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Adequate Lanka response needed for justice
by Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on February 24, 2021
WITH the Zero Draft in circulation there is no longer any doubt that a resolution on Sri Lanka will be presented at the forthcoming session...
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Bipartisan approach can bring closure to Geneva
by Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on February 19, 2021
ONE of the issues that have created internal division in the country is the cremation of those who have succumbed to the COVID-19 virus. This...
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P2P march in Lanka and some other issues
Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on February 10, 2021
THE five-day march from the eastern town of Pottuvil to the northern capital of Jaffna, given the name P2P — Pottuvil to Polikandi march —...
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Lanka’s choice of consensus or confrontation
Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on February 05, 2021
THE report on Sri Lanka of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has been much stronger than anticipated. It has shattered the belief that...
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Lanka needs to commit to more than commissions
by Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on January 27, 2021
PREPARING for the forthcoming UN Human Rights Council cannot be easy for a government that was elected on a nationalist platform that was very critical...
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Lanka: more decisions in national interest
by Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on January 20, 2021
PRESIDENT Gotabaya Rajapaksa has announced that the government will be entering into an agreement with the Adani Group based in India to offer them 49...
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Sri Lanka: rationality is required for unity
Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on January 14, 2021
JUST over a year after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa took over the reins of governance, which the 20th amendment to the constitution has strengthened, the red...
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Lanka: moving towards a necessary balance
by Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on January 08, 2021
AS THE new year dawns the government appears to be moving in the direction of more inclusivity in both domestic and foreign policy. The most...
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Lanka govt should take a stand for religious right to burial
Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on December 31, 2020
THE map of COVID-19 infection in the country is steadily spreading to more remote parts of the country radiating from the western province which has...
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Lanka leaders should analyse problems rationally
Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on December 25, 2020
THE loss of the $480 million grant opportunity provided to Sri Lanka by the Millennium Challenge Corporation has been on the cards for some time....