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
Ajith Perakum Jayasinghe Sri Lanka People’s Party presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s dismissal to follow up with the resolutions of the present government with United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) appears to be pushing the island back to diplomatic crisis, if he elects to the presidency in the presidential held inContinue Reading
Ajith Perakum Jayasinghe A three-judge bench of Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka unanimously decided to dismiss the writ petition challenging Presidential candidate of Sri Lanka People’s Party (SLPP) Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The Court of Appeal is to pronounce reasons for the order, in the due course The petition was filedContinue Reading
Comprehensive Sexuality Education is a persisting issue in Sri Lanka. The education system has invested considerable effort to solve this issue but still students leave schools without adequate knowledge to face the adolescent and adult life ahead of them. (Continue reading the article after the advertisement) Teachers are often blamedContinue Reading
“Violence and extremism go hand in hand. It is propelled by various ideologies. These ideologies don’t happen in a vacuum. The majority of Sri Lankan youth identify themselves only as ‘Sri Lankans’ or as ‘human beings’ without other divisions. However, they still consider the ethnic factor as important, ” saidContinue Reading
The Economist international magazine says it seems that Gota and Mahinda will fight over every bit of power at the country’s expense. “Mahinda, the oldest brother, is a sun king, his chair in his meeting room a hand-span wider than the others. He says the post of prime minister willContinue Reading
A political commentator told us that the 68th Anniversary assembly of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) marks an important juncture of its political history. According to him, today the SLFP is a clean party which is capable of making a fresh start. By this time, all Rajapaksas have leftContinue Reading
“Kalamkari” is a handmade saree. It is coloured by natural pigments. Currently this is a very popular saree fashion in South India. This sari is traditionally manufactured in Telengana , Andra Pradesh. It is a traditional handicraft there. There are varieties in Kalamkari. One type is fully drawn by handContinue Reading
“While the Government promptly brought the situation more or less under control after the bomb blasts, many religious communities remain very concerned about their security because of incitement to hatred and violence by some religious extremists,” UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief Ahmed Shaheed said speaking toContinue Reading
Dhananath Fernando, Advocata Institute A few days ago, I read up on an interesting anecdote from the life of Steve Jobs. When Jobs was a little child, his father had asked him to paint the fence around his house. Steve took the task up and painted the outside of theContinue Reading
