Ursula Kemp was a strong-willed woman. That may have been one reason she eventually ended up on the gallows. A midwife and healer in the small English village of St Osyth, Kemp
by Gajaya Oh, Chamara Gunasekara, how lucky you are to be born in the Island of Pearl, or as we like to call it, the Island of Paradise Lost. It must be
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by Gajaya In my opinion, it would be fitting to compose a brief narrative about the Easter attack that ought to remain in our memories. Today marks the fourth anniversary of that
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Editorial “Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.” – Romans 12:17 The Easter attacks in Sri Lanka have been a tragic event that
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Sri Lanka has now got breathing time with the International Monetary Fund sanctioning a long-term loan of 3 billion USD, of course with some pre-conditions. IMF has said that it would disburse
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In ‘Democracy,’ all types of spaces are most important. ‘Democracy’ is called a fragile flower; the reality is – it always needs cultivation. So, all sorts of societal areas are potential manure
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In view of the recent geopolitical upheavals, and particularly the war in Ukraine, it does not make sense (and does not promise much success) to build a new global security architecture based
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by Tisaranee Gunasekara “Homo Sapiens is prone to orgies of stupidity, brutality, and destruction.”Martin Wolf (The crisis of democratic capitalism) So back in the Chalk Circle, but this time play ends in
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by Robert Lawrence Kuhn The 2023 National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s highest body of state power, looks back to review and report, while looking ahead to formulate and implement. Although this is
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Reading news from Sri Lanka is depressing. Suffering of the people due to cost of living, loss of employment or small businesses, breakdown of welfare assistance from the government are some of
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February ended as a month of discontent for the public after the government raised power tariffs for a second time on February 15. It was said to be the last of 15
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