The world’s biggest container ship, the Ever Ace, did call at the Colombo Port on the return of her maiden voyage. There are only 24 ports in the world, that can handle ships of this […]
‘Maths Guru’ Vellupillai Arasaratnam Esqr.!
My gratitude to a role model and a great teacher who made a significant difference in helping my scholastic advancement. I was one of many students at Royal College, Colombo, who were fortunate to have […]
Mother a true feudalist!
Today is mother’s remembrance day, for it was on 28 September 1987, that industrious person all her life and a cohesive force in our family passed away. During the disturbed period in Jaffna peninsula, mother […]
Need to fill our Parliament with representatives willing to serve!
With independence all politicial groups in the country had opportunities to rule the country and taste power. Almost all benefited by it and in return ruled citizens got was a bankrupt country. Now to lead […]
Tamil diaspora with an open mind must accept the call from President!
In 2009, with the end of the civil war, the time came to rectify the narrow debate on the ethnic issue of the Sri Lankan people, to given to the Tamil-speaking people a peaceful atmosphere […]
Rulers must equitably treat all communities respecting their culture and heritage!
Listening to our President’s recent speech at the United Nations August assembly, reminding the role of the UN was to respect all sovereign states, regardless of size or strength, respecting tradition; equitably with due respect […]
Political culture change needed in Sri Lanka!
Sri Lanka, before independence was Ceylon, then no one of the country needed to separate themselves from national politics because of foreign rule. It is said that political culture is the combination of the people’s […]
Construction of jogging track on Kantale Wewa Dam suspended!
Kantale Wewa in the Trincomalee District builtcovers area of 23 sq km and has a carrying capacity of 115Mn million cubic meters at full capacity. The large embankment dam is 4,267 m long, and over 15 m high […]
Parakrama Samudra Jogging Track project suspended indefinitely!
The Parakrama Samudra, was King Parakramabahu’s greatest contribution to the people of Sri Lanka. This water system is so large it was called samudhraya or ocean, strong winds cause swells, so large to the size […]
Reverse brain drain, need of the Day in Sri Lanka!
With a New President and a new cabinet the country was in a full scale economic meltdown. It did not occur overnight, the writing was on the wall from the time governments waged a cruel […]
Northern Breeze 