H. L. D. Mahindapala ƒ”š‚ Ranil Wickremesinghe was expected to announce at yesterday’s press conference a reasonable and acceptable solution to the crisis caused by his failed leadership. But it ended predictably in worsening the crisis with the reformists rejecting his formula. The solution he offered was to plead for more time to devolve power to […]

Mahinda Gunasekera The Editor Toronto Star 1 Yonge Street Toronto Dear Editor, ƒ”š‚ Break-in at Canadian Tamil Congress Office in Scarborough ƒ”š‚ I refer to the front page news report of September 13th filed by Jayme Poisson and a follow up report with a picture of the CTC spokesperson David Poopalapillai in the Greater Toronto section of […]

EMBASSY OF SRI LANKA, WASHINGTON DC The people of Sri Lanka are the most generous charitable donors throughout the whole of Asia, according to the largest study ever carried out into charitable behaviours across the globe. President Mahinda Rajapaksa has described the report’s findings as being “an honour for each and every Sri Lankan citizen.” […]

– Kumar Moses Revenue of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) is over Rs 1 billion a year. However, it is no secret that CMC is not providing comparable services. In fact, CMC is a symbol of waste, corruption, favouritism and inefficiency. However, there is more to it. Over the years, it has become a safe […]

Sarath Wijesinghe LL.M (London) Solicitor-Attorney-at-Law (Ambassador of Sri Lanka in the United Arab Emirates) ƒ”š‚ China and Sri Lanka were related connected and bonded together for thousands of years.ƒ”š‚  Monk Fahian’s visit and the Buddhism with Asian way of life connected China/Sri Lanka uninterrupted and undisturbed.ƒ”š‚  Even when China was in isolation Sri Lanka always made […]

Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario Canada September 14, 2010 ƒ”š‚  The Editor (Letters) THE OTTAWA CITIZEN ƒ”š‚  Sir: ƒ”š‚  For the Conservatives not to take heed of our diplomats warnings months agoƒ”š‚  from Colombo ofƒ”š‚  a Tamil influx as refugee claimants hasn’t surprised me one bit.ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ If the pathetic press […]

Anura Seneviratna (for expat Hela team). The so called past Sri Lankan conflict defined as terror is mild “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” hard fact is, it was an attempted undercover invasion to transform the Island Country into a second Tamil Nadu (Tamil country) of the Indian subcontinent. The abominable fraudulent propaganda of the Tamil diasporas, whose origin is […]

By Shelton A. Gunaratne ƒ”š‚©2010 Professor of mass communications emeritus, Minnesota State University Moorhead ƒ”š‚ If I were Charles Dickens, I would have written a novel on James K. Bowers, my long-time pal who has used Lake Minnetonka as his habitat for four decades. He lived the life of a sybarite in his younger days, and […]

PRESS RELEASE FRIENDS OF SRI LANKA (CANADA) It’s with great pleasure that Canadian Friends of Sri Lanka (CFSL) welcome the very friendly decision taken by Canadian Government to relax the travel adversary notificationƒ”š‚ against the North and East of Sri Lanka. At this moment we should also acknowledge theƒ”š‚ activism shown by the Canadian High Commissioner in […]

By Bandu de Silvaƒ”š‚  Courtesy The Islandƒ”š‚  13-09-2010 The Indian journalist Sathiya Moorthy cannot be blamed for claiming that Sri Lankans have misunderstood India. As we Sri Lankans say, he is here to “cough for India.” The piece he wrote in the Daily Mirror of August 31 to coincide with India’s Foreign Secretary, Nirupma Rao’s […]