AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM D.B.S. JEYARAJ 22 May 2012 | 01:36 pm

Hello Friends, Today May 21st is my Birthday. I have turned 58 on this day. After deep thought and reflection both alone and with my loved ones ,I have decided to stop the website www.transcurrents.co...

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If the past was the happy country of our memory the LTTE would not have come into being 21 May 2012 | 01:21 am

By Tisaranee Gunasekara “…for a myth does not analyse or solve problems. It represents them as already analysed and solved…” -Edward Said (Orientalism) In the collective memory of the Sinhala South, t...

We are engaged in Revolutionary Praxis as advised by Marx 21 May 2012 | 01:11 am

by Dr.Vickramabahu Karunaratne Central bank governor Ajith Cabraal said “This would include the fact that Sri Lanka has recorded a more than 8% growth for two consecutive years in 2010 and 2011, and a...

Being a Treasure Hunter would have been a lot more fun than this Writing Job 21 May 2012 | 01:08 am

by Namini Wijedasa I have missed my vocation in life. I should have been a treasure hunter. I fault my parents for this. They never told me it would be so easy, or so painlessly lucrative. All you nee...

Is G.L. Peiris lying about not giving the US a ‘very serious and good plan’? 20 May 2012 | 04:01 pm

by Tisaranee Gunasekara “Look over the edge of the abyss, and consider how close we are to losing what we have created here. Ask yourselves if the time has not arrived for us to come to our senses, to...

Assets of those linked to terrorism to be frozen 20 May 2012 | 03:51 pm

By Chandani Kirinde Assets of those designated by a Competent Authority as engaged in terrorist activity will be liable for seizure, according to new regulations formulated by the External Affairs Min...

It is not possible to remove Armed Forces camps from North and reduce attention to national security 20 May 2012 | 03:48 pm

by Mahinda Rajapaksa (Text of President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s address to the nation, at the Armed Services Humanitarian Victory Parade, Galle Face, Colombo on May 19th 2012) I need not state afresh that...

When you read the book “Gota’s War” you learn that it does not means Gota won the war single-handedly 20 May 2012 | 03:47 pm

By Dr. Sarath Amunugama I consider Mr. Chandraprema’s book “Gotas War” which was launched last week to be the finest and most comprehensive description and analysis of the fratricidal ethnic conflict ...