“Nothing More, Nothing Less” with no surprise shortcomings is the need of the hour to resolve the national issue with constitutional reforms undertaken by the Coalition Government. In the past many deficiencies were left undetected […]
Remembering the death on May 19!
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. Those who […]
Put one’s money where one’s mouth..
Put one’s money where one’s mouth is an informal phrase used for saying that someone should do something; especially spend money, to show that they mean what they say instead of just talking about it. Today an opportunity […]
Give fishing net instead of fish
The saying, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime” is an old Chinese proverb. Appreciating this need to provide an income generating development for the province at […]
Proper Devolution to view clear Super Moon in Sri Lanka !
The 2017 Budget was designed to empower the people for the 1500 days development plan that would benefit all sectors and take the country forward on a development path. The people in the North with […]
In 2015 “Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem” said Sri Lankans
Its 9/11 today and United States of America gets a republican to rule them; Elderly Sri Lankans will remember the earlier republican president Ronald Wilson Reagan, who was the 40th President of USA, from 1981 […]
Ven Sobitha Thera – respected by all
The first death anniversary of the most Ven Maduluwawe Sobitha Thera, who helped to usher in the New Coalition Government, falls this Tuesday; had the Ven Sobitha Thera lived today, he would not have been […]
“Once in a blue moon” opportunity again to develop Sri Lanka!
The saying ‘once in a blue moon’, is derived from the phenomenon which occurs after a volcanic eruption, like that 1883 eruption of Krakatoa a volcanic island situated in the Indonesian province of Lampung. Because larger volcanic dust […]
Northerners in Sri Lanka are “not out of the woods yet”
Being lost in the woods is a terrifying experience today, just as it was centuries ago, where the origin of the idiom ‘out of the woods’ can be found. Early pioneers were a hearty bunch […]
Northern Province and the 2017 Appropriation Bill
The Northern Province Council (NPC) could play an important role in developing Sri Lanka, even though its population and economy remains small. Like all other provinces NPC has a budget and most of the funds […]