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Western thinking Chief Organiser of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) for the Jaffna District, Geethanath Cassilingam, ...
In February 2003, a month or so before Blair joined hands with the war-mongering President George Bush (Jr) and his neoconservative and belligerent cohorts to invade Iraq, over one million people ...
Throughout the history of the spread of Buddhism to Tibet from India, Buddhist masters and pilgrims have travelled between ...
A sardonic Sinhala saying has it that “when you can’t dance, you say the floor is crooked”. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has found a crooked dance floor to blame for his misplaced, inadequate ...
The people’s mandate at the general election seven months ago was for “system change”. The main hope of those who voted ...
Wisden Editor Lawrence Booth has spent more than two decades watching cricket around the world, and has been picking the 20 ...
A protest promoting LGBTQ rights near the Nallur Kandaswamy Temple in Jaffna has drawn strong criticism from Geethanath ...
The first week of June has been eventful for those following developments in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. On Sunday, June 1st, Ukraine ...
Many of us are guilty of hoarding things in the loft, but, from coins and vintage jewellery to war memorabilia, your attic ...
Across the Pennines, Metro’s Phil Haigh spotlights The Forbidden Corner, which calls itself the ‘strangest place in the world.’ For £18, get lost in a ‘labyrinth of tunnels, chambers, follies and ...