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Leader Who Shaped Sri Lanka’s Future
Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Headlines - Print Edition Thank You for Being “A FATHER AND A FRIEND”
How Esmond worked out a package for Lanka’s UN membership
Communist Party turns 82 today
Hundreds attend funeral of Sri Lankan Trotskyist Sarath Kumara
D.A. Rajapaksa- the pulse of Ruhuna
The successor
That massacre upon massacre
Do not abuse Sri Lanka Administrative Service and degrade university education
D.E.W. Gunasekera, the ‘Professional Communist’
By Dr. Lloyd Fernando D.E.W. Gunasekera is the longest-serving political leader – 60 years to be precise. Dudley Senanayake served 37 years;...
Leader Who Shaped Sri Lanka’s Future
June 6, 2025 1:05 am. Dr. NM Perera addresses Parliament, as Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike looks on, along with other key members of...
Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Headlines - Print Edition Thank You for Being “A FATHER AND A FRIEND”
I write this reflection for what would have been my father's 100th birthday on November 16. My father was the nicest person that anyone...
How Esmond worked out a package for Lanka’s UN membership
Mr. Wickremesinghe played a key role in Sri Lanka gaining membership in the United Nations, navigating tough obstacles which were byproducts of the Cold War.
Communist Party turns 82 today
The Communist Party of Sri Lanka founded on July 3rd 1943, celebrates its 82nd Anniversary today.
Hundreds attend funeral of Sri Lankan Trotskyist Sarath Kumara
Sarath joined the Revolutionary Communist League, forerunner of the SEP, in 1991 and remained a courageous and dedicated working-class...
D.A. Rajapaksa- the pulse of Ruhuna
DM Rajapaksa, popularly known as the Lion of Ruhuna, who died 66 years ago, continues to live in the hearts of our people.
The successor
Tiger supremo V. Prabakaran made Balasingham Mahendran alias Nadesan the new political division head of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
That massacre upon massacre
The public commotion going on in Borella that Sunday evening, on July 24, 1983, was heard by inmates of Welikada Prison.
Do not abuse Sri Lanka Administrative Service and degrade university education
'Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking.' – John Maynard Keynes. By Usvatte-aratchi
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Early communist leader and supporter of trade unions; co‑founder and leading figure in the Communist Party of Ceylon, active in labour organisation during the 20th century.