Ajit Randeniya Those who ought to be keeping an eye on that shifty neocon agent Robert O Blake’s conspiracies for Sri Lanka need to be awake to the possibility that the ridiculous move through his off-sider Maria Otera at the UNHCR and the rapid slide of the Sri Lankan rupee at the same time may […]

TAPROBANEƒ”š‚  “ƒ”¹…”As I was going up the stair, I met a man who wasn’t there. He wasn’t there again today.ƒ”š‚  I do wish he’d go away’. (Anon) ƒ”š‚ The UNHRC now meeting in Geneva has once again been inveigled by the USA and its poodles to accuse SL of HR abuses limited to the final phase […]

– Kumar Moses ƒ”š‚ Evil prevails not because of the evil deeds of a few nations but because of the silence of the many good nations. Needless bloodshed has been caused in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Bahrain, Pakistan and elsewhere. Non-Muslim nations have allowed it to pass not knowing they will be the next to face […]

Asada M Erpini A coterie of affluent, Western countries, donning the cloak the international community, keeps remindingSri Lanka on the importance of democracy in the country. Our former colonial masters would be referring to theWestminster style democracy that they are supposed to have bequeathed onSri Lanka on their departure. Not to be outdone, a motley […]

Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . K1J 6G1 . Canada 4 March 2012 OPEN LETTER Maria Otero, Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights U.S. Department of State, 2201 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20520, US Dear Maria Otero: I just read a news item in ColomboPage […]

By Charles.S.Perera ƒ”š‚ “It is happening “, says Mr.Stanley Perera who mooted the idea of a legal action against TNA. He ƒ”š‚ is now in Sri Lanka, making arrangements to contact two leading constitutional lawyers Gomin Dayasiri and H.L.Gunasekara to get their legal advice as to the possibility of filing a private action against the TNA. ƒ”š‚ Before […]

DON WIJESINGHE Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has announced that the United States will support a resolution in the United Nationals Council on Human Rights meeting this month directed against Sri Lanka. The resolution will call for Sri Lanka to adopt the recommendations made recently by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC). This […]

Mahinda Weerasinghe Taktiske Norge skjulte Sri Lankas ƒ”š‚ “Lessons Learnt Commission’s (LLRC) rapport, for ƒÆ’†’ƒ”š‚¥ forvirre og distrahere hennes katastrofale fred tilrettelegger rolle (2002-2009) i Sri Lanka. Tittelen “Brikker i fred-evalueringen”, villedet ikke noen, kanskje bortsett fra noen fƒÆ’†’ƒ”š‚¥ naive nordmenn. Nysgjerrig ting om ‘Brikker … ” er at nordmenn flest er uvitende om dens eksistens. […]

Written byƒ”š‚  Patali Champika Ranawaka-Courtesy Nationƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚  The entire country’s attention is right now focussed on the United Nations Human Rights Council. This is due to the United State’s claim that it will bring a resolution against Sri Lanka regarding the killings that are alleged to have occurred during the war against terrorism. According […]

Embassy of Sri Lanka Washington, D.C. In this month’s webcast Ambassador Jaliya Wickramasuriya provides anƒ”š‚ update onƒ”š‚ the situationƒ”š‚ regarding Sri Lanka at the ongoing United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) 19thƒ”š‚ Session in Geneva.The United States has stated that it will support a resolution that might be brought against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC.ƒ”š‚  Ambassador Wickramasuriya explains how […]

By Walter Jayawardhanaƒ”š‚  reporting from Los Angelesƒ”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‚ Over the past two decades astronomers and space scientists have discovered vast quantities of organic molecules everywhere in the universe “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” in planets, comets and moons of our solar system, in clouds of gas and dust that are the birthplace of stars, and even in the most distant […]

Courtesy: ƒ”š‚ Buddhist Channel Mumbai, India — “Indians, over centuries, have lost their Buddhist culture to countries like China,” said Charles Willemen, Rector, International Buddhist College, Thailand.ƒ”š‚ Willemen was present at the Somaiya Centre for Buddhist Studies where the Buddhist Studies Series was inaugurated with the release of first volume, Outlining the Way to Reflect – a […]

Dr Hector Pereraƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  London ƒ”š‚ Any living person, animal or a plant needs food to live. The plants create food by the process of photosynthesis with the help of solar power. Then the question is what food? Foodƒ”š‚ is any substanceconsumed to provide nutritional support for the body. It is usually ofƒ”š‚ plant orƒ”š‚ animal origin, and contains essentialƒ”š‚ nutrients, […]