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  • Can Prime Minister Square a Circle?

    Can Prime Minister Square a Circle?

     Constitutional reforms: Some posers

    By Ranjith Soysa

    The Prime Minister recently stated that the New Constitution will be introduced and it will be based on the report of the 11 member committee appointed. He further said the unitary nature of





  • TNA to Use ex-LTTE Tamil terrorists

    TNA to Use ex-LTTE Tamil terrorists

    The major party of the pro-LTTE Tamil terrorists political alliance Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi or ITAK has decided to enroll ex-LTTE Tamil terrorists in party propaganda works to gain cheap political advantages to reach its separatism agenda through the Yahapalanaya …


  • A Sugar Quoted Caveat from India?

    A Sugar Quoted Caveat from India?

     

    by RAJEEWA JAYAWEERA

    Refined, sophisticated and articulate Dr Shashi Tharoor (ST hereafter), an accomplished and skilled international civil servant, was in Sri Lanka a few days prior to the Sinhala and Tamil New Year break. He delivered the key …



  • Post-war role for Lanka: A Japanese perspective

    Post-war role for Lanka: A Japanese perspective

    By Shamindra Ferdinando

    America’s longstanding strategic partner, Japan, is working overtime to induce Sri Lanka to their camp.

    Japan and Sri Lanka reached an agreement, on ‘Comprehensive Partnership’, in Oct 2015, within months after the change of the Rajapaksa government …


  • A rudderless bark

    A rudderless bark

    The country has been moving from crisis to crisis like a rudderless bark with government leaders being all at sea. People have had to contend with a double whammy. Close on the heels of the Meethotamulla garbage disaster, which snuffed …