Ajith Perakum Jayasinghe Selvam Sivapakyam, who is in this picture was a resident of Mullaitivu in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. She participated in campaigns seeking justice for the missing persons during the past three years. She was in search of what happened to her daughter’s son Alfred DinuContinue Reading
Rajendra Wijesinghe Just after a couple of days from my father’s funeral, Para asked, “Why don’t you continue to share your days with your dad? A few days ago, Mr Bernard from Free media Movement said to me “You should continue to write? “Where am I to start?” “Start fromContinue Reading
Ajith Perakum Jayasinghe #Mystorylk I have been blogging since 2009. My collection of blogs is well over 5,000 in number. Most of them are in Sinhala. I write to newspapers as well. My interests are diverse. I have mostly written on politics, social issues, development and art. I am knownContinue Reading
The translation of a new column by Ajith Perakum Jayasinghe on Lanka Newspaper (Read in Sinhala) No one can deny that Gotabhaya Rajapakse’s government is popular among Sinhalese Buddhists. According to the presidential election results, Tamil and Muslim communities did not vote for the President. Among Sinhalese people also, theContinue Reading
Development News Brief by Ajith Perakum Jayasinghe Port City CSR project to clean beach south of Colombo Port City Colombo together with Wana Arana Foundation has launched a CSR project of daily clean-up of a five-kilometre stretch of beach from Wellawatte to Mount Lavinia, south of the capital city Colombo.Continue Reading
Development News Brief by Ajith Perakum Jayasinghe Colombo air unhealthy Air Quality Index (AQI) value of Colombo city is to be between 100-115 these days and can be bad for the people who are sensitive to air quality, says National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) Senior Scientist H.D Sarath Premasiri. Continue Reading
By Ajith Perakum Jayasinghe How well-planned is the government? Mrs. P.S.M. Charles was sworn in as the Governor of Northern Provincial Council of Sri Lanka yesterday. This is the second appointment given to her by the present regime. Charles was appointed as the Secretary to the Ministry of Health and Indigenous Medicine recently.Continue Reading
Nimal Siripala A Little known tiny Pacific Island Bougainville is now heading for its independence, and to break away from Papua New Guinea. International observers and media personalities have been descending at Buka airport since early this week. The former Irish Prime Minister, who has successfully negotiated the Belfast AgreementContinue Reading
Ajith Perakum Jayasinghe Swiss foreign ministry has confirmed the incident of the kidnap of a female embassy official by unknown assailants in Sri Lanka. Swissinfo.ch website reported that the Swiss foreign ministry announced in a written statement that the woman had been threatened in order to force her to discloseContinue Reading
Nanda Wanninayaka [email protected] The controversial former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, considered a moron by the West and the rest of the sensible world died a few weeks ago. Had Mugabe stepped down after two or three maximum presidential terms gracefully, he would have gone down in the history as aContinue Reading
