Lionel Wijesiri
One of my favourite TV characters was Mr. Bean. Years ago, it was a popular comedy series. The humour largely came from Mr. Bean’s original (and often absurd) solutions to problems and his total disregard for others when solving them, his pettiness, and occasional malevolence. At times, without laughing at his buffooneries I felt [...]

After making a few puerile utterances and awkward gesticulations, the Foreign Secretary has returned home, bitter, dejected and empty-handed, except for a few thousand air miles. 
Mr Miliband (Some cynics in Colombo call him the LTTE Miniband!) strenuously denies that his motives were electoral. One could have given him the benefit of doubt had it not [...]

“My problem is not what the LTTE will do to you,” the Defence Secretary said laughing, “instead it is that should such a thing happen, we would not be able to take Prabhakaran as planned!” He said after thirty years, the time had come finally for Prabhakaran and other terrorist leaders to be captured dead [...]

French and British foreign ministers, accompanied by several Sri Lankan ministers, secretary to Foreign Ministry and senior officials arrived at the Manic Farm Relief Village today (29) to receive a first-hand assessment of the prevailing sanitary and welfare arrangements.
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