Archive for December, 2006
UNP to support 8-10 year merger of NE
By Namini Wijedasa
In proposals to be expounded at an All Party Representatives Committee (APRC) meeting on January 8, the UNP will [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Dhanapala is LMD’s ‘Sri Lankan Of the Year’
The prestigious ‘Sri Lankan Of The Year’ award was recently bestowed on high-powered diplomat Jayantha Dhanapala by LMD, at a black-tie [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The UNP’s Electoral Prospects
by C. A. Chandraprema
There is speculation that the President will dissolve Parliament and go for an election early next year. This [...]
2006 Blood-spattered year
by Shamindra Ferdinando
Two claymore blasts in the Jaffna peninsula in the first week of December last year set the tone for 2006. The [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Learning to expect the unexpected
by Mahinda Samarasinghe
Minister for Disaster Management and Human Rights
Hazards are an unavoidable part of life. Each day every one of us faces [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Celebrating Christmas with Jesus
Another Christmas has dawned. This is the season of joy, merriment and piety, which inspires even a Scrooge among us to order the biggest turkey and say a prayer. A sense of blessedness and togetherness pervades the air and something inexplicable helps it transcend religious boundaries and reach out to every homestead.
But, sadly, the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )"We can win, even with the present leader!" — SB
by C. A. Chandraprema
S. B. Dissanayake, the former General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and one of the most [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Typewriter guerrillas and the army
Army Commander Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka is reported to have lashed out at a section of the media over the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Bring them to book!
The controversial Oerlikon gun deal has taken a dramatic turn with the revelation that there was a sinister attempt to dupe Sri Lanka into purchasing outdated cannon, which would have had a debilitating impact on the Sri Lanka Navy. According to classified information that The Island is privy to, it is clear that a group [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )SLMM adopting double standard – Govt.
by Dasun Edirisinghe
Defence Spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella yesterday [...]
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