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My dear Gammanpila, I am writing to congratulate you on the recent launch of your book which you claim is about searching for the ‘mastermind’ of the Easter Sunday terror attacks 7 years ago. It is not that I believe the book is the result of a great investigative effort. Far from it. Still, everyone [...]
Easter Sunday attacks: Seven years on another debate and the usual accusations
By Sandun Jayawardana With less than two weeks to go before the 7th anniversary of the Easter Sunday terrorist attack, Parliament held yet another adjournment debate on one of the country’s darkest chapters in recent history. While there was nothing to distinguish this debate from multiple others that had been held on the same subject [...]
Israel does it again— repeats practice of selective adherence to peace accords
In what can only be described as a dramatic eleventh-hour development, a temporary ceasefire was announced last week in the escalating conflict involving the United States, Israel, and the Islamic Republic of Iran. However, to view this pause as a simple diplomatic breakthrough is to ignore the grim reality of how it was arrived at. [...]
Will the celebration of Aluth Avurudda this year be austere?
This year’s celebration of the Aluth Avurudda or Sinhala and Tamil New Year, may be somewhat austere, especially in the villages, due to several reasons. While there are ample reasons to expect it to be austere, our people have a knack of celebrating festivals even in difficult economic conditions. Reasons for austerity The shortages of [...]
Old year’s departing shocker – the rising scandal of NDB’s 13b fraud
Sorry to bring bad news, but a financially inauspicious Sinhala and Hindu New Year looks likely to dawn on nation As the old devil’s year-long reign dragged toward its inevitable end, it seemed hellbent not on walking into the sunset with a stylish wave of resigned grace, but on leaving Lanka with a shocker to [...]
Trump’s torpedo shakes a foreign-policy-stultified government
In the couple of days between the writing of this column and its appearance today, what will happen to the world is anybody’s guess. Whether this war, which the adversaries have called a halt to for a breather, I presume, will lead to a ‘finis’ is hard to predict. True, a war that has been [...]
Embattled president delivers Avurudu relief as coal crisis deepens
Subsidies and relief for farmers, Aswesuma beneficiaries; Govt works on multiple fronts to secure fuel supply President denies wrongdoing in coal tender; Audit Office report exposes irregularities; Calls grow for energy minister’s resignation SJB MPs press Sajith over stalled reunion talks with UNP; Ranil returns home after surgery By our Political Desk As [...]
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