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An Appraisal of the NPP Government’s Performance Over Its First Year

A Bedgar Perera in SUNDAY ISLAND, 20 February 2026: “WHAT HAPPENED TO THE  MOVE TOWARDS A “ CIVILISATIONAL TURN” BROUGHT ABOUT THROUGH THE CHANGE OF ADMINISTRATION ?” Now that the new administration has completed one year in office and is … Continue reading

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MEY Mokaddha!! Lanka Premier League in Cricket????

Michael Roberts I am aging …. Quite clearly! I have not been aware that there has been a 20-over series in cricket ongoing in Sri Lanka for some four years now; and that the present series with five teams involved … Continue reading

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In Memoriam: Dr Sarojini Perera

Dr B. J. C. Perera ✍️…  in The Island, 10  December 2025 The 6th of December marks the sixth solar cycle since my adored life partner, Dr Malwattage Josephine Sarojini Perera (née Peeris), left this mortal world. Six years have … Continue reading

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Facing A Corpse: Asia vs The West …. A Fundamental Difference & Its Political Implications

  Michael Roberts     The sharp warring conflict in Syria today amidst the ongoing war in Ukraine and that in Gaza underlines stories and ‘pictures’ of battlefield dead (both civilians and soldiers). These in their turn highlight the fundamental differences … Continue reading

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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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Udantha Abeyratne & Queensland University Team in Major Breakthrough

News Item at ABCNet …. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-28/qld-pfizer-buys-uq-start-upresapp-health-covid/101478832 A Brisbane-based company that invented a smartphone app it says can diagnose COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses by listening to someone cough has been purchased by Pfizer for nearly $180 million. ResApp Health Limited uses … Continue reading

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Madmen’s War in the Middle East

Desert Wanderer The war has expanded.  The US is in the war, which means Iran is striking  US sites in Arab countries, including Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain,  UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, as well as many cities across Israel. The whole region … Continue reading

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Cruise Missiles: The Evolution of These Deadly Strike Weapons

Group Captain Kumar Kirinde, whose chosen title is “Advent of the Cruise Missile” … conveying an article replete with photographic illustrations — which are mostly missing here. From an idea of an “aerial torpedo” shown in a 1909 film to … Continue reading

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A Depressing Assessment of Sri Lanka’s Predicament About Six Years Back

THIS is an old essay that stayed buried in the Thuppahi system. It neverthless provides food for thought and serves as a testimony to its author (a brother of my friend the late Neville Jayaweera). Stanley too has since passed … Continue reading

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Principles to Guide the Choice of Lanka’s Cricket Selectors

Michael Roberts Rather exceptionally for a lad from the plantation Tamil peoples in the mid-20th century Chandra Schaffter was educated at St. Thomas College, Mount Lavinia. He excelled at hockey and cricket in particular and went on to represent Ceylon … Continue reading

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