Prof. N.A.de S. Amaratunga DSc Tamils and also Muslims to a degree in the North, East, Centre and Colombo voted for this government rejecting their own ethnic political parties which helped the government to get more than two thirds majority. The significance of this change of heart, if it is that, should be understood by […]

Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka cannot continue to endure rantings every time there is an Indian election or allow continuous illegal fishing & raping of Sri Lanka’s marine eco-system. Sri Lanka cannot ignore the livelihoods of Sri Lankan fisher community & allow illegal fishing as humanitarian” & more importantly allow the usage of internationally banned […]

ප්‍ර සමරසිංහ  බුද්ධ දේශනයට අනුව අවිද්‍යාව ඇති කල්හි සංඛාර ඇතිවේ (අවිජ්ජා පච්චයා සංඛාරා); විද්‍යාව පහළවීම (විජ්ජා උදපාදී) දම්සක් පැවතුම් සූත්‍රයේ සඳහන්ය. මේ විද්‍යාව ඇරෙන්නට වෙනත් විද්‍යාවක් හෝ වෙනත් අවිද්‍යාවක් අපට නැත.  සිරිලක්බිම එකල විසූ ඉංග්‍රීසි බස උගත් බටහිර සංස්කෘතික ආධිපත්‍යට ලැදි සිංහල-උගතුන්, ඉංග්‍රීසි බසේ ‘සයන්ස්’ (science) යන පදයට සිංහල පරිවර්තනය, විද්‍යාව ලෙස හඳුන්වා දීම කිසිසේත්ම නිවැරදි නොවේය. ඔවුනට […]

By Nalliah Thayabharan The US is going isolationist while China is going the opposite way, what an exceptional  phenomenon. China was happy to buy instead of making their own chips, but the US cut them off. So China has to develop chips by themselves. Once they do, the US chip industry will suffer greatly. Chinese […]

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Centre Stage Sashi Tharoor – a political priority for India…. relevant for Sri Lanka as much as it is for India..…policy our past dynastic political leaders chose to do otherwise…

NJ THAKURIA Geneva: New Year has brought sad news for the Indian media fraternity as a young scribe was found murdered in Bijapur locality of Chhattisgarh State on Friday. Local media persons informed that the body of journalist Mukesh Chandrakar was recovered from a newly constructed septic tank belonging to an influential contractor based in […]

Chanaka Bandarage If the intention of the program is to make Sri Lanka clean it is a fantastic idea. Sri Lanka is perhaps the cleanest country in South Asia, but it is one of the dirtiest in South East Asia (Sri Lanka can also be categorised as part of South East Asia). The problem is […]

By Nalliah Thayabharan In the 1980s, India and China’s GDPs were relatively close, but the countries have since diverged significantly:GDP: In 1980, China’s GDP was $302.9 billion, while India’s was $189.4 billion.Per capita GDP: In 1980, China’s per capita GDP was $306.9, while India’s was $276.3.Growth rate: China’s average growth rate was typically 100% higher […]

By Maneesha Dullewe Courtesy The Morning Despite Government attempts at imposing price controls on the market with the ostensible goal of providing relief to consumers, it has often led to supply and demand issues, with consumers bearing the brunt of the impact.   According to economists, when price controls are imposed, price signals are distorted and […]

Courtesy The Morning A special meeting is scheduled for tomorrow (6) between President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Attorney General (AG) Parinda Ranasinghe, PC at the Presidential Secretariat, The Sunday Morning learns. This meeting comes amid ongoing speculation that the President’s Office has requested AG Ranasinghe to resign from his post.  However, sources within the AG’s Department have […]

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