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One should take note that Mahinda had inherited a country which was torn apart and barricaded by a terrorist organization. There was no possibility to renovate the only airport Sri Lanka had during war time. Mattala was built to act as a secondary gateway for Sri Lanka if BIA disabled. There...

Former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, in an interview with Daily Mirror speaks about his future plans, diplomatic ties he developed during the war time and the charges levelled against him. Excerpts From The interview: Q In the book authored by former Foreign Secretary of India...

Though money can mislead people to take wrong decisions.

Even as Sri Lanka’s former President Mahinda Rajapaksa angles for a political comeback, New Delhi appears to be weighing up possible political shifts in the island, including a split in the Rajapaksa camp. On February 10, BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav, known to be Prime Minister...

There are minor differences. Not major ones. That is normal for a group of people who has been separated from their main social group for few centuries. Where the Sinhalese community shows massive difference from their Indian counter part, which is the heritage of 2500 years of separate nation...

Complexion of Sri Lankan people varies widely due to multiple complex reasons. There can be fairer people among any ethnicity in Sri Lanka.

Another reason for Sri Lanka has not faced a famine because we have alternative food sources to our staples. However, with the increasing urbanization we could face a crisis of securing alternative food sources.

http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-countries-producing-the-most-rice-in-the-world.html

What..! are you smoking pot? Myanmar is one of the world's leading rice producing country. Their rice are much better than ours.

It seems that they are declaring war over the Banks.

There goes the so called Mahaweli Project down the drain. That is mostly because CEB is buying from private suppliers from higher cost. It is reported that there is a mafia inside CEB who are pushing for private suppliers despite the fact that there are other alternatives. The breakdowns of...

It's not a propaganda machan. This government is delaying the 'local government' elections because they are going to lose it convincingly. When that happens they can't run the government any further. They have to call in elections. Moreover, there are talks going on inside the government of...

It's completely a government's fault. Every institution predicted that there will be severe drought this year. But, the government started doing anything only after people started complaining about it. Anyhow, the drought will be over within 2-3 months time. Till then we have to hold on. On the...

Honest politicians? How you judge the honesty of the politician? People vote for the person who has done something for the community. That doesn't require one to take educational qualification of highest proportion. In fact even the university degree holders lack the critical knowledge of...

Doing arts does not make one foolish. It's all about the attitude of our people. Our people has learnt to take things for granted. They don't realize the benefits of logic. We had great journalists in the past. I think the present cock up is mostly related to the educational crisis but not in a...

There is no magic solution for corruption. Though 62 million of Sri Lankans thought so 2 years ago. The most pressing matter at hand is to how to bring hard currency to the country. Not how good the governance is. It's time that people should realize it. Political maturity develops with the...

Then why don't you people secede from India? The only reason I can think of your lack of will for secession is your cowardice. You people want to enjoy the benefits of the union while the same time tries to promote your separatist ideals to hijack the central authority. If you want to be a...

I do err sometimes. I accept it. But you don't even accept you erred. That is typical for the UNP voters. The main purpose of discussion forums is to discuss matters. Not to ignore people when you can't put a decent reply for an argument.

What? How come Galle port becomes a threat to H'tota? Galle is a smaller port with lesser depth compared with H'tota. Not to mention it is located far away from the shipping lanes compared with H'tota.

H'tota port is just a only a part of the grand scheme of things. There is a plan to develop the areas around the port as Industrial zones. It's not just like the current deal to handover the land to Chinese to do what they like, the earlier plan was more like a free trade zone. Allowing...