By Garvin Karunaratne ,Ph.D. ƒ”š‚ To me, someone who has struggled hard to bring about development, to create jobs and alleviate poverty for easily over four decades in four countries, I sense that something is radically wrong today. Instead of development and peace what I see is chaos. No less a person than Professor Paul Krugman […]

More >

Dilrook Kannangara Police and land powers are only the tip of the 13A iceberg. There are far worse implications of 13A. Provincial list include, among others, the power over economic planning, education, local government, housing, roads (other than national highways), rehabilitation, agriculture, rural development, food supply, irrigation and ancient and historical monuments and records. If […]

More >

Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . Canada 14 May 2013 Paul Calandra, Conservative MP for Oak Ridges-Markham, Ontarioƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  John McCallum, Liberal MP for Markham-Unionville, Ontarioƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  House of Commons, Ottawa ƒ”š‚ Dear Paul and John: Re: New Vanni Street in the City of Markham I had an e-mail yesterday from a Tamil friend […]

More >

Shenali D. Waduge Amid the political fanfare the Sri Lankan Parliament canteen also made headlines recently. It was nothing to do with the 5-star hotel breakfast for Rs.80 or similar lunch for Rs.150 and nothing to do with honey, cornflakes, golden syrup and other delicacies accommodated on requests by Parliamentarians slavishly and tirelessly working on […]

More >

MEDIA RELEASE General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) and the Moragoda International Law Trust A MOU was signed on 15th May 2013 between the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) and the Moragoda International Law Trust to establish the Moragoda Endowment Professorship in International Law at the KDU. This is a project under […]

More >