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(LG) Chandradasa was a young man living in an urban area making a living through various kinds of odd jobs.He was engaged in various kinds of buying and selling, such as the selling of vegetables and fish. He also worked in small commissions of trade. He was very well liked within his community; he was [...]

Twenty20’s push to be part of the 2020 Olympics has received a major fillip with news that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has voted to have the International Cricket Council (ICC) approved. However, while cricket – along with power boating sport climbing – can now bid to join the 2020 games [...]

(The Island) MANY view the judiciary with awe. Yet some believe that it is like any other segment of the society which is getting soiled day by day. When a former Chief Justice of India said that 15 per cent of judges were corrupt, there was a bit of shock because it confirmed the fears [...]

(Daily News) It was obvious from the moment Sarath Fonseka announced he was running for Presidency that he was a humourless and uncouth. That’s OK. We have had worse candidates and anyway politicians are known to be gutter-mouthed. It’s perhaps the occupational disease of all politicians. On the other hand, [...]

(The Island)  After a month or so of the kind of campaigning that would have been better conducted in a boxing ring, with padded gloves and a referee to point out the numerous punches landing so painfully below the belt, Mahinda Rajapaksa and Sarath Fonseka have released their manifestos. Serious reflection on the choice facing [...]

New Zealand will open its doors to Sri Lankan asylum seekers rescued at sea by Australian vessel the Oceanic Viking in October after originally refusing to give them refuge.

Immigration Minister Jonathan Coleman’s office has confirmed New Zealand has agreed to consider 13 of 78 Tamils who were taken to the Indonesian port of Tanjung Pinang.

“While [...]

Matara Mayor and SLFP Organizer Upul Nishantha today expressed his solidarity with Presidential candidate Gen. Sarath Fonseka today (16) . He said he is extending his support to him.

Upul Nishantha is a very popular politician in Matara and specially in the Town.

Opposition and UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe who is on the frontlines stumping for the opposition common candidate General Sarath Fonseka, took time off his campaign schedule last week to speak to Rajpal Abeynayake.

Wickremesinghe spoke about the election, media and the Tamil issues, and the Rajapaksas etc.,

The TNA is supporting the General. The government seems to [...]

Jim Jones reads the global trends forecast in today’s costlier cuppa. A storm in a teacup? Forgive the intentional pun, but few people seem to have noticed that international tea prices have soared in the past year.

Tea is not a large part of most families’ grocery budgets and, by the time you chuck that packet [...]

(Dr.P.A.Samaraweera – Australia) Jehan Perera, National Peace Council, who argued for peace talks, pauses and supported the West to stop the war against the terrorists in an article titled, “The importance of Ranil Wickremasinghe” to an English Daily of 12th Jan. 2010 says, “…Tamil National Alliance decision to support the candidacy of Sarath Fonseka reflects [...]

The Elections Commissioner is contemplating on going to courts against police who ignored his demand to remove all propaganda material by January 7th.
Despite continuous appeals, letters and circulars issued by the Elections Commissioner the police failed to remove the propaganda material in the Ampara, Anuradhapura, Gampaha, Kaluthara and Moneragala districts.
“The police failed miserably to carry [...]

Two accomplices of opposition candidate, Sarath Fonseka today were reported to have offered Rs.30 million as a ‘bribe’ to National Freedom Front Parliamentarian, M.Muzaimil at room number 205 at Hotel Sapphire, Wellawatte, authoritative sources said.

The alleged bribe had been offered to the MP requesting his presence at one of Fonseka’s press briefings to say the [...]

(Daily News) The truth is that without a firmly determined political will there cannot be success in war. It is an absolutely necessary primary condition. This kind of policy initiative can be launched and pursued only by the Executive President and no one else as it was actually the case in the anti separatist-terrorism [...]

(The Island) Rumesh Ratnayake first represented Sri Lanka against India and thus began his illustrious international Cricket career in 1982/1983.

He possesses a unique record. He is the only Sri Lankan cricketer to play in four countries India, Zimbabwe, Australia and New Zealand, as a schoolboy.

Rumesh Ratnayake is a fiery paceman and one of the finest [...]

(The Island) Political extremism is any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policies with the actions or ideologies of individuals or groups outside the perceived political center of a society with the violation of moral standards. Political extremism is a damaging factor to a country both economically and spiritually. Political extremism has many faces and [...]

(The Island) It is indeed ridiculous that Indonesian religious leaders urged Indonesian Muslims not to follow the acts of some Malaysian Muslims who attacked and damaged several churches in their country following the disputes over the use of the word “Allah” by non-Muslims. The attempts of some Catholic priests here (in Indonesia) to play [...]

(The Island) In the long hard haul that the process of resettlement has entailed, perhaps the most remarkable factor is the role played by the military. After the enormous effort involved in defeating the LTTE, there was no respite for the soldiers. Instead they have continued to work at a level of intensity that [...]