By Charles.S.Perera Brad Adams is a prejudiced individual who is unable to see things objectively, therefore the Human Rights Watchƒ”š‚  of which he is the Director for Asia, cannot be any thing but anti progressive, reactionary, and far from seeking human welfare, despite its boastfulƒ”š‚  label “ƒ”š‚ Human Rights Watch”ƒ”š‚.ƒ”š‚  It onlyƒ”š‚  “watches ” the interest […]

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By Garvin Karunaratne Ph.D. The Island has reported in its Editorial that India has in a very high handed manner persuaded Sri Lanka to implement the 13 th Amendment to the Sri Lankan Constitution and to grant police and land powers to the Provincial Councils, among other matters all of which smacks interference in the […]

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Shenali Waduge As customary there is much hue & cry over the grand initiative to provide a phased out 3-week leadership training for 22,000 undergraduates with food, lodging (separate for males & females) & attire that will include 171 periods of learning. So when a Government in a country that has been enslaved by numerous […]

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Bowled Out By Doosra Kumar May 27th 2011 It seems a crying shame that that the allegations against Sri Lanka’s Cricket Board being made by the likes of the country’s longest-serving cricket captain and member of the Opposition DNA party in Parliament, Arjuna Ranatunga, as well as another former captain Hashan Tillekeratne also a Member […]

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By Philip Fernando Kalasuri Arisen Ahubudu, 91, passed away after an illustrious career. His versatility as a skilled writer, orator, scholar, playwright, teacher, linguist, author and poet in Sri Lanka was accepted by all. He hailed from Malalaga, Koggala”ƒ¢¢”š¬‚the birth place of another scholar late Martin Wickramasinghe. He was a teacher from Nittambuwa Training College […]

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