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March 8, 2025 · 10:29 pm

Mehdi Hasan’s U-Tube Interview with Ranil Wickremasinghe

Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa, in Groundviews, …. https://groundviews.org/2025/03/07/sentiment-analysis-of-ranil-wickremesinghes-al-jazeera-interview-with-mehdi-hasan/ Renowned journalist Mehdi Hasan interviewed the former president Ranil Wickremesinghe on a programme of Head to Head, produced by Al Jazeera. The programme was released to YouTube and first broadcast on March 6. … Continue reading →

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July 4, 2025 · 8:13 pm

Kandy ‘Swamped’ by Waste

Chaturanga P Samarasinghe, in Daily Mirror Online, 1 July 2025, where the title reads thus: “Kandy’s dirty pretty things”

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October 5, 2025 · 10:32 pm

A Critique of AKD’s Speech at the United Nations

ASIA PROGRESS FORUM in The Island, 5 October 2025 President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka’s recent speech at the UN General Assembly, while outwardly progressive in tone, reveals a troubling lack of structural analysis. His framing of global crises, identifying poverty, narcotics, … Continue reading →

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September 23, 2026 · 1:52 pm

Nihal Rodrigo: Transcending Politics …. A Vale

Radhika Coomaraswamy in DailyFT, 23 September 2026, where the title runs thus: “Tribute to Nihal Rodrigo and family: A friendship beyond boundaries” In many ways my friendship with Nihal went against the current. I was quite a loud-mouthed human rights … Continue reading →

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September 5, 2026 · 1:00 pm

Sri Lankan Political Situation NOW: Bopage’s Reflections

THE ISLAND, 3 September 2026 The following are excerpts from a recent interview with Lionel Bopage, who was in the 1971 JVP leadership, conducted in Sinhala by Sirasa TV’s Ten Questions program hosted by Wasantha Masinghege.  Lionel Bopage, the first General … Continue reading →

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January 9, 2025 · 11:43 am

An Epitaph For Lasantha Wickrematunge

Sabanayagam Varagunam in Daily Mirror, 8 January 2024, where the title reads “Lasantha Wickrematunge: A National Hero’s Enduring Legacy” … with highlighting here being the imprint of The Editor, Thuppahi Wickrematunge’s courage was not merely a product of his profession; … Continue reading →

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December 28, 2025 · 5:08 pm

The Psychology of Sacrificial Death: Its Horrible Dangers …. Worldwide

An Item from the Foundation for Political Pathology in New York associated with the name of Richard Koenigsberg** It is disturbing to consider how the minds of young men are manipulated using psychological techniques to get them to kill, and … Continue reading →

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January 9, 2024 · 1:41 am

Remembering Lasantha Wickrematunge’s Assassination

Posters being pasted in Colombo and suburbs yesterday to mark the 15 years since the murder of Lasantha Wickrematunge which falls today.   Today marks 15 years since the brutal murder of iconic journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge with none brought to justice. … Continue reading →

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August 7, 2026 · 12:33 pm

Deciphering the KAVADI Phenomenon within Sri Lanka ….

VERITE RESEARCH in  Colombo, Item entitled “Power on Parade: Government Keeps Kavadi on the  Road” Over the past week, Sinhala media focused on reported security concerns surrounding the kavadi segment of the 769th annual Esala Maha Perahera (procession) of the Uthpalawanna Sri Vishnu Maha Devalaya … Continue reading →

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September 16, 2024 · 3:24 pm

Noel Nadesan’s Critical Reflections on the Sri Lankan Tamils’Armed Struggle

Rajeswary Balasubramaniam, reviewing Odyssey of War by Noel Nadesan ** The ‘Odyssey of War’, a novel by Dr. Noel Nadesan published by Sarasavi Publishers, reflects the struggle for the liberation of Tamils in Sri Lanka (1977-2009) and the failure of … Continue reading →

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