By Garvin Karunaratne, Ph.D. Karu Jayasuriya, the Deputy leader of the United National Party(UNP) has lamented:”How do we sleep at night, knowing that 280,000 people remain interned behind barbed wire fences in the north?”ƒ”š‚ It is interesting to note that the UNP has now joined the League of Superpowers band led by Robert Blake, US […]

By Walter Jayawardhana Central Intelligence agencies of India have found fresh evidence of joint training camps and meetings conducted by the Maoists with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam elements crept into India in the forests of South and Central India , the Times of India reported. Predicting the long term ambitions of Tamil Tigers […]

Review by A.K. Zaman It is almost two years since the first edition of The India Doctrine appeared on Bangladesh bookshelves to wide acclaim and appreciation. The newly revised edition now titled The India Doctrine (1947-2007) is an astonishing work of exceptional depth and analysis and is probably the first book of its kind not […]

Prof. Hudson McLean Many opinions have expressed their concern on the current predicament of two Giants trying to fight for the spoils. Or it is just “spin” created by subtle planning? One one hand we have President Mahinda Rajapaksa who demonstrated his leadership and diplomatic skills of a Statesman and on the other the General […]

Dr.P.A.Samaraweera, Australia The US in a document captioned “Reports toƒ”š‚  Congress on incidents during the recent conflicts in Sri Lanka”, has urged Sri Lanka to probe allegations of war crimes committed by government troops and Tamil rebels during the final months of their conflict. According to the Report there are credible claims of atrocities by […]

Ajit Randeniya The international and local enemies of Sri Lanka who tried their “ƒ”¹…”best’ and devious methods to divide the territory of Sri Lanka through the LTTE have not yet accepted that they failed. They are looking for new opportunities to achieve the same aim. ƒ”š‚ There is nothing new of course, in the international meddlers […]

Courtesy: MCNS It has been brought to the notice of the defence authorities that certain pro-LTTE and anti-Security Forces websites continue to burn midnight oil by way of publishing various concocted stories, replete with hypotheses and utterly false fabricated stories. The latest were a series of purposely planted such stories and e-mails being published in […]

Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario .Canada October 25, 2009 The Editor (Letters) THE OTTAWA CITIZEN Sir: You reported that “ƒ”¹…”Migrant ship belongs to Tamil Tigers: experts’, and “ƒ”¹…”Intercepted last week,Ocean Lady used to smuggle arms from N.Korea.’ Defending these 76 illegal Tamil migrants who by-passed their homeland, Tamil Nadu in South […]

By Gomin Dayasri Are we heading to the loony bin? Are two war heroes getting ready to battle it out, while those who made every effort to destabilize them during the war and damage the nation become the cheer leaders, edging them to brink of the cliff to see one fall to the gorge below? […]

By Shelton A. Gunaratne This story is best told in pictures. It’s the story of planet Earth and its place in the universe. Once upon a time, long before the Hubble Telescope, humans thought that Earth was the center of the universe. Now we know that Earth is a mere speck in the still expanding […]

Shelton A. Gunaratne ƒ”š‚©2009 By “step land”ƒ”š‚ I mean America, the land that adopted me. By motherland I mean Sri Lanka, the land of my birth. My claim to be a world citizen derives from my blend as a cultural mix of these two countries and, to a lesser extent, of the countries where I […]

Shelton A. Gunaratne ƒ”š‚©2009 ƒ”š‚ My last fling with Lake House (June 4-Aug. 16, 1991) did not work out as well as I expected because ANCL failed to honor the terms of a paid internship as stipulated by the ASNE. Observer editor H. L. D. Mahindapala expected “donated”ƒ”š‚ labor at his disposal and presumed that the […]

Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario .Canada October 25, 2009 The Editor (Letters) THE OTTAWA CITIZEN Sir: While I have the utmost respect for Peter Showler as a critic on the Canadian refugee system and own his book “ƒ”¹…”Refugee Sandwich’ as one of my references on the subject, it was frustrating to […]

Piyal Samarakone Hiding a victor from a victor is probably the best way to live among the people to gain all the grounds for much needed political longevity. The issue is can a victor become yet another victor in different kind of a battle? The battle against corruption, bureaucracy and above all emerging neo-nepotism. President […]

Kumar Moses The war has ended in victory to Sri Lanka but the Tamil Elam struggle continues. It is a struggle against logic, multiethnic coexistence and Sri Lanka, a nation made up of people belonging to various races. Clearly the Tamil Elam struggle is against all odds and therefore it needs support from some source […]

Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario Canada October 23, 2009 Tom Malinowski Director of Advocacy, Human Rights Watch Washington DC, US Dear Tom: I heard what you said loud and clearly – ƒ”š‚ “Human Rights Watch called for an independent international investigation’, on the 73 page US State Department’s Report on Sri Lanka’s […]

Ira de Silva London, Canada The Letters Editor Ottawa Citizen Ottawa, Ontario. ƒ”š‚ Dear Sir: ƒ”š‚ Re: Canada’s Refugee Challenge ƒ”š‚ The challenge to Canada’s self-image from what you call a “ship full of desperate migrants” is not it’s dedication to compassion, tolerance and justice but a challenge to Canada’s lax immigration laws and system of justice. The […]

ALI SUKHANVER Are we heading towards a blind alley?ƒ”š‚  Is this war in Waziristan going to be a death knell for 170 million Pakistanis? Will the anti-Muslim Allied forces succeed in wiping off Pakistan from the world map? Most of the Pakistanis are going to say “ƒ”¹…”No”ƒ”š‚ in response to all these questions; simply because […]

Media Release Embassy of Sri Lanka Washington DC A set of fishermen turned smugglers operating across the Palk Straits in 10 foot dinghies with OBMs, in the late 70’s progressed over a period of time to transform into a formidable and ruthless terrorist outfit by the late 90’s. This terrorist organization was eventually capable of […]

By Walter Jayawardhana The Australian has revealed that the Tamils smuggled out of Sri Lanka to Australia and Canada are actually ex-fighters of the Liberation Fighters of Tamil Eelam and the ships used were the remnants of the same ships that were used to smuggle in weapons by the Tamil Tigers. The Australian quoting Singapore […]

Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario .Canada October 23, 2009 The Editor (Letters) THE OTTAWA CITIZEN Sir: Your editorial “ƒ”¹…”Canada’s refugee challenge’ which is dealing with the 76 Tamil illegal migrants, who were brought into Victoria Island in British Columbia, is skirting around the real problem. What you have not pointed out […]

Ranjit Rupesinghe Bisbane, Australia My letter to Tony Jones, presenter of ABC’s Question & Answer(QANDA)programme Attention: Mr Tony Jones For the second week running on your program “Question & Answer” (QANDA) you have continued to utter vacuous platitudes on the Sri Lankan issue displaying what could only be described as sentimental tosh, instead of practising […]

by Janaka Alahapperuma President Mahinda Rajapaksa payed tribute to late President of Vietnam Ho Chi Minh today (23rd October) on his second day of official visit to Socialist Republic of Vietnam. He visited the Mausoleum of late President Ho Chi Minh and laid a wreath at the foot of the monument in the city of […]

Sasanka De Silva,Sultanate of Oman. To Lanka Web, Colombo. ƒ”š‚ Dear Sir, ƒ”š‚ Boat loads of people are stranded in some parts of the world trying to reach countries which are economically prosperous. If the figures reported in some of the press are correct, the people now stranded in Indonesia have promised to pay or have already […]

By Walter Jayawardhana The Billionaire hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam was sued by Sri Lankan victims of Tamil Tiger terrorism for unspecified amounts of damage for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)caused violence and havoc for their families in a law suit filed in Newark, New Jersey. ƒ”š‚ Raj Rajaratnam (52)with about US 3.7 billion […]

The Association for the Victims of LTTE Terrorism NEWARK, N.J. (October 22, 2009) “ƒ¢¢”š¬‚ Indicted Wall Street hedge fund manager Rajakumara Rajaratnam and his father, J. M. Rajaratnam, knowingly provided financial and other support to the Tamil Tigers, more than 30 victims and survivors of the terrorist group’s attacks alleged today. In a 57-page complaint […]

Ministry of Defence, Public Security, Law & Order – Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Security Forces of Sri Lanka were engaged in a humanitarian mission through operations in the North and in the East of the island, to civilians of the Tamil community and the members of other communities living in those areas, from […]

Vajiragnana Warnakulasuriya, Melbourne To:-Ministry of Foreign Affairs Honorable Mr. Stephen Smith Federal Government ofƒ”š‚ Australiaƒ”š‚  Canberra Dear Mr. Smith, ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ Refugees, IDPs and Peaceful Sri Lanka ƒ”š‚ The civil war that destroyed the Sri Lanka’s innocent Life, Economy and Property for nearly three decades is now over. There had been no suicide bombings since May 18th 2009. The […]

By Walter Jayawardhana President Mahinda Rajapaksa has arrived in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for a three day official visit Thursday October 22. During his visit the President will have bilateral talks with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguen Minh Triet and other high officials and enter into several new agreements. Reports from Vietnam said that the […]

Media Sec for Minister of Justice and Law Reforms After going through in rehabilitation at the welfare camps in Vavuniya, the ex-combatants have been granted permission to carry out their education in Colombo. A group consisting of over 140 former LTTE child soldiers joined the Hindu College and another team will be joining this unit […]