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Cyclone damage in Sri Lanka – lack of public vigilance was a factor
By Nadira Gunatilleke/Daily News Colombo, December 2 – Sri Lankan people are extremely ignorant. We can understand how ignorant they are by watching their behaviour these days. Bad weather hit Sri Lanka early last week and thereafter the entire country watched every night through the...
Indian aid for cyclone hit Sri Lanka continues as death toll rises to 390
Colombo, December 1 – India continues to deepen its humanitarian support to Sri Lanka under Operation Sagar Bandhu, with medical, rescue, and relief deployments expanding across the island as communities grapple with the severe impact of Cyclone Ditwah. The death toll due to the adverse...
Lankan Tamils in danger of getting stuck in NPP tokenism and Maveerars’ Day commemorations
By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham Colombo, December 1 -Last week’s Maveerar Week was observed in the Sri Lankan North and East with unprecedented fervour with the participation of thousands of people, despite very bad weather. Some media outlets, which reported on the huge turnout at the main...
56 die and 21 missing in Sri Lanka due to heavy rains
Colombo, November 28 – The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) reports that 56 deaths have been recorded within the past 72 hours as adverse weather conditions continue to affect the island. According to the DMC, the total number of fatalities reported from 16 November to date...
Anura Kumara Dissanayake – a Sri Lankan President like no other
By D.B.S.Jeyaraj/DailyFT Colombo, November 28- When Anura was six months old, his mother went to an astrologer to cast his horoscope. The astrologer made some calculations based on planetary movements that prevailed at the time of the boy’s birth and told the mother “your son...
Sri Lankan Govt squanders opportunity to build a just society
By Dr.Farah Mihlar/www.groundviews.org London, November 26 -One year after its meteoric rise to power, the NPP risks losing critical momentum and squandering an unparalleled opportunity of using its political capital to build a just peace in the war torn country. Their historic victory on November...
When the screen starts thinking for the child
By Camelia Nathaniel/ Daily News Colombo, November 25 – Across Sri Lanka, from Colombo’s apartments to small-town living rooms, a silent but devastating crisis is unfolding. It does not roar like economic collapse or rage like political upheaval, yet its consequences are deeper and far...
Affordable prices for medicines in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, MRP for 350 drugs immediately, Affordable medicines,
Trincomalee Buddha statue dispute signals revival of Sinhala majoritarian politics
It casts doubt on President Dissanayake’s commitment to fight communal politics
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