The lull in what has been one long political storm was shattered last afternoon with the news that Sripathy Sooriyarachchi, the Member of Parliament who broke away with former Cabinet Minister Mangala Samaraweera just a little more than a year ago, had been killed in a nasty car crash somewhere in the North Central Province.
The World Development Report 2008 (WDR) that was launched in Colombo on January 29th had valuable lessons for Sri Lanka’s economy and the development of agriculture.
President Rajapaksa’s Independence Day address to the nation had elements that have unfortunately not received the media and public attention as some of his other thoughts dealing specifically with the national question. Understandably so, since it is the dominant issue before the country and what kind of solution should be evolved .....
In the intervening period since last week's column, the amendment to the Commissions of Inquiry Act, Act No 17 of 1948 was passed by Parliament. The contents of this amendment were discussed last week.
One could call it a quirk of fate but two former Sri Lankan Presidents would have felt somewhat vindicated had they been alive and been in Parliament last week.
One is President J.R.Jayewardene who faced unprecedented opposition when he introduced the Provincial Council system to ....
As the security situation in Afghanistan continues to deteriorate, the US and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) are engaged in a war of words over the escalation of violence in the country. The strains in the alliance have virtually reached breaking point.
The APRC handed over its interim proposals to President Mahinda Rajapaksa in late January. The preamble to these proposals stated that the APRC was in the process of finalising a document “that would be the basis for a solution to the national question.”
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The lull in what has been one long political storm was shattered last afternoon with the news that Sripathy Sooriyarachchi, the Member of Parliament who broke away with former Cabinet Minister Mangala Samaraweera just a little more than a year ago, had been killed in a nasty car crash somewhere in the North Central Province.
President Rajapaksa’s Independence Day address to the nation had elements that have unfortunately not received the media and public attention as some of his other thoughts dealing specifically with the national question. Understandably so, since it is the dominant issue before the country and what kind of solution should be evolved ..... 
One could call it a quirk of fate but two former Sri Lankan Presidents would have felt somewhat vindicated had they been alive and been in Parliament last week.
One is President J.R.Jayewardene who faced unprecedented opposition when he introduced the Provincial Council system to .... 
As the security situation in Afghanistan continues to deteriorate, the US and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) are engaged in a war of words over the escalation of violence in the country. The strains in the alliance have virtually reached breaking point.
The APRC handed over its interim proposals to President Mahinda Rajapaksa in late January. The preamble to these proposals stated that the APRC was in the process of finalising a document “that would be the basis for a solution to the national question.”