By Albert J. Fernando, Edmonton, Canada During the last few weeks various Ministers in Colombo have expressed their disappointment with the poor performance by our Missions abroad. Some have, quite rightly, emphasized the need to appoint competent and dedicated officers to our embassies. This applies especially to political appointees who are sent to our missions […]

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Priyantha Hettige All through Christian history those persons who gave outstanding service to the world power that is generally known as the Roman Catholic Church, were elevated after their death to “sainthood.”ƒ”š‚ In fact, you should correctly see this as simply a reward for services rendered, just as “lord”ƒ”š‚ is awarded to military generals after […]

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Sunil Vijayapala Australia Here are some excerpts of sutras ignored by our Poojakavaroos (Sri Lankan Bhikkus, very few “ƒ”¹…”real’ Bhikkus who follow the path of Buddha remain) for reasons known only to them. In the following sermon Buddha declares he was once the Omnipotent God, as the consequence of his Past merit. This implies the […]

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By Shelton A. Gunaratne ƒ”š‚©2011 Professor of mass communications emeritus@ Minnesota State University Moorhead ƒ”š‚ On Friday (11 Aug. 1989), my mother and my elder sister “Rani”ƒ”š‚ joined us”ƒ¢¢”š¬‚Carmel, Junius, Yoke-Sim and me”ƒ¢¢”š¬‚to explore Seattle (pop. 630,320), the most populous city in the Pacific Northwest, 128 miles north of Longview. Because “Rani”ƒ”š‚ expressed a wish to […]

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By M D P DISSANAYAKE Sri Lanka has produced a well balanced squad to face the world cup cricket to be held in the sub-continent.ƒ”š‚  Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene’s combination is very similar to Arjuna Ranatunga and Aravinda De Silva’s mixture in the 1996 world cup.ƒ”š‚  Heavy burden rest on Dilshan who has not […]

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