (Part 15-B) (Continued from part 15-A) Take a scenario in which a bird has been denied its freedom by confining it into a cage. And say, there is a big fat snake patiently waiting outside the cage to take the first opportunity to hunt […]

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Ranjit Wickremeratne Like our heros saved our country from terrorism we need to eradicate other bad elements from our society like drugs, gangs, roberries, corruptions, child abuse, money laundering and people smuggling. When we get so much aids to the country naturally there will be some corruptions by Government and private persons who was involved […]

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