Shenali D Waduge When countries with records of unprecedented mass murders feel it politically fashionable to annually commemorate an incident which took place in Sri Lanka which is miniscule to the crimes they committed, when political correctness has silenced people & prevented them voicing the truth, at least this 40th year we need to produce some […]

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Sugath Kulatunga Merrill Fernando the pioneer of branded teas and the creator of the internationally recognized Dilmah Tea is no more. With his demise there has been a number of articles of appreciation in the media. In his path of triumph, he had to face many problems both in the market and on the domestic […]

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By Sanjeewa Jayaweera Courtesy The Island In a statement issued on July 12,, Singapore’s Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) said, Singapore adopts a strict zero-tolerance approach towards corruption. The CPIB investigates all cases without fear or favour and will not hesitate to take action against all parties involved in corrupt practices.” The statement was issued […]

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Insight By Sunil Kumar  The recent proposal by  President Wickremasinghe  to approve a land bridge between Sri Lanka and India may not be beneficial to Sri Lanka from many perspectives.It could open the floodgates to many issues that have been contentious towards Sri Lanka’s National Security  in the past  and have been conscientiously kept secure […]

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C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D. All human progress has depended on ‘new questions’ rather than on ‘new answers’ to the old questions.” Alfred North Whitehead — Science and the Modern World, 1925 Sinhala [language]’s survival as a clearly Indo-Aryan language can be considered a minor miracle of linguistic and cultural history” –James W. Gair, Studies in South Asian Linguistics: […]

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Dilrook Kannangara Sri Lankan government spend on public health is not the same across the provinces. There is acute discrimination against some provinces. Healthcare cost is measured in per head (per capita) spend so it is a fair and comparable measure. When per head public healthcare cost is compared across the provinces, a terrifying and […]

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Manusha Media පටු විදියට හිතන්නේ නැති, ජාතිවාදී, ආගම්වාදී නොවන, ජාතික වශයෙන් හිතන නායකයෙක් එක්ක වැඩ කරන්න උතුරේ ජනතාව සූදානම් ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණේ පුස් රැල්ල බිදිලා. ඒ ශෝ එක ඉවරයි හරිනි අමරසූරියලාගේ දේශපාලන නිරුවත දැන් පේනවා හැමෝම එකට එකතු කරගනිපු ගමන් අපි යන්නේ දැන් ආර්ථිකය ගොඩ නගමින් යනවා වැටී තිබුණ රට ගොඩ ගැනීමේ ගමනට එක්වන සෙට […]

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By Uriel Araujo  Courtesy Global Research,  While Western discussions have focused on sending sophisticated weapons to Kiev, Hal Brands, a Henry Kissinger Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, argues that what Ukraine needs the most, besides air-defense systems, is artillery ammunition. He describes the current conflict as an artillery-centric one: if Kiev can’t find […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Plantation Industries and Minister of Industries, Dr. Ramesh Pathirana stated that action will be taken to establish an Agriculture and Plantation Research University by merging all institutions connected to the plantation industry and agriculture sector, as per President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s concept.  The fundamental draft related to this has already been prepared, […]

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