Moving forward - schools in the North

The manner in which the Darusman Report is being abused is indeed truly astonishing. I am indebted to my father for the comparison he made with what is happening now, and what J R Jayewardene did to Mrs Bandaranaike. He appointed a Commission to look into various allegations made against her, claiming that this was simply a fact finding operation, and would have no judicial powers. Accordingly the Commission did not operate to judicial standards, and ended up recording and regurgitating a lot of hearsay,

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The Morning Inspection

The Group of ’72 won it all on a mystic Sunday

Gatherings of old friends is always nice, even if what occasioned the meeting happened to be something as sombre and sad as a funeral. My friend Janaka Perera’s father passed away last Saturday and as is often the case when someone close to someone close dies, close-people drop by,

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There was a time when ‘imported’ mattered...

Nayomini Ratnayake Weerasooriya recalls....:

In Sri Lanka, local is no longer a word no one wants to hear. There are excellent, high quality products manufactured in Sri Lanka that would make imported products look inferior. Today’s local manufacturers, unlike those of the seventies, are in touch with global standards and are aware of consumers being exposed to globally acceptable quality which is a powerful factor to consider,

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