A.A.M.NIZAM MATARA In our two and half years of solid, unwavering and firm liberation war against thirty years of brutal terrorism, against the worst and ruthless terrorists of the world, so branded as the hyprocratic and double-tongued world’sƒ”š‚  bandit nation, we were forced to fight not only in the war theatres of the Eastern and […]

By Walter Jayawardhana The Parliament of Sri Lanka postponed a decision to grant leave to four alleged proxies of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) who had been absent for the last three months when the Chief Government Whip Dinesh Gunawardena opposed the proposal when it came up before the legislature , Wednesday June […]

Insight By Sunil Kumar For LankaWeb When the Sri Lankan authorities on Wednesday barred a Canadian legislator Bob Rae from entering the country and put him on the next plane back to Canada it seemed indicative of how the Government of Sri Lanka views anyone sympathetic to the Tamil Tiger separatists’ cause as someone who […]

Magaleshwary Sivapackiam. Dear Fellow Srilankans who were called Tamils earlier. ƒ”š‚ I am also on of them and returned from the Killinochchi area via an IDP camp.I must first thank the Armed forces of Srilanka for the super operation they executed in style. What all the world must know is what they do not know as […]

Ajit Randeniya One of the more memorable quotes that arose during the last stages of the war was the Foreign Secretary Dr Palitha Kohona’s (alleged) instructions to Nadesan and Puleedevan through Mr Nambiar regarding their surrender. The instructions were: “Just walk across to the troops, slowly! With a white flag and comply with instructions carefully”. […]

C. Wijeyawickrema Five hundred years of West European colonialism (white man’s burden) rested on a strategy of humiliation of the natives it conquered. This took place by way of both physical (guns) and psychological (primitives, barbarians, savages, infidels, idol worshippers and widow-burners who should be saved) means. Thus, the Portuguese came to Ceylon in 1505 […]

Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario .Canada The Editor (Letters) THE OTTAWA CITIZEN Sir: Liberal Foreign Affairs critic Bob Rae was denied entry into Sri Lanka today (June10). What did he expect from the Sri Lankan Government after getting up in parliament on June 2 and saying, “Mr. Speaker, I have a […]

By Walter Jayawardhana A Canadian Member of Parliament who has been making pro-Tamil Tiger speeches and acting against the national interests of Sri Lanka, was stopped at the Colombo International Airport , barred from entering Sri Lanka and was forced to return home, Sri Lankan sources said. The Canadian MP Bob Rae, who belongs to […]

Sri Lanka Public Communications Divisionƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ Ministry of Health (MoH) has mobilized its resources to a maximum to provide medical facilities to the civilians in welfare centers in Vavuniya. Additional 232 Medical officers have been permanently posted to the Northern Province and Padaviya hospitals.ƒ”š‚  With this reinforcement, 304 medical officers (doctors) and the nurses to 986 […]

Reflections by Comrade Fidel On Thursday the 4th of June, at the Islamic University of Al-Azhar in Cairo, Obama gave a speech of special interest to those of us who are closely following his political actions given the enormous might of the superpower he leads. I cite his very own words to indicate what I […]

By Dr. Mrs. Mareena Thaha Reffaiƒ”š‚  Vanderwert Place, Dehiwela Recently a news item indicated that only about 5 people make use of the park and ride van servies. This is probably due to lack of proper advertisements, Many people I speak to did not even know that such a scheme existed have alone about the […]

Courtesy Daily News Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama in a discussion with visiting Japanese Special Envoy Yashushi Akashi yesterday noted that there was a need to revise the role of the Co-Chairs in the light of the current developments in the country. Tracing the history of the Co-Chairs to the Tokyo Conference in June 2003, the […]

B. Saranapala Courtesy Daily News I just finished watching The British Foreign Secretary David Miliband’s’ report to the UK House of Commons, concerning his recent visit to Sri Lanka. At least ten members from all sides of the House of Commons participated in the ensuing discussion and debate. After listening to these so-called people’s representatives, […]