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by Rajan Philips There is nothing even remotely common between the current circumstances of Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Sri Lanka and Donald Trump in the United States of America. In fact, Gotabaya Rajapaksa is not even in Sri Lanka. He has been flying from country to country in search of safer pastures before facing the inevitability […]
June Greiner (nee Boralessa) came from Sri Lanka to Schwaebisch Hall, Germany 41 years ago, where she still teaches English in the Institute for Languages. Written by Sonja Alexa Vollman for the local paper “Haller Tagblatt” Schwaebisch Hall in Germany. Translated by Nimka Udapola. On her 80th birthday, a city official from the Town Hall […]
byRajan Philips President Ranil Wickremesinghe might be feeling satisfied over his two recent accomplishments which have eluded him ever since he became UNP leader after 1994. First, a seemingly secure majority in parliament and, second, an intriguingly evolving and mutually supportive relationship with the military. At the same time, Mr. Wickremesinghe finds himself in circumstances […]
by Rajan Philips Prime Minister Wickremesinghe made yet another statement in parliament last Wednesday (June 22). Apparently, these are biweekly statements he has committed himself to make “since taking over the reins of this government,” as he put it. With cynical self-deprecation he acknowledged the mockeries directed at him for making too many statements with […]