KAMALIKA PIERIS Unlike other political parties, the JVP has actively intruded into the   university as a disruptive force. It has obstructed university education in several ways. It has hampered undergraduate studies, and made promising students leave university by torturing and sexually harassing them. UGC survey on ragging (2018) observed that one of the consequences of […]

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Sasanka De Silva Pannipitiya. Politics should not be used to advance religions and vice versa.Similarly, avoid using sports to advance religions.It will lead to both the nation’s and sport’s demise.In fact, it should make illegal to make any religious gestures on a playing field. Sri Lanka Cricket should take a very serious look at the incident involving one […]

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Dilrook Kannangara Sri Lanka’s current taxation system is only focused on taxing income and consumption. How about wealth? Sri Lanka has a horrible disparity between the top 1% and the bottom 50%. The top 1% (about 200,000 people) owns 32% of the wealth while the bottom 50% (over 11 million people) owns just 3.7% of […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella says that the news reports being circulated claiming that the ‘Thriposha’ distributed among newborn babies and mothers contain the carcinogen called Aflatoxin is completely false. Speaking in parliament today (21) the Health Minister said there is no Aflatoxin in Thriposha and that legal action will be taken against the […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Malaysia’s Cabinet has agreed to recruit 10,000 workers from Sri Lanka after taking into account the state of the country which has been hit by an economic crisis, says Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan. In a statement on Wednesday (Sept 21), the Malaysian Human Resources Minister said the Sri Lankan government had submitted […]

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