By K.V.Tissa

The romantic phase of the Arab spring is long over. Passionate youth on the streets of Cairo and Tunis challenging the long standing dictatorships of those countries was an iconic moment in recent history bringing back memories East ...
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2012-06-10 16:02:00 Hits: (249) Comments (0)

By K.V.Tissa

Along with China, India was the biggest economic success story of the last two decades. Recording phenomenal economic growth, China averaging over 10% and India in the range of eight, these two nations alone have pulled more people ...
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2012-06-03 13:55:00 Hits: (211) Comments (0)

By K.V.Tissa

The phenomenal economic and military strides made by China in recent years have made several of its neighbours nervous and with good reason too. Recent events in the seas off the Philippines suggest that the peaceful rise that was ...
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2012-05-27 14:40:00 Hits: (191) Comments (0)

The prospect of war in the Middle East rose dramatically last week when America's most senior defence official was reported to have claimed that there is a real possibility of Israel sticking its arch nemesis in the region, Iran within the first half of this year.

A ...
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2012-02-05 00:00:14 Hits: (299) Comments (0)

When on 4 February 2011, General Thein Sein, by then retired from the army, was appointed as the Head of State by Myanmar’s newly formed parliament there was little expectation that this would be a historic moment in the troubled South East Asian country. Sein had led the ...
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2012-01-29 14:15:00 Hits: (338) Comments (0)

By K.V. Tissa

Last week saw overwhelming criticism of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) report from the opposite ends of the ethnic spectrum. The Commission's final document that was tabled in Parliament in ...
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2012-01-22 14:25:00 Hits: (282) Comments (0)

In the third century BC preceding the military conquest of Rajarata by King Dutta Gamini Abaya, his father Kavan Tissa had the unenviable task of uniting all regional kingdoms against the mighty Chola who were at Anuradhapura. Rohana lying south and east of the River Mahaveli was ...
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2012-01-15 14:20:00 Hits: (385) Comments (0)

"...On our side, we have to be mindful of reactions in Tamil Nadu where there are special sensitivities and relationships bearing on this matter. I believe it is in our joint interest to ensure that passions are not inflamed in either country, since this would defeat our objective of trying to ...
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2012-01-08 00:00:14 Hits: (556) Comments (0)

Emirates will increase services to Colombo from June 30. This will increase the number of flights between the two cities to four each day on those ...

A 1 year and 4 months old infant who sustained injuries after being run over by a jeep in a house in the Tangalle area has died after being admitted to the ...

The National Investigations Department (DNI) of the Dominican Republic arrested members of a people trafficking network with possible links to international ...

On Thursday, the Q branch of the Tamil Nadu police, with the assistance of the Ernakulam North police, took 21 Sri Lankans who were about to sail to ...

A Buddhist monk has set himself on fire at the car park of a prominent Hotel close to Sri Dalada Maligawa in Kandy in protest against the slaughtering of ...

Thirty- three persons who had fallen ill due to food poisoning after attending a pooja at a Kovil in the Thirukovil area in Ampara have been admitted to the ...

Immigration Minister Brendan O'Connor has granted lawyers access to two Tamil asylum seekers who feared they would be removed to Sri Lanka.

Notwithstanding the fact that previous attempts to escape from refugee camps in search of greener pastures in Australia through the sea route had ...

The discipline instilled form Buddha;s teaching enabled our nation to achieve a great culture, bringing worldwide honor and respect to us as a nation states ...

A fire has erupted at a warehouse in the Colombo Harbour at around 1 this morning, the Police Media Unit told Ceylon Today Online.

Sri Lanka Railways incurs a minimum loss of Rs 370 million per year, mostly due to its poor financial management, the All Ceylon Railway Employees' ...

The Ministry of Buddha Sasana and Religious Affairs, has banned the sale of irreverent and scary masks during the Vesak season. The Secretary to the ...

Chairman of the Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha (PS), Prasanna Ranawaeera, who was assaulted yesterday (23) and had to be hospitalized, alleged he was attacked ...

Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) Parliamentarian, Athuraliye Rathana Thera said, yesterday the government must be compelled to change its stand on the 13th ...