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92nd birth anniversary of Prime Minister Sirimavo
Bandaranaike falls today:
Matriarch of pro-people politics
SIRIMAVO Bandaranaike made history by becoming
the first woman in the world to become a Prime Minister when she was
elected the Prime Minister of Ceylon in 1960. She also made history
by taking to politics only after the demise of her late husband S.
W. R. D. Bandaranaike Prime Minister of Ceylon and then gaining
local and international fame.
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Bridging the rich-poor gap
MOST of us in the developing world are still
preoccupied with basic issues such as-undertaking structural
adjustments in economies, seeking to develop basic infrastructure,
searching for access to markets for our exports, and fundamentally
trying to ensure that our people have the basics of food, clothing
and shelter.
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‘We are on correct path to resolving conflict’
We are on the correct path. We are on the track
to finding a solution a solution acceptable to all the people. And
that solution can come only by talking to all the minorities and all
the majority people in our country. This is what exactly our
President has done. The Government has to act and respect the
sovereignity and the territorial integrity of the country; that’s
the top priority.
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Taking on the Tigers in Canada
Last weekend, counterterrorism police in Ontario
and Quebec shut down the Canadian offices of the World Tamil
Movement, an alleged fundraising front for the Tigers. The raids -
which proceeded after police acquired a warrant from a Federal Court
of Canada judge
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