By Walter Jayawardhana ƒ”š‚ The former arms procurer of the LTTE blamed Prabhakaran’s political friends Vaiko and Nedumaran for not accepting his death and Prabhakaran’s blood relatives for not coming forward to receive his mortal remains.ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ Speaking from an undisclosed country in Europe Selvarasa Pathmanathanƒ”š‚  alias KPƒ”š‚  blamed the Indian supporters of the late LTTE leader, […]

Written by Sellakapu S Upasiri de Silva. I had a very healthy appetite to read letters and articles written by the TULF Leader Mr. Ananda Sangaree and I never missed any of his writing, as his writing indicated that he is a moderate Tamil leader trying to settle the terror war created by Prabakaran, the […]

Gomin Dayasri Courtesy The Daily Mirror The 13th Amendment has been in existence for over 20 years and it has brought no relief to Sri Lanka. Nobody has a word of praise for it except the few politicians who have obtained office under its dispensation and enjoy the perks associated with such office. None see […]

Piyal Samarakone ƒ”š‚ Waste “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” Corruption “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” Malpractice Repetition of above will prove once more amount is only mere figures when they land on hands of political swindlers. Over the years Sri Lanka as being developed or under developed country fell on mercy lap of developed rich world and enjoyed periodic loans & aids enough and […]

Embassy of Sri Lanka Washington DC Members of the International Club of DC were hosted by Ambassador Jaliya Wickramasuriya and Mrs. Wickramasuriya at their elegant Embassy Row Residence on Saturday, July 25, 2009. The well attended event was filled with enthusiasts from a range of countries, who were treated to sights, sounds and tastes of […]

By Garvin Karunaratne, Ph.D. formerly of the Srilanka Administrative Service The IMF voting on 24 th June 2009ƒ”š‚  granted the loan applied for by Sri Lanka. However this incident was marred by Western Superpowers- the USA, Britain and France abstaining from voting.ƒ”š‚  It is well known that these Superpowers led by France and Britainƒ”š‚  were […]

By Walter Jayawardhana (Photos by Sudath Silva) Bahrain, has agreed with Sri Lanka to pump in huge amount of investments into the South Asian country to boost up its economyƒ”š‚  by launching economic and trade ventures by government and private sectors alike. The Prime Minister of Bahrain who was on a three day state visit […]

Ben Silva The tremendous contribution made by DJ in defending Sri Lanka has to be acknowledged and several have already done so. There is a flaw in the logic of those who support the 13th amendment. DJ and Prof Witharana have flawed thinking, as they assume that the world consist of ideal humans. It is […]

Public Communications Division Ministry of Foreign Affairs Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama during a courtesy call on His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain on 28th July 2009 stated that the Government of Sri Lanka was appreciative of the support rendered by the Kingdom of Bahrain which proved […]

ASOKA S ƒ”š‚  So President Rajapaksha was ceremonially opening a state of the art Archeological museum on the 5th century AD Lion Rock Sigiriya. It is indeed fascinating to go back in the long memory lane back by 1600 years and visualize what life in ancient Lanka would have looked like during this era. To […]

By Walter Jayawardhana President Mahinda Rajapaksa said, important monuments like the Lion Rock Sigiriya, of the 5th century AD that belonged to the magnificent Anuradhapura era gives the nation immense power and courage to build our nation now. He was speaking after declaring open an ultra modern archeological museum built with Japanese assistance at Sigiriya […]

Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . K1J 6G1 . Canada July 27, 2009 Honourable Stephen Timms, MP Financial Secretary to the Treasury House of Commons Westminster London, UK By e-mail Dear Stephen Timms: The world in 1955 was a pretty good place I thought.ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  A courageous one at that when the […]

LankaWeb Editorial July28th 2009 The previous editorial was captioned “Message To All Harbingers Of Doom And Ill Wishers Of Sri Lanka~ BACK OFF!” While reiterating this suggestion it has to be noted with much enthusiasm that on an even note all the calls for a waiving of the IMF Loan to Sri Lanka have been […]

Dr. A Samaraweera. Dear Editor, ƒ”š‚  This lengthy article (ref. below) that appeared in ‘Lankaweb’ of July 26th, along with many othersƒ”š‚ that wereƒ”š‚ publishedƒ”š‚ on the sameƒ”š‚ topic, have missed out on a crucial factor which appearedƒ”š‚ only asƒ”š‚ a ‘blip’ in theƒ”š‚ massive outpourings that occurred from the begining of this yearƒ”š‚ on the Sri Lankan conflictƒ”š‚ .ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚  Some may not […]

By Charles.S.Perera Of course Dayan Jayatileke needs no one to defend him. ƒ”š‚ Least of all me, as I do not know Dayan Jayatilleke, I have seen him only in media images and heard him on video clips. But I have read some of his articles on various subjects appearing in the websites. ƒ”š‚ I like his […]

By Walter Jayawardhana International Monetary Fund’s Mission Chief for Sri Lanka in Washington, Brian Aitken accepted the statement of the Sri Lanka Central Bank that the recent approval of USD 2.6 billion is a direct endorsement recognizing the Sri Lanka government’s economic policies by the international lending institution. ƒ”š‚ Aitken said in Washington, “the IMF Board […]

By Walter Jayawardhana The United States announced it would grant US $ 8 million to help hasten the internally displaced persons nowƒ”š‚ living in government camps. ƒ”š‚ The US Assistant Secretary of state for refugees, Eric P. Schwartz who visited the Manik Farm , in Vavuniyaƒ”š‚  made the announcement and said that the US was granting this […]

The Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office at Geneva Sri Lanka has accepted the Chairmanship of the Group of Fifteen, a coalition of 18 developing countries established to develop what Member countries perceived as the considerable potential for greater and mutually beneficial cooperation among developing countries, especially in the areas of […]

By Special Intel correspondent ƒ”š‚ It is being alleged from Intelligence sources that India’s dreaded Intelligence agency Research & Analysis Wing (RAW) agents have made several attempts to meet up with the newly self-proclaimed Tamil Tiger chief Pathmanaban popularly known as “KP”ƒ”š‚. Several LTTE agents from Canada have flown over to South-Asia recently to meet up […]

Courtesy : Lakbima News CONSPIRACY BY COUNSEL TO DISCREDIT THE COMMISSION – The justice Udalagama Presidential Commission (COI) report on human rights violations, in its recently released report, states that NGOs such as the Centre for Policy Alternatives and INFORM etc., “were more interested in satisfying their paymasters”, the foreign INGO ACF (….whose employees, 17 […]

The Sri Lankan government’s economic reforms programme including targets as a precursor to the IMF loan has been made public by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. Please click this link to get the letter of Intentƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  http://www.cbsl.gov.lk/pics_n_docs/latest_news/loi_25072009.pdf The executive board of the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC approved the 2.9 billion loan negotiated […]

By Walter Jayawardhana President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared open a four lane new bridge spanning across River Mahaveli at Katugastota on the A9 Highway connecting the ancient capital with the Northern city of Jaffna. The 525 million bridge was built with funds granted as aid by Kuwait which gave 70 per cent of the expenditure. The […]

Malin Abeyatunge The comments made by George Master’s daughter Gayathri Jude of her experience about meeting the law enforcement authorities (LEA) and their response is an open book for those LTTE apologists in the Tamil Diaspora who continues to disseminate false propaganda in ƒ”š‚ the western countries against Sri Lankan Government, its armed forces and law […]

By Walter Jayawardhana Britain together with her allies, USA, Germany, Argentine and France declined to vote for the loan for Sri Lanka when it was taken up at the executive Board meeting of the International Monetary Fund yesterday. Many believe, the attitude of Britain and her allies was a reflection similar somewhat to their attitude […]

Vipula HE Dr Dayan jayatillake, ƒ”š‚  Could you please answer to the following questions ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚  (1) While you are serving as a Diplomat of Sri Lanka Government, have you communicated with RAW or any other foreign intelligence organisation, by telephone, emails or by any other means? ƒ”š‚  (2) While you are serving as a […]

Aloysius Hettiarachchi, Brunei Dear Sir, Please allow me to express my views on the above mentioned project. We read about the debacle in the construction of seventy odd bridges in Matara expressway project in the media these days. According to these reports one of the bridges which were constructed recently has collapsed killing a bystander, […]

By Walter Jayawardhana President Mahinda Rajapaksa said it was a great victory for Sri Lanka to obtain the IMF loan passing the executive board hurdle defeating all conspirators against the loan within and without Sri Lanka. President Rajapaksa said “When we applied for an IMF loan certain Sri Lankan leaders brought pressure to stop it. […]

Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario Canada To Jack Layton, MP (NDP member for Toronto-Danforth) Leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) House of Commons, Ottawa Dear Jack: I appreciate your courtesy to send me your Statement on Sri Lanka’s Black July of 23 July 2009.ƒ”š‚  It was another amazing expression of […]

A Concerned Buddhist Conversion to another Religion is being spoken of lightly by many people today without any real understanding of its dangers. What is conversion? According to the Wikepedia “Religious Conversion is the adoption of a new religious identity, or a change from one religious identity to another. Conversion implies a new reference point […]

AHMADIYYA MUSLIM JAMA’AT – SRI LANKA 619/4, Baseline Road, Colombo 9, Sri Lanka. The 43rd Annual Convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat UK began last Friday at the vast Oaklands Farm site in Alton known as “ƒ”¹…”Hadeeqatul Mahdi’. The event opened with the Friday Sermon delivered by His Holiness, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad the world […]