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The lead pair of Santa’s Reindeer, will absorb 14.3 quintillion joules of energy per second each. In short, they would burst into flames almost instantaneously, exposing the reindeer behind them and ...

The Aththa Newspaper spoke highly of the coalition government at the beginning. The newspaper used their resources to promote the then government in various ways. The following is taken from an ...

Trust, a basic sense of faith and confidence, in the leadership of those who are supposed to be in charge of ushering in a new system is the foremost condition that demands to be met at the very ...

The manner in which the government is seeking to project the two visits that the president is to make is to call them economic investment-related visits. Indeed, both countries hold keys to Sri ...

Lee Kuan Yew’s Crusade against Corruption LKY adopted uncompromising standards and a principled approach to governance. Hallmarks of his policies comprised inter alia: providing top-flight public ...

If there is a paucity of such savings, funds should be acquired from external sources – use of the savings made by foreigners – by way of grants, direct investments, investment in the share market or ...

The election of Donald Trump as US President for yet another term has sent many world leaders scurrying for cover. Especially in the West. But even China is concerned. In the US itself, the ...

A government spokesperson was reported to have stated that the government will introduce a new Constitution in three years. Why three years? This reminds one of the futile and expensive exercise ...

Sri Lanka has been under the influence of neoliberal, open economic policies and authoritarian political tendencies over several decades, followed by political populism in the recent past. As is well ...

The expected shenanigans of the Rajapaksas and Wickremesinghe have started with renewed vigour with the General Election 2024 looming. Pathetic as it may appear it is reminiscent of drowning men ...

al journey has had a lamentable history. At the dawn, or on its very eve, of Independence, in 1947, DS Senanayake formed the United National Party (UNP). Its stature was immense; its composition ...