by Krishantha Prasad Cooray | Sunday Observer

by Krishantha Prasad Cooray

Taking the oath as the President before Chief Justice K. Sripavan
Reflections on the state of the nation
Maithripala Sirisena, elected the 6th executive President of Sri Lanka on January 8, 2015, was the victor over a highly popular and seemingly invincible opponent. Nevertheless, it was a victory of the people of Sri Lanka, as President Sirisena himself has often said. It became a people’s victory because the battle was between a political ideal and a personality. Ranil...
8 January, 2017
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Lalith's invincible legacy
The twenty third day of April, 1993 is among a handful of blots in our national hall of shame. It was the day on which a lone...
Lalith Athulathmudali, a colossus sorely missed
80th birth anniversary yesterday
I am told that a crowd of people had stood by the statue at the corner where Rajakeeya Mawatha meets Kumaratunga Munidasa Mawatha...
In letting-go: Making peace with one-another
It was a voice that I had never heard before, but one that belonged to a man who has been a political associate and a staunch...
Reflections on the state of the nation
Maithripala Sirisena, elected the 6th executive President of Sri...
2017-01-07 18:30:00 0
Lalith Athulathmudali, a colossus sorely missed
I am told that a crowd of people had stood by the statue at the...
2016-11-26 18:30:00 0
In letting-go: Making peace with one-another
It was a voice that I had never heard before, but one that belonged...
2016-11-12 18:30:00 0

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