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Teacher unions have condemned the Tangalle Zonal Education Director’s move to call for explanations from teachers who had failed to attend a meeting chaired by Prime Minister and Education Minister Harini Amarasuriya at the Tangalle Urban Council premises. Ceylon Teachers’ Union (CTU) General Secretary Joseph Stalin expressed dismay at the decision, noting that the meeting [...]
Giving the bed, keeping the chair
My dear JR seeya, I am writing to you now because your name is in the news once again, almost 30 years after you departed and reached the Land of No Return. Not many of our leaders will be remembered decades after they leave so I suppose you could be proud that you have left [...]
Amid fragile hopes of peace, economic crisis deepens
There are signs of the US withdrawing from its involvement in the war with Iran due to domestic pressures. It is, however, uncertain how and when President Trump would declare a victory and withdraw from the war. On Monday, Trump announced he had obliterated Iran’s army, navy and air force and would wind up the [...]
The NPP’s ‘Coalgate’ scandal; how ‘the present’ recalls ‘the past’
Sri Lanka presented an embarrassment, not of ‘riches’ but of stinging pointers to the negation of the law and the Constitution during the past few weeks. The pesky problem of a Minister indicted for corruption The tone deaf nonchalance of the National Peoples’ Power (NPP) Government in shrugging off the indictment of its Energy Minister [...]
Deliberative undermining of investigations has delayed justice for the victims of the Easter Sunday attacks
Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday tragedy of 2019 remains one of the many unresolved crimes in the country’s recent history. Seven years on, the pain of that day has not subsided for the families of the 269 victims. Instead, it has been compounded by a prolonged and frustrating wait for justice. What should have been a [...]
Sinking ships at our doorstep, now try the White House
It might seem strange that the Trump-inspired Iran war—which poured military power into the Indian Ocean, blowing up innocent Iranians from their unarmed ship—reminds me so much about the gangsterism that haunts Sri Lanka today. Sri Lankan gangster warlords enjoy a good life and live in luxury mainly in Dubai and other Middle Eastern desert [...]
Frantic fuel hunt as threat of power crisis looms large
Iran offers oil to Lanka while countering narrative on torpedoed ship; Govt. avoids being drawn into fresh controversy Energy talks with Russian delegation; logistics issues and fears of US retaliation hamper progress As bungling in coal purchase aggravates power situation, Minister admits importing low‑grade coal but warns of repercussions if supplier is sued By our Political [...]
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