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Lanka’s Diaspora can breathe life into ailing economy
Dr. Rohan Gunaratna The Sri Lankan Government should immediately offer an attractive scheme that can attract investment and talent of some three million Sri Lankans living overseas to overcome the current economic hardships faced by the country says Dr. Rohan..
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Easter Sunday Mass Murders: Don’t play politics with the dead
It has come to a level that even the dead are manipulated for political gain. The blame is now subtly being shifted with a twist for political purposes. These antics are not in any way helping the dead rest in..
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Making sense of Sri Lanka’s crisis & predicting the outcome
Where do we start? How about the US-engineered regime change in 2015. It remains a puzzle why the engineers of the regime change decided to end yahapalana shelf-life, just as it is a puzzle why the present US-linked leaders together..
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Sri Lanka – People’s Protest – the planners behind the protests
In Sri Lanka a series of protests are taking place with central location set up in Galle Fact Green. The original grievances have got diluted in a plethora of other slogans automatically questioning a possible covert game plan in operation…
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How great is the 19th amendment to Sri Lanka’s constitution
There are increased calls to return to the 19th amendment, little do they know the confusions & contradictions that prevails an amendment presented as an Urgent Bill & passed given little or no time for the People to make their observations..
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The National Joint Committee Needs Know who is the New President Nominee
The National Joint Committee, NJC an independent body of academics and intellectuals has issued a Press Brief demanding to know the nominee for the replacement of current president. The NJC stated in their press brief that this campaign started with..
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Open Letter to all the Buddhism Bashing Protestors & their Organisers
There is a saying that one’s freedoms and rights stop the moment another’s freedoms and rights are hindered. The recent public protests, we all presume was against governance and in particular the government in power which spiraled into a demand..
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Rioters vs Protestors vs Political Protests – where do we draw the line?
On 31st March 2022 people gathered outside the President’s residence appealing for a solution to the economic crisis prevailing across the country. This soon erupted into altercations resulting in the burning of a military bus & police vehicles. No peaceful protestor..
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Public Protests, Rajapakse Rule & Indo-US manipulations
Sri Lanka is experiencing an unprecedent state of events. Taken as a whole, there is much to analyze. Sri Lanka has seen governance pass from one colored party to another. Opportunistic politics has been the hallmark of governance of every..
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Economic crisis, political turmoil present a fresh opportunity for US-backed TNA
March 2015: President Maithripala Sirisena shaking hands with GTF spokesperson Suren Surendiran in London. The late Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera looks on. The meeting took place during Sirisena’s first overseas visit after the presidential election in Jan. 2015. Last year,..





