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Democracy at the Grass-roots: Sri Lanka’s 2025 Local Government Elections
Jehan Perera in Facebook, 16 May 2025 The local government elections that took place last week saw a consolidation of the democratic system in the country. The government followed the rules of elections to a greater extent than its recent … Continue reading →
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Hot Press from Columbia University Today
Thalif Deen … in Email to Roberts, 1 April 2024** At a press conference last night, New York City Mayor and his Police Commissioner tried to justify the police intervention against pro-Palestinian demonstrators at Columbia University claiming the protests have … Continue reading →
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Zain Airudeen’s Recounting of the Tsunami Traumas in and Beyond Hambantota
Zain Airudeen in The Daily Mirror, December 2024 …….. … via Kamanthi Wickremasinghe: Tsunami Survivors of Hambantota still relate tales of trauma and communal harmony A view of the vast destruction of Hambantota, a coastal town in the South of … Continue reading →
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Bloody Lawyers! Our Necessary Curse! …. Apoyi….Apoyi
Chamila Talagala in Facebook They say Sri Lankans hate lawyers. But that hatred is not simple. It is older than the island’s courts, older even than the black coats and the Latin phrases. It is the bitterness people feel toward … Continue reading →
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New Archaeological Discoveries: Iron Age in Tamilnadu?
Soutik Biswas in BBC.com, 27 February 2025 … where the title reads “Did Iron Age ‘begin’ in India? Tamil Nadu dig sparks debate” For over 20 years, archaeologists in India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu have been unearthing clues to … Continue reading →
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Is the Tide Turning in Favour of Russia in the Ukrainian War?
An Observer in A Black Sea Resort Town 1. Russia has started deploying nuclear weapons to Belarus to counter the build up of weapons and forces in central and Western Europe targetting Russia. A pro-Russian cartoon of the failed Ukrainian terrorist … Continue reading →
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Horrors Faced by Lankan Female Labour in Middle East
Aanya Wipulasena in Ceylon Today, August 2025 The decision to work overseas wasn’t easy. Burdened by debt, 25-year-old Nelum Niroshani, a mother of one from Anuradhapura, felt she had no choice. Her plan was simple: Take a job as a domestic … Continue reading →
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The Question Mark — It’s Intriguing History
Wikipedia The question mark ? (also known as interrogation point, query, or eroteme in journalism[1]) is a punctuation mark that indicates a question or interrogative clause or phrase in many languages. History = In the fifth century, Syriac Bible manuscripts used question markers, according to a 2011 theory by manuscript specialist Chip Coakley: he believes the zagwa … Continue reading →
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Debating Taxation Policy in Sri Lanka
Sanjeewa Jayaweera, whose chosen title is “Politics, Taxation and the Need for Consensus” The editorial in last Sunday’s Sunday Island, captioned “Fuel Crisis: Beyond Price Debate,” deserves to be applauded because it called on both the government and the opposition … Continue reading →
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Joachim’s Letter to AKD in Sri Lanka: An Earnest Appeal
Your chance to re-write history Mr. President! A second letter to AKD……. – by Aubrey Joachim** Dear Mr. President, Your victories have been stunning to say the least. Winning the top job was good enough. Your virtual clean sweep of … Continue reading →
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