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March 9, 2019 · 10:02 am

Dissecting Mangala’s 2019 Budget

Sam Samarasinghe, in Island, 9 March 2019, where the title is “Budget for All” The 2019 budget is a budget for all. It is no surprise because 2019 is an election year. The government has not been shy about it. … Continue reading →

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August 1, 2017 · 4:51 pm

Dangerous Signs and Disturbing Precedents

Island Editorial,where the title is “Nightmares and flashbacks What is unfolding on the political front reminds us of the J. R. Jayewardene era when trade union struggles, including the 1980 general strike, were brutally crushed and the Indo-Lanka Peace Accord … Continue reading →

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August 14, 2018 · 10:03 am

Chinese Alibaba to retail Sri Lankan Tourist Potential in China

Editor, NEWS-in-Asia, 13 August 2018, whose title is “Sri Lanka to ink agreement with China’s Alibaba to attract more tourists“ Colombo, Aug 14 (newsin.asia) – The Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) will ink an agreement with Alibaba’s travel arm, … Continue reading →

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January 7, 2019 · 3:25 am

Sri Lanka’s Economic Prospects Here and Now

Nimal Sanderatne, in Sunday Times, 6 January 2019, where the title is “Economic expectations and prospects in the year ahead” … with highlighting being the imposition of The Editor, Thuppahi Recovering from the economic disruption of six weeks of political … Continue reading →

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February 4, 2019 · 9:39 am

Imperialist Intrusions? USA has Logistics Hub Facilities in Sri Lanka

Lasanda Kurukulasuriya, in Dateline, 4 February 2019, where the title is “Duplicity and doublespeak on US military logistics hub in Sri Lanka.” While Sri Lankans were distracted by a power struggle between the president and prime minister in December, the world’s … Continue reading →

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April 29, 2019 · 3:42 am

Sheridan’s Concise Overview of Security Failures and the Islamic Extremist Threat in Sri Lanka … and This World

Greg Sheridan, in Weekend Australian, 27/28 April 2019, where the title is “Eternal vigilance is the price of keeping Islamist terror at bay”…. with highlighting emphasis added by The Editor India’s external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing, tried … Continue reading →

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May 16, 2019 · 11:03 am

Secular Bulwarks against Religious Fanaticism — Our Urgent Need

Tisaranee Gunasekara, whose choice of title has been “Secularism or Faith” — in an article which appeared in Groundviews as well as Sri Lanka Guardian “And even here Lies the other shore Waiting to be reached.” Tagore (My Reminiscences) The … Continue reading →

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April 15, 2019 · 10:34 am

Gotabaya in Legal Gunsights: One, Two, Three …

ONE = Sanjana Hattotuwa: “The Candidate,” in Island, April 2019, “The lie is revealed. There was no summons served. The photo depicts a lookalike of Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The FBI is engaged in an effort to ascertain who produced this false … Continue reading →

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February 4, 2019 · 10:17 am

Sihalē’s Goddess Tara in British Hands

Senel Wanniarchchi, in Adahas, 2 February 2019, where the title is “Finders Keepers: On Sex, Tara the Buddhist Deity at the British Museum and Brownness in the Colonies” I am at the entrance to the British Museum and the path separates … Continue reading →

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September 6, 2018 · 7:55 am

Pirapāharan’s Thamilīlam, 1990-2009: Aspirations and Achievements

Michael Roberts, courtesy of Daily Mirror, 6 September 2018. where the title reads “The State of Tamil Eelam, 1990-2009″ This article is the second of those preparing the ground for a review of the new data on the last phase … Continue reading →

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