by Rukshana Nanayakkara

The new electricity tariff is sending shock waves around the country and seems to have somewhat awakened the long overdue political consciousness of Sri Lankan households. On Wednesday, Colombo was paralyzed by a rally for ...
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2013-05-18 02:00:00 Hits: (48) Comments (0)

by Rukshana Nanayakkara

The death toll of the Bangladshi Savar tragedy has risen to more than 900, now. In the middle of this, last Wednesday, a fire broke out in another garment factory in Bangladesh taking the lives of eight people. Fingers are ...
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2013-05-11 02:00:00 Hits: (68) Comments (0)

by Rukshana Nanayakkara

Corruption and integrity are intertwined concepts. Corruption is the abuse of entrusted power for personal gain. Often corruption is identified with money. But its scope extends beyond monetary terms. It includes nepotism ...
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2013-05-04 02:00:00 Hits: (79) Comments (0)

Once, I was an observer of a consultation which sought people's opinion in identifying development priorities in a village in Ampara. Given the cultural dynamics, consultations of men and women were done separately. As a priority, the men emphasized on having a community centre for the village. ...
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2013-04-27 02:00:00 Hits: (51) Comments (0)

by Rukshana Nanayakkara

Ven. Maduluwawe Sobitha Thera’s efforts on reforming the Constitution has brought to surface the timeworn discussion on abolishing the Executive Presidency. We have always been in a governance crisis in this country, ...
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2013-04-20 02:00:00 Hits: (141) Comments (0)

By Rukshana Nanayakkara

In December last year, son of slain Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto re-emerged in fiery Pakistani politics. As the country is gearing up for elections in early May this year, the presence of this articulate young ...
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2013-04-06 02:00:00 Hits: (85) Comments (0)

By Rukshana Nanayakkara

Arecent article that appeared in a daily English newspaper went on rampage, bashing Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs).

This is not an uncommon phenomenon in Sri ...
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2013-03-30 02:00:00 Hits: (127) Comments (0)

The United States-sponsored resolution passed at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is neither a victory nor a defeat for anyone. The content of the resolution speaks for itself. The anti-western rhetoric will continue to cloud the true meaning of its ...
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2013-03-23 02:00:00 Hits: (107) Comments (0)

It is the meaningfulness of our work that makes us do what we do. The impact of the work of those who work on social justice issues tends to regularly get questioned by those looking for absolute tangible results.

Once, a friend of mine teasingly accused me ...
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2013-03-16 02:00:00 Hits: (53) Comments (0)

by Rukshana Nanayakkara

Corruption is inherently attached to power and this factor often makes the issue a taboo subject. This is more so in the military and defence sectors, as these are fundamentally associated with ...
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2013-03-09 02:00:00 Hits: (77) Comments (0)

Colombo Mayor, A.J.M. Muzammil, has informed Secretary to the Ministry of Defence and Urban Planning, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the Friedrich Naumann ...

An army corporal has been remanded till 30 May by the Trincomalee Acting Magistrate, S. Thiruchenthilnathan, for misbehaving with a woman passenger who was ...

One lane along Olcott Mawatha, Colombo 11 has been closed due to the protest carried out by JVP in the Punchi Borella- Maradana area against the increased ...

The Nawagaththegama Police have discovered 14 locally manufactured trap guns in a house in the Nawagaththegama area, the Police Media Unit told Ceylon Today ...

A resident from the Ambilipitiya area has been arrested by the Special Police Unit of the Walana Police for the possession of dry cannabis weighing 367 Kg ...

Thirteen persons who were injured after the bus they were travelling in had veered off the road and toppled in the Udapussellawa area in Walimada at around ...

Nissan has said it plans to recall about 841,000 vehicles worldwide due to a faulty steering wheel.

There will be showers at several places in the Western, Southern, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces.

Chairman of the Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha Prasanna Ranaweera has been admitted to the Kiribathgoda Hospital this morning, Hospital sources told Ceylon today ...

A French Naval Ship arrived at the Port of Colombo on a goodwill visit on Wednesday (22) with 56 naval personnel on board.

China Development Bank Corporation will lend US$580 million to Sri Lanka to help implement key infrastructure projects, a government document released on ...

Eighteen people have been arrested on suspicion of helping to smuggle Sri Lankan illegal immigrants into Britain in a series of dawn raids across Europe, ...

Milco (Pvt) Ltd, a government entity, is to pay Rs 9 million to secure the services of an auto racer as Brand Ambassador, and display a sticker on his ...

Despite the government's announcement that it will not do away with the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, its coalition partner the Jathika Hela Urumaya ...