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The End

23 Apr 2016 - 0     - 795

The tale of a Policeman haunted by his past, the film introduced wide-screen Cinemascope technology

Rajarata reigns reality

07 Apr 2016 - 0     - 558

This new Faculty has a mission to be an integrative force for promoting health – locally and globally.Aft

Mirroring colours

01 Feb 2016 - 0     - 656

An exhibition of paintings by artist Jayani C. Pinnawala titled Reflections in Colour will be held from today Monday, February 01 to Wednesday February 3 at the Lionel Wendt Art.....

The danger of BBS and unleashing xenophobia

01 Feb 2016 - 0     - 1255

If there were nothing else for its credit, the new government can claim that at least it unshackled the judiciary that has been subjugated by its predecessor. In the normal context, there is nothing to crow about that -- anywhere in the free world, the judiciary is meant to......

Cats and rats jump out of the Mervyn bag

17 Oct 2014 - 0     - 1065

Well-known for his conduct and controversial statements Minister Mervyn Silva has come to the limelight once again with yet another allegation that there are some people who prevent him from carrying out his duties as a people’s representative.

ISIS Crisis: Who’s battling whom for what?

17 Oct 2014 - 0     - 744

All fish live in water; dolphins are fish; therefore dolphins live in water. The construction of logical arguments such as this may not apply to politics. Don’t they say that politics defies logic? Nowhere is this truism more evident than in the crises involving ISIS in Iraq and Syria.

ARE THEY POISONING OUR CHILDREN?

16 Oct 2014 - 0     - 893

The article is based on a speech delivered by Dr. Damayanthi Perera at the symposium held at the Annual Scientific Sessions of the Medico Legal Society of Sri Lanka. Dr. Damayanthi Perera, nutritionist and an independent researcher, Ms. Deepika Seneviratna, Assistant Government.........

UPFA, UNP brace for presidential election

16 Oct 2014 - 0     - 1565

The ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance(UPFA) gave further rise  on Monday to speculation in political  circles about a snap presidential election in January next year.

A Nobel cause but cut the pedantics

16 Oct 2014 - 0     - 710

Last Friday, a Pakistani and an Indian jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Two fighters for children’s rights win Nobel Peace Prize

15 Oct 2014 - 0     - 659

It was not long ago that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Jeyaram was convicted and sentenced to a four-year jail term in a disproportionate case.

The Opposition’s rush to commit hara-kiri!

15 Oct 2014 - 0     - 529

Those who do not learn from history will be condemned to relive it. The United National Party (UNP) and the mainstream parliamentary Opposition in Sri Lanka...

End the gender apartheid

15 Oct 2014 - 0     - 664

There’s a form of apartheid that’s been taking place worldwide in every society, culture and religion known to mankind.

Why Sri Lanka needs a sexual revolution

13 Oct 2014 - 0     - 1979

The plight of a sex worker in Ratnapura, who was assaulted by a cop in public and now has her mother remanded over trumped up charges of prostitution is...

Underdevelopment, Poverty and Public Health

13 Oct 2014 - 0     - 427

The spread of the deadly Ebola virus in three West African countries, namely, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea has created a public health crisis in these countries...

Robust and Independent Judiciary behind Jayalalithaa conviction…

10 Oct 2014 - 0     - 485

Extremists of both corners of the political spectrum, in India as well as in Sri Lanka, must...

Kashmir exploding again: Modi must act like statesman

10 Oct 2014 - 0     - 427

It was only weeks ago that the Kashmiris on both sides of the divide came under the onslaught...

Papal visit SLFP in a dilemma over setting date for election

09 Oct 2014 - 0     - 661

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), the largest and key ally of the government, is now caught in a dilemma in selecting a date for the snap Presidential Election in January.

Che the uncompromising and unrepentant revolutionary

09 Oct 2014 - 0     - 565

Ernesto Che Guevara was assassinated on October 9, 1967.  He was captured in a military ambush in the small village of La Higuera in Bolivia.

Controlling ISIS without bombing

03 Oct 2014 - 0     - 452

A Western viewpoint (courtesy of Aubrey Bailey): “Some of our friends support our enemies, and some...

US policy Promoting or perverting democracy?

03 Oct 2014 - 0     - 559

US President Barack Obama in a recent speech and in a presidential memorandum has vowed to launch...

Pharma Mafia sabotages National Medicinal Drugs Policy

30 Sep 2014 - 0     - 786

Minister Maithripala Sirisena, who initially made a genuine effort to introduce the NMDP in line with WHO ratified Professor Senaka  Bibile’s proposals, recently presented a draft bill in a total deviation from the Bibile......

Taking a Vital Cue from our Giant Neighbour

30 Sep 2014 - 0     - 738

The landmark judgment given by an Indian Court to incarcerate the all-powerful Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jeyaram Jayalalithaa, who commands demigod status among South Indians and who has been a thorn in the Sri Lankan.......

UNP buoyed while UPFA gripped by political tremor

25 Sep 2014 - 0     - 895

His security officer picked the mobile phone, and brought it to him to answer the President who was on line. Jolted out of his nap, he answered the phone.

Progressive Realization of Human Rights and Domestic Obligations

25 Sep 2014 - 0     - 440

Many states have undertaken, as part of their international obligations (especially under ICCPR) to implement and enforce the rights enshrined in the Conventions...

uva Beginning of a change?

24 Sep 2014 - 0     - 863

What materialized at the elections held on Saturday, September 20 was the possibility number 3 as reasoned out in my last week’s column:

GBV: How can we end the scourge?

24 Sep 2014 - 0     - 451

There are many problems which pervade society, problems which have existed from long ago, and will exist long into the future,...

Rise in Price of Rice: Who Do We Call?

24 Sep 2014 - 0     - 393

In 2013, Sri Lanka earned close to US$6 million exporting 50,000 metric tonnes of rice on the back of a bumper harvest during the year producing 4.6 million metric tonnes.

Uva releases many messages

23 Sep 2014 - 0     - 415

The Uva Provincial Council is a rehearsal for the coming Presidential and General elections.  

‘Lands of extremes’ and the plight of their masses

23 Sep 2014 - 0     - 556

The Nigerian extremist rebel group Boko Haram  massacred several hundred villagers in north east Nigeria last month. Unfortunately, this follows the unprecedented kidnap of over 300 schoolgirls on April 14 in the troubled north. Some.....

Revamped Social Services vital for Sri Lanka

23 Sep 2014 - 0     - 402

There has been considerable progress over time in social legislation  and institutional development in this country with respect to a whole range of areas such as child protection, women’s affairs, labour relations........

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