Born loser loses again
In the past the voters had repeatedly delivered one consistent message to the UNP: Ranil Wickremesinghe, the Party leader, is not fit to rule the nation. Last Friday in Elpitiya they repeated that message...
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Defeat of Ranil is a win for UNP
The long-drawn and futile battle of Ranil Wickremesinghe to deny Sajith Premadasa, his deputy, the rightful place in the presidential race finally ended yesterday. Ranil fired all his ammunition to eliminate Sajith. But Sajith...
KUSAL AND AKUSAL OF A FRIDAY FREAK! On mono-causal theory of blaming Sinhala Buddhists only
Kusal Perera (KP), a Senior Journalist writing a Friday Colum to the Daily Mirror and Jehan Perera, CEO of the National Peace Council. are two underdeveloped peas of the same anti-Sinhala-Buddhist pod. They can be categorised...
Aggressive minority politics a threat to national, regional and global peace -Part I
Anbarasan Ethirajan is a seasoned Correspondent of the BBC who covers Sri Lankan politics from time to time. His latest report is titled Sri Lanka’s Muslim “demonised” after Easter bombings. (August 13, 2019 –...
Aggressive minority politics a threat to national, regional and global peace -Part II
Though not all the Muslims are perpetrators of violence it is the violence of the few that stain the image of the many. Besides, the experience of Iliyas is only a temporary phase. It...
Arabified Muslim bombs ticking under Ranil’s chair
The shock of the Easter Sunday bomb blasts shattered within minutes the comforting beliefs of a nation that had settled down to recline smugly in peace for generations to come. Lulled by the sense...
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith – the benign star of Sri Lanka
In its long history the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka has come under massive attacks by other religionists on three critical occasions. The first attack was the most horrendous. Sankilli, the illegitimate son of...
LETTER to THE AGE
The Editor Letters THE AGE Melbourne Radicalisation of Muslim youth Commenting on the latest senseless attacks on Sri Lankan Christian churches and five-star hotels Waleed Aly says, quite correctly, that ”…...
Mahavamsa and Cardinal Ranjith debunk Jehan Perera’s bogus theories
The role of Buddhism with Sri Lankan characteristics (i.e., Sinhala-Buddhism) has been demonised in the post-1956 phase by the (1) pro-separatist lobby, (2) its allies in the NGOs and (3) left-wing academics to such...
Media attacked by “Kalu Aliyas” and their NGO mahouts
This is a critical year for all politicians. With three-tier elections (Provincial, Parliamentary and Presidential) coming round the corner they all need to polish their image to win votes. Ranil Wickremesinghe, in particular, needs...
