H. L. D. Mahindapala Lenin once said that  Bernard Shaw was a good man fallen among  the Fabians – a group of wishy-washy left-wingers whose airy-fairy politics was neither in capitalism nor in any kind of scientific socialism. It was, at best, a shade of state welfarism within the capitalist framework. Prof. Laksiri Fernando (LF) […]

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RANJITH SOYSA Sri Lankan President, Maithripala Sirsena really assumed a theatrical role when he became a critic of the Police Department and the Attorney General’s Department for ‘wasting’ time” in nabbing the political opponents. One wonders whether he is interested in increasing his power base by this populist remarks when he is the constitutional head […]

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by Jay Deshabandu Citizens in our country hear conflicting facts about the new constitution that will be in the parliament or before the people for a referendum in the near future.   There is strong belief and doubt among many of us about the intent of the need for a new constitution.   If in fact a […]

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Thilanka Kanakarathna Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Frontline Socialist Party, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), Hela Urumaya, Joint Opposition and several trade unions today pledged their support to the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) to form a new alliance to abolish the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM). In a press briefing where four political […]

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Dr Sarath Obeysekera I have written about the alliance between these two faction earlier during previous JVP terror .JVP instigated terror in the country and connived with GMOA and brought the country to standstill.Premadasa called a  Lieutenant who is now retired and asked him to get Wijeweera dead  or alive He went to Navalapitya and […]

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KAMALIKA  PIERIS Yahapalana government does not seem interested in developing the stock market. The stock market is  in decline. The Securities  and  Exchange Commission (CSE) All Share Price Index (ASPI) which significantly outperformed major global indices such as the MSCI World, Dow Jones, FTSE100 and DAX during 2010-2013, dismissed however, as mostly pump and dump […]

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By Thilanka Kanakarathna Courtesy The Daily Mirror Turning down requests by the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) to be reappointed as the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC), Prof. Carlo Fonseka cited his medical condition as the reason to do so. Referring to the GMOA strikes, Prof. Fonseka said he would not approve of […]

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Courtesy The Island Prof. Carlo Fonseka requested the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) yesterday not to strike over issues pertaining to his extension in service as President of the Sri Lanka Medical Council. Prof. Fonseka made this request when a GMOA delegation led by its President Dr. Anuruddha Padeniya and Secretary Dr Haritha Aluthge met […]

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