Archive for October, 2007
Jayantha Dhanapala has been elected as the new President of the Pugwash
Jayantha Dhanapala has been elected as the new President of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs. The Pugwash Council, meeting in Bari, Italy, unanimously elected Dhanapala on the occasion of the 50 anniversary of the first Pugwash Conference.
Dhanapala is the eleventh person to hold the title. He follows in the footsteps of [...]
Time for Rajapakse brothers to go
By S. Wijesekera
Sri Lankan President’s brother cum Defence Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa must resign with immediate effect as he has ’failed to do his job’, the main opposition UNP has demanded. ’Gothabaya was at the frontline to take credit for the conquest of the Eastern province,’ the UNP says.
The government is not acting democratically but is [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Sri Lanka War Beyond Dramatics ?
Col R Hariharan (retd.)
SAAG – Two light aircraft of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)’s air wing in a predawn raid on the Sri Lanka air base at Anuradhapura in north central district dropped [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Unsuitable persons should not be appointed to political positions
By Lionel F.W. Ponnaiah
The recent behaviour of rowdy Minister ‘Dr.’ Mervyn Silva is totally unacceptable to the Sinhala Buddhist society and immediate measures need to be taken to remedy the situation.
President Rajapakse has hinted that there would be a cabinet reshuffle apparently to clear his cabinet of undesirable elements. His endeavour to eliminate the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )We are equally culpable for this brood of vipers
By C. Silva
In Sri Lanka today, the electorate has to choose from a brood of vipers that have virtually no qualifications whatsoever. They are chosen by the parties for their ‘ability’ to gain votes by any nefarious means and therefore we, the electorate, have a limited choice. Once elected, they are incapable of debating in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )UNP likely to split on Minister Moragoda’s issue
UNP Democratic Group R.A.D. Sirisena said that the UNP is likely to split again within the next few weeks following the no confidence motion tabled by Ranil Wickramasinghe, Mangala Samaraweera and Sripathi Sooriarachchi against Minister Milinda Morogoda.
He said it was not a no faith motion brought forward by the UNP. There is no UNP agreement [...]
Iran crisis and its repercussions on Sri Lanka
By Dr A.C.Visvalingam
The war drums are presently being sounded increasingly more stridently against Iran, just as they were in the months preceding the attack a few years ago on Iraq, which was falsely accused of having developed weapons of mass destruction, It is reported that, to date, more than a million Iraqis have been [...]
Minister Bandula Gunawardena can’t fool the masses
By C.Ramachandra
TN – Convoluted economic logics of Bandula can’t fool the masses. Minister Bandula Gunawardena’s Press conferences have become the joke of the day. According to him petrol prices in the UK is the equivalent of Rs 232 a litre, while it is only Rs120 per litre in Sri Lanka. Is he not aware that [...]
Olympic torch bearer Nomination
Know someone who lives in Malaysia, Thailand, Viet Nam, or Indonesia, who is REALLY inspiring and makes a great impact on people around them? Do you have friends or family who are real heroes to you?
Get them to log on to Lenovo’s Olympics site and tell us how they make a difference–and they could be [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Corruption, betrayal of trust and lawlessness – what a breed!
This breed has been brought into existence by all parties in recent times. They have included in their nomination lists individuals with absolutely no qualifications that would enable them to function efficiently in the legislature, should they be elected.
The electorate is thus given a very limited and poor choice.
Many of those who have received nomination [...]
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