By Sena Thoradeniya (Continued from August 17, 2024) Modi’s recent electoral setback is a lesson for all election predictors of this side of Palk Strait. Modi managed to retain power with the help of a coalition of regional parties. BJP which held 201 rural constituencies was able to retain only 126 of them according to […]

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Shenali D Waduge How orchestrated” were the protests in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh & now Indonesia – Each certainly had a core reason but were there some hidden hands egging them on? How many of these pawns were aware & how many simply joined in for their own reasons? Did any of them stop to […]

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KAMALIKA PIERIS General C.S. Weerasooriya ’s memoir, ‘Duty and Devotion’ (2024) records certain valuable observations about the conduct of the Eelam war in Sri Lanka .Weerasooriya   had a successful career in the Sri Lanka army and  retired as  Commander of the Army in 1998. He participated in the Eelam war, in various locations, and in […]

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by Prof. Sunil Wimalawansa, MD, PhD, MBA, DSc., Prof of Medicine The current political landscape in Sri Lanka is fraught with issues that render the existing politicians unsuitable for the presidency. How can people trust members of parliament who become politicians purely to make money, sell their duty-free car permits, and abuse power? Honesty, integrity, […]

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Dialogue Works Paul Craig Roberts (PCR) has had careers in scholarship and academia, journalism, public service, and business. He is chairman of The Institute for Political Economy. President Reagan appointed Dr. Roberts Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy and he was confirmed in office by the U.S. Senate. From 1975 to 1978, Dr. […]

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Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, August 24 (Daily Mirror) –  Close on the heels of the Supreme Court’s direction to conduct elections to the local authorities as early as possible, the Election Commission said it would be possible only after the conclusion of the Presidential Election. Responding to a question about the next action, Commission’s […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena has expressed the government’s readiness to attract foreign investments and its plans to increase the share of alternative energy sources to cut down the dependence on crude oil. He conveyed this, in a meeting with a leading entrepreneur from the People’s Republic of South Korea, Tong-Jo Mun at the Temple […]

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Courtesy Adaderana The Election Commission has urged voters not to be influenced or misled by the surveys conducted by various parties regarding the upcoming presidential election.  The Commissioner General of Elections, Saman Sri Ratnayake, emphasized that voters should not feel compelled to change their opinions based on these surveys.

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Lankaweb Health This short video clip highlights the utmost importance of preserving the consumption of Coconut oil use in Sri Lanka as opposed to Palm oil, etc.  It benefits were so well explained and pioneered by Prof DP Atukorale’ who was my classmate and Medical School batch mate, many years ago.  Big Pharma and Corporate […]

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