How to make our country great again
Donald Trump wants to ‘Make America Great Again’. British Conservative Brexiteers wanted Brexit to keep Great Britain as Great Britain. Every nutty and potty politician around the world wants to make his country to be ‘Great’ — whatever it means. And the cry of the Sinhala politicians right through 73 years after Independence has been [...]
Twenty First Century Fox
It was that famous journalist of yesteryear, the chief editor of Lake House Mervyn de Silva, who dubbed President J.R. Jayewardene the Twentieth Century Fox. Shrewd and calculating, Machiavellian to his fingertips, his hooded brows hiding his thoughts from those to whom he spoke, JR was able to outmanoeuvre opponents and detractors in his own [...]
Let’s protest; it’s our right
But guidelines are necessary not to make our demonstrations unlawful By Nadvi Mohideen Protesting is in. It is a cool thing to do. We have spent the past five months writing placards, going to Galle Face, making cutlets and sandwiches for protestors and going through all the latest news on our phones. We did not [...]
HelpAge tills help provide free cataract surgeries for senior citizens
Funds collected by HelpAge Sri Lanka (HASL) by placing tills at countrywide super markets, city centres, banks, restaurants, shops, pharmacies and the BMICH in Colombo were highlighted at the HelpAge annual progress meeting held at HASL Head Office, Borelasgamuwa recently. HASL says that the funds collected from tills are utilised to perform free cataract surgeries [...]
Foundation Day Celebration of Republic of Korea
The Korean Embassy led by Korean Ambassador, Santhush Woonjin Jeong hosted the National Foundation Day Celebrations of the Republic of Korea, at Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo on October 5. It is a monumental year to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the establishment of the Korean nation, against the backdrop of the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations [...]
Elon Musk’s covert war on free speech
By Richard K. Sherwin, exclusively for the Sunday Times in Sri Lanka The American newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst sent illustrator Frederic Remington to cover the Cuban War of Independence. When Remington relayed that “there will be no war,” Hearst allegedly cabled back: “You furnish the pictures, and I’ll furnish the war.” It’s an old [...]