HE Mahinda Rajapaksa President Presidential Secretariat Colombo Your Excellency, Death of Tamil political prisoner Ganesan Nimalaruban at the Mahara remand prison
Archive of entries posted on 5th July 2012
Remembering Ajith Samaranayake who wrote from the heart
By Bandula Jayasekara Captain Rohan Moonemalle of Etihad Airways a college mate of mine at Trinity College Kandy wrote to me: “Bandula can you let me know who the publishers of the collection of articles by Ajith Samaranayake are? I would like to buy a few copies. I knew Ajith from the time I was [...]
International Diplomacy is not undertaken in the same manner as Domestic Political Theatrics – 2
by Shanaka Jayasekara Sri Lanka has a success story to showcase and the fruits of peace and development are real on the ground in the North and East. It is a story of how life has truly transformed from the conflict period to an environment of peace and hope today. This story can only be [...]
Political and Ethical Issues in Setting up an Engineering Faculty for The Jaffna University-2
Political and Ethical Issues in Setting up an Engineering Faculty for The Jaffna University-1 BY Dr. S. Ratnajeevan.H.Hoole Dr. S. Ratnajeevan.H.Hoole is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Michigan State University,USA. He was formerly the Vice- Chancellor of the University of Jaffna and also University Grants Commission Coordinator for Engineering at the Jaffna University. [...]
Malwana is Famous for ‘Fleshy hair balls’ known as Rambutans
by Ananda Kannangara The fleshy ‘hairy balls’ that are in abundance all over Colombo and which are relish grown with love and toil. Will you believe that before these trees are harvested vows are kept for Paththini Deviyo and these vows are fulfilled once the harvest season is over. The fleshy Rambuttans adorning the streets [...]
