By Charles.S.Perera ƒ”š‚ If you do a bad turn to some one who is a good person, it may rebound on you. You cannot escape from it if the person humiliated or put into an embarrassing position had no bad intensions. They say these retributions normally take place within 7 days or three months from the […]

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Rajivaƒ”š‚ Wijesinha In discussing the votes of the Ministry of External Affairs, Mr Speaker, we should look at the situation in which Sri Lanka found itself five years ago, and what we have now. In those days, we seemed to be wholly dependent on what called itself the international community, so much so that representatives of […]

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Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge ƒ”š‚  The Buddha’s Charter of Free Inquiry and judging truth are found in the Kalama Sutra of the Anguttara Nikaya. In Kalama Sutra Buddha emphasized the importance of critical thinking that involves seeing things in an open-minded way. Critical thinking helps to evaluate and challenge the thoughts and ideasƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  and rethink […]

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By Shelton A. Gunaratneƒ”š‚©2010 Professor of mass communications emeritus @ Minnesota State University Moorhead ƒ”š‚ On Tuesday (9 July 1996), we left the four presidents in Mount Rushmore meet and greet their thousands of other fans who kept on flocking, while we continued our adventures in the Black Hills (PahƒÆ’†’ƒ”š‚¡ SƒÆ’†’ƒ”š‚¡pa in Lakota) National Forest. We […]

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By Dr. Mrs. Mareena Thaha Reffai Vanderwert Place, Dehiwela I tend to agree with Chandima Pallage ofƒ”š‚  Makola on most points on thisƒ”š‚  topic. Let me take the points one by one. ƒ”š‚  He says “I wish to stateƒ”š‚  that no religion encourages cruelty to animals”ƒ”š‚ “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” which is true. (But about ƒ”š‚  animal slaughter […]

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ranjit wickremeratne Bombs were falling everywhere.Our lion hearted war heros were dying daily.Suicide bombers were creeping to the cities serching for their preys. Blood was everywhere and men.women and children young and old were dying from bomb blasts in trains,buses,on the road,in buildings etc.That was the dark days of our history and I am angry […]

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