The Press and Politics
Speech by Bradman Weerakoon at DR Wijewardene Memorial Award 2007 31st July 2007 at the BMICH D.R. Wijewardene The subject Ranjit Wijewardene prescribed for me was The Press and Politics and I…
Speech by Bradman Weerakoon at DR Wijewardene Memorial Award 2007 31st July 2007 at the BMICH D.R. Wijewardene The subject Ranjit Wijewardene prescribed for me was The Press and Politics and I…
July 2007 In the past 18 months, over 2,000 Sri Lankans have been kidnapped or murdered, allegedly by government death squads. Now Human Rights Watch is calling for aid to Sri Lanka…
By Frederica Jansz It was around 8 p.m. Weary after a days work and looking forward to going home to his bride of just one month, 26 year old Subramaniam Raveesh stepped…
Photo credit: Sam de Silva The Neelan Tiruchelvam Lecture delivered by Gareth Evans, the former Foreign Minister of Australia and the current President of the International Crisis Group (ICG), was a lucid…
The recent furore over the sale of duty free vehicles by the JHU is fodder for my latest article. There are several versions to this. The Ven. Rathana thero asserts that the…
Traders on Jaffna Stanley Road are badly affected by the closure of the road. The road is closed for public usage for security reasons and only pedestrians are allowed to use it.…
ගරු ජනà·à¶°à·’පà¶à·’à¶à·”මනි. අධ්â€à¶ºà·à¶´à¶± ඇමà¶à·’à¶à·”මනි විà·à·Šà·€ විද්â€à¶ºà·à¶½ පâ€à·Šâ€à¶»à¶à·’පà·à¶¯à¶± කොමිසමේ සභà·à¶´à¶à·’à¶à·”මනි විà·à·Šà·€ විද්â€à¶ºà·à¶½à¶ºà¶§ යෑමට සියලූ සුදුසුකම් à¶à·’බු මේ දà·à¶»à·“යට එය අහිමි වුයේ පදිංචි දිස්à¶à·’â€à·Šâ€à¶»à¶šà·Šà¶šà¶º à·€à·à¶»à¶¯à·“ම නිසà·à¶¯? එය මක෠දම෠හ෠නà·à·€à¶ අයදුම් පà¶à¶šà·Š ගෙන්වළ
මළ ජූලි à·„à¶à¶šà·’න්වà¶à·Š පà·à¶©à¶¸à¶šà·Š ෙන෠ගන්නළ Photo credit: Tamilnation.org My article deals with the social and political after-effects of one of the most despicable episodes in Sri Lankan history – the ethnics…
ඉන්දු ලංක෠ගිවිසුම (1987 ජූලි- 2007 ජූලි): අවස්ථà·à·€à¶šà·Šà¶¯? බලහà¶à·Šà¶šà·à¶»à¶ºà¶šà·Š ද? “ඉන්දු ලංක෠ගිවිසුමෙහි දසවන සංවà¶à·Šà·ƒà¶»à¶º අවස්ථà·à·€ පෙන්නුම් කරන්නේ එහි අරමුණ වු ජනවà·à¶»à·Šà¶œà·’ක ගà·à¶§à·…ුවට දේà·à¶´à·à¶½à¶± විසඳුමක් සොය෠ගà·à¶±à·“මෙහි ල෠à·à·“â€à·Šâ€à¶» ලංකà·à·€ ඇදහිය නොහà·à¶šà·’…
වික්ටර් අයිවන්ට පිළිà¶à·”රක් : à¶à·€à¶à·Š බොහ෠දේ à¶à·’බේ උවිඳු කුරුකුලසූරිය “à·ƒà·à¶´à¶»à·à¶°à·“ අපහà·à·ƒ නීà¶à·’යට එරෙහිව මෙන්ම ජනමà·à¶°à·Šâ€à¶º නිදහස වෙනුවෙන්ද වික්ටර් අයිවන් විà·à·à¶½ à·€à·à¶© කොටසක් කර ඇà¶à·’ බව අවිවà·à¶¯à·’à¶à¶º. එහෙà¶à·Š ඒ සියල්ල à¶à¶¸à¶±à·Š à¶à¶±à·’වම…
A litany of socio-political problems we face today can directly or indirectly be traced back to the existence and growth of corruption. Bordering on criminality, exacerbating extreme poverty, stifling economic development and…
Shanthi Sachithanandam A.H. Macan Markar, MP Kalkudah electorate Speaking on the Sinhala Only Bill in 1956. This was during the post colonial period. The Southern Muslim political leaders, who formed the mainstream…
In the past two months Hugh Masekela and Afroreggae have given sold-out concerts in the Barbican. But this note is not about jazz or reggae; it traces some reverberations and reflections these…
Here is an extract from “Emergency ’58 – The Story of the Ceylon Race Riots”, a book Tarzie Vittachi wrote in 1958. Between eight and ten o’clock that morning the situation all…
R.M.B Senanayake The Supreme Court is looking into the Education Ministry circular on School Admissions. According to a writer in the Daily News the court wants to ensure equal treatment for all…