ƒ”š‚  The Island Editorial The British media has done it again! Channel 4, which is blatantly hostile to Sri Lanka and partial to the LTTE, has found ‘evidence of war crimes’ in Sri Lanka”ƒ¢¢”š¬…””ƒ¢¢”š¬…”a video footage of a naked civilian being shot dead by a person who looks like a Sri Lankan soldier. This footage […]

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Courtesy : Ministry of Foreign Affairs The attention of the Government of Sri Lanka has been drawn to a news item telecast on Channel 4 television in the UK which is also available on the Internet which depicts Sri Lankan forces allegedly committing atrocities against Tamils. The Government of Sri Lanka strongly and unequivocally denies […]

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By Walter Jayawardhana Sri Lanka moved out 600 Hindu and Catholic priests to resettle in the original churches and temples on Wednesday from the IDP welfare camps run by the government. They were living with the rest of the internally displaced persons who were moved there during the war with the LTTE and Sri Lanka […]

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By Walter Jayawardhana Addressing the Project Management Institute in Colombo, Sri Lanka’s former Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka who led the island nation to its historic military triumph said the victory was achieved by adopting guerilla tactics while letting the rebel group adopt conventional military strategies. Pakistan , another South Asian country , attacked by […]

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By Charles.S.Perera According to aƒ”š‚  recent reportƒ”š‚  in the news media, Tissa Attanayake General Secretary of the UNP had ƒ”š‚ made a very unwise and anƒ”š‚  undignified ƒ”š‚ comment, on the invitationƒ”š‚  the General Secretary of theƒ”š‚  SLFP made ƒ”š‚ to the UNP and the other Opposition Parties , to join with the government to carry out together, […]

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By Noor Nizam “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” Sri Lanka Peace Activist, Canada Wednesday 26th., August 2009. The news article written by Garvin Karunaratne, formerly of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service under the heading “The Wind Turbines of Spain, France and Portugal”ƒ”š‚ dated August 25, 2009 and published in your esteem Internet Newspaper which highlights issues concerning Sri Lanka […]

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From Buddha’s Light International Association (BLIA) Sri Lanka Chapter Just like the Tsunami that hit Sri Lanka destroying lives and property in December 2004, the Morakot Typhoon which hit Taiwan during the late hours of 8th August 2009 has left the tiny island shattered and destroyed. According to reports received, almost the entire southern region […]

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Ben Silva Our security forces risked their life to safe guard us. Their massive contribution to our safety has to be acknowledged.ƒ”š‚  Recent incidents have shown that there may be a few bad people amongst them that has spoiled the reputation of our brave security forces including the Police. Such bad people need to be […]

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