Narendra Modi: India’s ‘democratic’ dictator
Pressing events in Sri Lanka may have distracted our media from the momentous events that took place last week in the land of our ‘relations’ — as Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa called it recently In Ahamedabad’s Sadar Patel Cricket Stadium — the largest cricket stadium in the world — our big brother Narendra Modi and [...]
Two score years of elite soldiering
Almost to the date forty years ago, the Gazette notification giving birth to the then Commando Squadron was released with no pomp and pageantry. Go back to the history of the Special Forces, and you find that in this long journey, they have from meagre beginnings of living in cadjan accommodation and borrowing resources for [...]
Stay awake: Dictators’ dreams are nightmares for people
It is election time once again and the President’s party is seeking a two-thirds majority for the purpose of establishing a stable Government by amending the Constitution to strengthen the Executive Presidency. A Constitution is a document which guarantees the rights of a citizen by limiting the powers of the Government. The history of the [...]
Govt. urged to take principled stand on Palestinian cause
Sri Lanka should reassert its support for the Palestinian cause was the call at a panel discussion held on Wednesday in Colombo. The panel discussion saw Jantha Vimukthi Peramuna’s former Parliamentarian Bimal Rathnayake, former Ambassador Dayan Jayatilleke, veteran international affairs journalist Mahinda Hattaka and guest speaker and Palestine Ambassador Zuhair Zaid dismissing the US president [...]
WNPS monthly lecture: Discussion on Indian pangolin with special reference to Sri Lanka
Dr Priyan Perera will deliver the monthly Wildlife and Nature Protection Society (WNPS) lecture on March 19 at 6 p.m. at the Jasmine Hall, BMICH. He will speak on ‘Unwinding the secrets of elusive Indian Pangolin’. The Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) is a solitary, elusive and predominantly nocturnal mammal native to South Asia. Its high [...]
Symposium on ‘Empowering scientists through enhanced entrepreneurship skills’
A Symposium on ‘Empowering scientists through enhanced entrepreneurship skills’ will be held on March 28 from 9 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. at the Jetwing Colombo Seven, 57, Ward Place, Colombo 7. Organised by the Council of the Sri Lanka National Chapter of the Organisation for Women in Science for the Developing World (SLNC-OWSD), under the [...]
Derrick Junkeer holds concert for Australia’s bushfire victims
Well known singer Derrick Junkeer of Sri Lankan origin now living in Melbourne Australia who has raised funds for many charitable causes in his homeland, was moved to hold a concert – the entire proceeds of which were donated for the rehabilitation of people affected by bushfires in Australia. TV and radio personalities such as [...]
A talk on Kasturba Gandhi by Dr. Shobhana Radhakrishna
In celebration of International Women’s Day,“Kasturba Katha” a talk on Kasturba Gandhi by Dr.Shobhana Radhakrishna will be held today (Sunday) at 4.30 p.m. at the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (SVCC), High Commission of India, Colombo. Dr.Shobhana Radhakrishna, a renowned Gandhian is on a mission to reintroduce Mahatma Gandhi to the people of India and abroad. [...]
Sunshine Charity selected as one of the grantees of SLMANA
The Sunshine Charity has been selected as one of the grantees of the Sri Lanka Medical Association of North America (SLMANA). Over the last couple of years, the generous funding for the health and wellbeing programme has provided 50 Sunshine children with a nutritious meal and a glass of flavoured milk. The nine SLMANA Initiatives [...]
Will the Coronavirus topple China’s one-party regime?
CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – It may seem preposterous to suggest that the outbreak of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, has imperiled the rule of the Communist Party of China (CPC), especially at a time when the government’s aggressive containment efforts seem to be working. But it would be a mistake to underestimate the political implications of China’s [...]