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"The law, this violent thing"
dissident memory and democratic futuresAugust 3, 2013, 8:06 pmExcerpted from the Neelan Tiruchelvam memorial lectureby Vasuki NesiahIn 1999 I was studying in America. That summer I returned to...
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A ReviewAugust 3, 2013, 8:08 pmby K. GodageThere has been an intense and animated public debate re the matter of Provincial Councils, and not just that of the Northern Province, exercising police...
View ArticleGamini G. responds to Izeth H.
August 3, 2013, 8:09 pmFollowing is my response to Mr. Izeth Hussain’s reply published in the Sunday Island of 28th July.Reading through Mr. Hussain’s reply I was reminded of the saying by the British...
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Shri Arulmihu Sivasubramaniya Swamy Kovil
August 3, 2013, 8:10 pmThe Theru procession of Arulmini Sivasubramania Swami Kovil, Slave Island paraded the streets carrying the statue of God Skanda on Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Hundreds...
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Merrill Fernando looks at moving speciality tea business to India
Alleges harassment by Tea Board officialsAugust 3, 2013, 6:34 pmAccusing Sri Lanka Tea Board officials of "indifference and lethargy," Mr. Merrill J. Fernando, the Founder of Dilmah Tea, last week...
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Harsha de Silva reveals Victoria’s secret
August 3, 2013, 6:42 pmGovernment of J. R. Jayewardene swept to power in 1977. Jayewardene introduced a new constitution, together with a free market economy and a powerful executive presidency...
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Range Rover gets a royal PR boost
August 3, 2013, 6:55 pmPrince William, Duke of Cambridge, leaves the Lindo Wing of St. Mary’s Hospital in London with his newborn son Sri Lanka’s SML Frontier Automotive, sole agents for Land Rover in...
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Weliweriya and its aftermathAugust 3, 2013, 7:49 pmEconomic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa’s office sent out an urgent press release on Friday evening titled ``Govt. and Opp. Parties solve...
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Glimpses of JR
Saturday, 03 August 2013 00:43 Not being Mark Anthony nor having anything like Shakespeare’s capability to articulate, it still seems opportune to remember if not a Julius, a Junius,...
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CHOGM BEARING DOWN ON RAJAPAKSA ADMINISTRATION
The Rajapaksa Administration is gearing up to host the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM) in November. Last weekend’s news papers carried an interesting comment attributed to President...
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Loss of people’s sovereignty a threat to territorial integrity
Saturday, 03 August 2013 00:36 Significantly, the Magna Carter signed in 1217 heralding the British people’s sovereignty overturned the ruthlessness of King John - this then is common knowledge. Yet,...
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