By Charles.S.Perera Freedom has to be exercised with caution.ƒ”š‚  Just because one is allowed to use one’s freedom, it should not be utilised for the detriment, or cause harm to another.ƒ”š‚  Freedom could lead to allsorts of abuses. It would be like giving a torch to a monkey. It could setƒ”š‚  a whole forest on […]

Courtesy: Indian Defence Review “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” July “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” Sept 2009 “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” Vol 24(3) In an in-depth analysis of the Sri Lankan government’s defeat of the LTTE, the “ƒ”¹…”Indian Defence Review’ has identified Eight Fundamentals of Victory. These are listed as the “ƒ”¹…”Rajapaksa Model of fighting terror’ and are described as: “ƒ”š‚¢ Unwavering political will “ƒ”š‚¢ Disregard […]

Anura Seneviratna, Dr MB Ranatunga, Sumith Silva, Ira Mediwake, Asanka Haradasa, Sapumal Watteaarachchige, Ranjith Wijetunge, Dhanapala Godagangdeni (expat Hela team). Suspicion, if terror sneaks out again is in the air. Recent election results in the north showed overwhelming support for tiger “ƒ¢¢”š¬…”tamil proximate parties and SL-Tamil racist parties demanding foreign national Tamil rights. ƒ”š‚ “Foreign national […]

Ira de Silva London, Canada Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 21:25:32 -0400 The Editor National Post Toronto, Canada ƒ”š‚  Dear Sir: ƒ”š‚  Re: Sri Lanka’s Abuse of Press Freedom – Sept.1,2009 ƒ”š‚  J.S. Tissanayagam, a Tamil reporter has received a 20 year sentence after his trial because he was found to have violated Sri Lanka’s […]

Piyal Samarakone ƒ”š‚ Seeing the fading light of the war brought immense hopes to all patriotic Sri Lankans regardless to their casts and creeds, but only knowing lot more miseries haunting their backyards at will. Putting off underworld out of business means no lesser significance than winning the war as it holds a firm grip on […]

By Walter Jayawardhana United Nations Deputy spokeswoman Marie Okabe said the UN cannot vouch for the authenticity regarding the Channel 4 (Britain) video allegedly showing the extrajudicial execution of a prisoner in Sri Lanka. The statement was made after United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon met Sri Lanka’s Mahinda Samarasinghe, Minister of Disaster Management […]

Siri Hewawitharana < C-4 video created from a video camera, not from a mobile phone. < Sound dubbed: a case study for gutter journalism. ƒ”š‚ In video coding or broadcasting to create a final video for any occasion it is the practice to start with high quality video first while transcending with editing for a final […]

defence.lk The Channel 4, a British TV channel apparently engaged in a deliberate propaganda campaign against Sri Lankan citizens, has come up with its latest canard about the island nation. A video footage of very poor quality showing two persons clad in combat uniforms shooting down two others has been given a huge publicity by […]

By Walter Jayawardhana Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has accepted an invitation by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to visit Sri Lanka for an official visit. Government sources said the invitation was made to Chavez during the three day visit of President Mahinda Rajapaksa to the 40th National Day celebrations of Libya in the capital city of Tripoli. […]

The Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office at Geneva Today, Hon. Mahinda Samarasinghe, M.P., Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights addressed the High Level Segment of the World Climate Conference-3 which is being held in Geneva, delivering a policy statement on behalf of the Government of Sri Lanka. The week-long […]

Media Sec. Minister of Justice and Law Reforms, A young group of former LTTE cadres surrender to Government who underwent rehabilitation was given employment in Malaysia. This opportunity was jointly organized by Ministry of Justice and Law reforms and Foreign Employment Bureau. Picture here are seven of the ex-L T T E youth obtaining the […]

Gamini Sarath Godakanda Media Sec. for Minister of Justice and law Reforms The launch of the book titled the “ƒ”¹…”Most Admired World Leaders’ authored by Minister of Justice and law Reforms Hon. Milinda Moragoda will be held on 12th, September 2009 at 5.00pm at Colombo Tamil Sangam, Wellawatte, Colombo-06. Mr. T. Senthilvelavar, the Editor attached […]