Shenali D Waduge The US has been delivering democracy, liberating people, fighting for freedoms, carrying out coloured revolutions & regime change for centuries. What if, back home they have been ignoring their own problems. We have watched American envoys at UN promote self-determination, separate homeland & rights of people – what if black Americans decide […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් ලිට්‍රෝ සමාගම ගෑස් මිල දී ගැනීමේ දී, OQ සමාගමෙන් ගෑස් මිල දී ගන්නේ රුපියල් 105.40කට බවත්, සියෑම් ගෑස් සමාගමින් ගෑස් මිල දී ගන්නේ නම් ඒ සඳහා රුපියල් 112ක මිලක් එම සමාගමට ගෙවිය යුතුව තිබුණු බවත් එබැවින් වඩා වාසිදායක තේරීම ලෙස OQ සමාගමේ ගෑස් මිල දී ගත් බවත් ලිට්‍රෝ සභාපති මුදිත පීරිස් […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The university rag carried out by the JVP contained a strong element of sexual harassment, sadism and torture.The ragging was described as ‘inhuman’. There was cruel, inhumane ragging amounting to torture and verging on sadism, said commentators. The university ragging has a sadistic streak, they added. There was gratification of sadistic tendencies.  It […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS In Sri Lanka, sexual harassment is a criminal offence under Section 345 of the Penal Code. Ragging is a non-bailable offense leading to a prison term. Torture chambers are clearly criminal and have no place in a university. However, the university authorities and the police have been reluctant to squash such serious criminal […]

Sarath Wijesinghe, President’s Counsel.  Through the years Sri Lanka has being a strong prime source of trainable, reliable and loyal and above all cost effective supply of manpower to number of countries and industries majority finding employment in the Middle East sector and other regions for both skilled and unskilled.     The liberalization of trading with […]

By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando Courtesy Ceylon Today I received this information on the metamorphosis of ‘Colombo cinemas’ sent by a friend based in London. It was a text by a historian, Asiff Hussein. Hussein gives a historical account going back to the ‘tent’ days when the ‘silent’ English movies were shown. He deals with […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, September 15: In his address to the first batch of graduates of Sri Lanka’s National Defense College here on Wednesday, President Ranil Wickremesinghe made significant points: Firstly, Sri Lanka has unfortunately become a punching bag” because of Hambantota port although that port is only one of the 17 Chinese ports in this […]

 lanka C news හිටපු ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ සුරතලා විදුලිබල මන්ඩලයේ කෝටි ගණන් විනාශ කළ බව සුර්ය බල ඉදිකිරීම් සංගමය චෝදනා කරයි. එහි සභාපති වෛද්‍ය සම්පත් ශ්‍යාම් පතිරාජ මහතා මේ බව කියා සිටියේ අන්තර්ජාල නාලිකාවක සාකච්චාවකට එක්වෙමිනි. අදානි සමූහයේ ගිවිසුමට සුනිත්‍ය බලශක්ති අධිකාරියේ නිලධාරීන් අකමැති නිසා ගෙදර එවූ බවත් පැවසූ ඔහු සූර්ය බලශක්ති ව්‍යාපෘති වලට […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former minister Wimal Weerawansa said that most stupid politicians think that the Geneva Human Rights Council is the place that serves justice to human rights issues.  “This is another tool by US’s imperialist forces. They try to trap those who evade their mechanisms. Since Sri Lanka defeated separatism they are adding […]

Courtesy Adaderana China and other big creditors have a responsibility to prevent the debt problems facing emerging market and low-income countries from exploding, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said. Georgieva, speaking at an event hosted by the Center for Global Development, said 25% of emerging market and 60% of low-income countries were […]

Courtesy Hiru News India does not plan to provide fresh financial support to Sri Lanka on top of the nearly $4 billion it has extended this year, two sources told Reuters, as the island’s battered economy starts to stabilise after a preliminary loan agreement with the IMF. India has been the biggest provider of aid […]