By Rohana R. Wasala Courtesy The Island The overwhelming success of the Matara rally has demonstrated beyond any doubt that the pro-Mahinda forces have decisively turned the tide against the status quo. It is not against the presidency of Mr Maithripala Sirisena. He is secure as president for the next five years, but at present […]

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Shenali D Waduge  450 years of foreign invasion & occupation, 133 years of British rule cannot replace 2300 years of Sinhala Buddhist rule but they keep trying and gaining ground too. 67 years of post-independence where former colonies remain tied to and enslaved by colonial systems cannot be allowed to continue the hidden objective of […]

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Adaderana Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday (16) denied allegations that members of the former government had earned a commission of Rs. 15 billion from the Norochcholai coal power project. Issuing a statement he said At a media briefing last Friday, former president Chandrika Kumaratunga alleged that members of the Rajapaksa government had earned a […]

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Adaderana A committee comprising of six members has been appointed to coordinate between President Maithripala Sirisena and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, with regard to the future affairs of the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) including its main coalition partner – SLFP. The committee was appointed today during a meeting held to discuss the prevailing political […]

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තිස්ස ගුණතිලක, සිඞ්නි නුවර සිට ප්‍රවාහයට ඉඞ සලසා ගේට්ටු සියල්ලම හැර දමා ඇත. දැන්නම් රැල්ල නවතින්න හේතුවක්ද නැත. ජය ලබන තෙක්ම මෙම ප්‍රවාහය හැසිරවිය යුතුය. මහින්ද රාජපක්‍ෂ නැවත දේශපාලනයට පිවිසීමට ගත් තීරණයේ ජාතියේ වාසනාව රැදී ඇත. දැන් ඉතින් මේ රටට නැවතත් හොද දසාවක් ලබාවි. අපේ දරැවන්ට දෙන්න රටක් ඉතුරැ වේවි.  සිංහලය කියලා කටපුරා ආඞම්බරෙන් කියන්න […]

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By   Bodhi Dhanapala, Quebec, Canada. In a news report by Don Asoka Wijewardena in the Island newspaper  (15th of June, 2015), we are told that Scientists welcome glyphosate Ban …..” However, it should be stated that the vast majority of Sri Lankan scientists had expressed opposition to the ban via the National Academy of Sciences, […]

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