by M. THIYAGARAJAH

President Mahinda Rajapaksa did not allow some of the issues in the relationship with India to come in the way of his recent pilgrimage to Buddha Gaya and Tirupathi. And India, on its part, has been extending the ...
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2013-05-07 02:00:00 Hits: (125) Comments (0)

By M. Thiyagarajah

Indian commentators like Col. R. Hariharan have gone to town to declare that India is losing patience with Mahinda Rajapaksa. They are upset because the Sri Lankan President has not met India's demand for ...
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2013-04-24 02:00:00 Hits: (294) Comments (0)

By M. Thiyagarajah

Sri Lanka has got away with a 'mild' reprimand at the UN Human Rights Council but it has left a trail of bitterness in India's regional politics. The resolution passed by majority vote only sought to 'encourage' ...
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2013-04-16 02:00:00 Hits: (128) Comments (0)

By M. Thiyagaraja

The resolve of Sri Lanka Muslim Congress, (SLMC), to safeguard the Provincial Council (PC) system is a welcome development. As an ally of President Rajapaksa and as a constituent of the ruling alliance, the party should ...
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2013-02-28 02:51:00 Hits: (255) Comments (0)

By M. Thiyagarajah

As the government of President Mahinda Rajapaksa continues to drag its feet, not only on a solution to the ethnic issue, but also to holding elections to the Northern Provincial Council, it will be worth the while ...
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2013-02-20 02:00:00 Hits: (149) Comments (0)

By C. Maliyadde

Where is the Sri Lankan economy 65 years after Independence? Sixty five years may be too short a period of time to reflect upon an economy for a country that boasts of a history spanning 2500 years. Yet, ...
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2013-02-19 02:00:00 Hits: (110) Comments (0)

By M. Thiyagarajah

There are reasons to believe that China, which has emerged as our most trustworthy friend, is not pleased by the temerity of our police in arresting one hundred of its nationals. The arrests were made around the ...
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2013-02-12 02:00:00 Hits: (149) Comments (0)

By M. Thiyagarajah

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has much to worry in 2013.  His government has not earned any brownie point as yet. The mixed bag of results in last year’s Provincial Council elections show he has not passed the accountability ...
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2013-02-08 10:28:00 Hits: (415) Comments (0)

By Chandrasena Maliyadde

Sri Lanka is the land like no other and on its way to become the ‘Wonder of Asia.’

Living up to the letter as well as to the spirit of this notion, the country has been submerged in ...
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2013-01-19 11:14:00 Hits: (66) Comments (0)

By M. Thiyagarajah

Where is the peace dividend in Sri Lanka – in terms of a boost to investments and surge in jobs? Officials are still loath to field this question, and there are few takers for the ...
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2012-12-31 02:04:00 Hits: (220) Comments (0)

Vesak Day is a celebration for Buddhists worldwide and an opportunity for all members of the international community to benefit from their rich ...

Six individuals have been arrested by the Police Special Task Force (STF) in Kolonnawa last night for the possession of the “Walla Patta” Plant, ...

With differences over the operation and maintenance (O&M) charges and the gross heat rate issues in the power purchase agreement (PPA) sorted out, NTPC ...

The Indian Crime branch officers on Sunday arrested a 35-year-old Sri Lankan, who was an operative of banned outfit Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), ...

The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice S. Skandaraja, yesterday (20) granted permission to 1,474 petitioners to amend their petitions challenging ...

Rescue workers raced against time and darkness Monday night looking for survivors after a powerful tornado blasted an area outside of Oklahoma City, ...

The Lawyers' Collective yesterday said they will provide free legal aid to trade unionists who are due to engage in strike action today (21) if their ...

The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday announced that the World Health Organization (WHO) informed that the percentage of dicyanamide composition in ...

It has now come to light that the door-to-door campaign at Anamaduwa, mooted by the UNP Leader, Ranil Wickremesinghe, to enrol members to the Party had ...

A lecturer of the Sri Jayewardenepura University had been terminated from service for political reasons while the university administration ...

Irrigation dept advises people to be on alert as the water level of Gin ganga and Nilwala ganga increasing and overflowing at 3 places. 

Police said a man had killed his wife by pouring kerosene oil on her body and setting her on fire due to suspicions that she was having an illicit love ...

The eldest daughter of former JVP leader Rohana Wijeweera’s has been remanded until 03 June after being produced in Court today on charges of ...

SP Ravindra Karawita of the Mout Lavinia Police has stated that no information has been revealed as yet on the abduction of the husband of a Lawyer from the ...