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Though PM wants elections before April, President says they will be held in the latter half of the year Ministers take seasonal holidays; only 20 of 45 Cabinet members present at last meeting Ravi submits memo to give Rs. 300 m to Hilton promoter, but Kabeer Hashim objects It seems a strange but humorous co-incidence. [...]
Is Princess of Kolonnawa betraying Yahapalanaya?
My dear Hirunika, I thought I must write to you because everyone is talking about you these days when they should be talking about Santa Claus instead. I was wondering why and I thought it would be best to find out from you why so many people are making all these wild allegations against you. [...]
Sri Lanka warned of ISIS activity
A state intelligence arm has warned the Government over what it fears is the radicalisation of Muslim groups turning out to be supporters of the ISIS – the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. The concerns are reflected in a top secret report sent to President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. The report [...]
2015: Year of political gains and economic slippages
This year will go down in history as the year when the country rejected an autocratic form of government to return to a more democratic consensual and participatory form of governance. In that process of political change, the economy has slowed down and economic fundamentals have deteriorated. This year of significant political gains was one [...]
A year of mirabilis, horribilis and lunu miris
And so it came to pass that 2015 would enter the history books as a momentous year in that Miracle of Asia. Hardly had the nation stepped into the new year when, like in ancient times the unde bera beaters announced the ‘birth’ of a new king and the renaissance of the Polonnaruwa era. Nothing [...]
Mother Teresa at Heaven’s Gate
Santa Clause never came to Mother Teresa’s door. Instead it was cholera, smallpox, leprosy and a whole host of other terminal illnesses sardine packed in a container of human cargo that tottered to her door quivering betwixt ebbing life and painful death. They came not for miracles but for succour; for relief, care and a [...]