Jan 11, 2025 · When at a loose end I am in the habit of pulling a book out of my bookshelf to browse through. I do it with both pleasure and profit; passing time gives perspective, offering new insights to books read long ago or casually put aside then. While reading I also tend to look up on the author, the times ...

Dec 31, 2024 · The desire to be part of the festivities was visible also in the large number of people who participate in them at different levels. They enjoyed themselves at the expensive buffets of five star hotels and in the open spaces of Galle Face Green, where there was a carnival and mobile eateries or in the big shopping malls where they might have a bite at Pizza Hut or engage in window shopping.

Dec 29, 2024 · “Elections have consequences,” President Barak Obama triumphantly told congressional Republicans in 2009, as he began his historic first term as the first African-American President of the United States of America. But the election of Trump eight years later and Trump’s election again in 2024 ...

Dec 30, 2024 · Unless the scourge of corruption is at least controlled, if not eliminated, our country is doomed. In the absence of genuine effort, no amount of big talk of “Yahapalanaya”, “Eradication of Beeshanaya and Dhooshanaya”, “Vistas of Splendour,” are all hollow deceptions, and an insult to our collective intelligence.

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Jan 2, 2025 · In response to the question raised in the parliament on the18 December 2024 by the opposition M.P. Rauff Hakeem regarding alleged government corruption involving a Covid-19 vaccine deals, Minister of Health Dr Nalinda Jayatissa promised to reveal them soon. Here is a top evidence for the minister and the government. Speaking at the Special Committee on COVID-19 Prevention meeting held at the ...

Nov 25, 2024 · The ‘ Aragalaya ’ ( Struggle) movement in early 2022, whilst protesting against the rising cost of living, also highlighted a strong message of national unity. The movement rejected divisions of people based on ethnicity, caste, and religious beliefs. The present political leadership has demonstrated that they too are determined to give priority to …

Nov 9, 2024 · President Dissanayake made a smart decision to dissolve parliament after winning the presidential election on September 21. The national legislature was dissolved on September 24, and the election has been scheduled for November 14, 2024. Parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka are increasingly ...

Dec 8, 2024 · These are unprecedented times in Sri Lankan Political history. A hopeful, and idealistic left wing party has captured not only the presidency, but a solid two-thirds majority in parliament. For the first time, Sri Lanka will get to see what a left wing party does with the power to completely remake ...

Reuters (12.11.2024) announced that Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of Anglicans worldwide, resigned “in sorrow” on Tuesday, saying he had failed to ensure a proper investigation into allegations of abuse at Christian summer camps decades ago after a report the previous week found he had insufficiently acted to …