Easter Sunday Mass Murders: Don’t play politics with the dead
It has come to a level that even the dead are manipulated for political gain. The blame is now subtly being shifted with a twist for political purposes. These antics are not in...
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by Shenali Waduge · Published 23rd April 2022
It has come to a level that even the dead are manipulated for political gain. The blame is now subtly being shifted with a twist for political purposes. These antics are not in...
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by Shenali Waduge · Published 22nd April 2022
Sri Lanka is in a crisis. How much of that crisis is to be blamed on every government that ruled Sri Lanka since 1978 who have gone to monetary lending institutes for loans...
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by Shenali Waduge · Published 21st April 2022
It is without a doubt that neither the Government or Opposition are suitable to represent the Nation or its People. They have all lost our trust. Their greed for power & lust for luxuries...
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by Shenali Waduge · Published 18th April 2022
Where do we start? How about the US-engineered regime change in 2015. It remains a puzzle why the engineers of the regime change decided to end yahapalana shelf-life, just as it is...
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by Shenali Waduge · Published 18th April 2022
Ron Nixon writing to the New York Times in April 2011 says that the US “democracy-building campaigns played a bigger role in fomenting protests” than was previously known. The key words here...
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by Shenali Waduge · Published 17th April 2022 · Last modified 19th April 2022
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by Shenali Waduge · Published 11th April 2022
There is a saying that one’s freedoms and rights stop the moment another’s freedoms and rights are hindered. The recent public protests, we all presume was against governance and in particular the government...
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by Shenali Waduge · Published 10th April 2022
Sri Lanka is facing a decisive period in its democratic history. It requires all to relook at how government & governance is structured & look for ways we can adopt a system beneficial...
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by Shenali Waduge · Published 8th April 2022
This is the first time in history that Sri Lanka’s citizens have risen to demand its representatives including the President leave office if they cannot lead the nation properly. This has brought the...
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by Shenali Waduge · Published 6th April 2022
On 31st March 2022 people gathered outside the President’s residence appealing for a solution to the economic crisis prevailing across the country. This soon erupted into altercations resulting in the burning of a military...