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Winning Sri Lanka’s peace

8 April 2015 OPINION Commentary / World By Ranil Wickremesinghe Winning a war or revolution, only to lose the subsequent peace, is one of the grim political truths of our time. In Iraq, a quick military victory ov ...

LTTE Female Black Tigers Face Social Hostility

By P K Balachandran COLOMBO:In a startling revelation, the Sri Lankan Commissioner General of Rehabilitation Maj Gen Jagath Wijetilleke said that six to seven per cent of the 12,346 male and female cadre of the Libera ...

In the Hills of Sri Lanka’s Tea Country

By ROBERT DRAPER MARCH 27, 2015 The man in the khaki vest slurped noisily from his cup, descended briefly into scowling meditation, spat the contents into a sink and then unleashed a torrent of approving descriptors, ...

A Fruitful Indian Ocean Yatra

Wednesday, 18th March 2014 By Satish Chandra Narendra Modi’s visit to Seychelles, Mauritius and Sri Lanka has not only bolstered India’s ties with these countries but has also signalled that India intends to pursue a m ...

Sirisena to call meet on fisheries row soon

Wednesday, 18th March 2014 Meera Srinivasan AP Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena.File photo Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena will soon convene a national-level meeting aimed at addressing the fisheri ...

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