By Charles.S.Perera I think I started writing to Lankaweb somewhere in 1997. Lankaweb perhaps did not make me a writer, but helped me to express my battered thoughts about my country.  It was an outlet to my pent up feelings.  A space where I could cry out as loud as I can  against those who […]

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Shenali D Waduge   It is good to always keep in mind that the well-funded campaign that dislodged Mahinda Rajapakse did so because he did not tow the line. If the next choice is a group that agrees to tow the line it is also good to remember that so long as one tows the […]

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උපුටාගැණීම www.mahinda.info සීග්‍රයෙන් වැඩි වෙමින් පවතින අපරාධ රැල්ල ගැන අදහස් දක්වමින්, සිරස මාධ්‍යවේදීන් පැවසූයේ ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා සිටියානම් රටේ මීට වඩා විනයක් පවත්වාගැනීමට හැකියාව තිබූ බව” යි. සිරස මීට කළින් සමාජගත කළ දේවල් හාත්පසින්ම වෙනස් කරමින්, රටට අවශ්‍ය වන්නේ සොඳුරු ආඥාදායකයෙක් බවත් ඕනෑවට වඩා ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදය අනවශ්‍ය බවත්” පැවසීය. පසුගිය ජනාධිපතිවරණයේදී මෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතා විසින් මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ […]

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K G Courtesy:  Sunday Island September 13, 2015 I had written no less than three times requesting that the road named after the butcher of Uva-Wellassa, Brownrigg, be changed and it was appropriately changed subsequently to Keppetipola Mawatha. Many Brits and other western countries at the behest of the non-resident Sri Lanka Tamils now living in their […]

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By Dayan Jayatilleka  Makes me sick, motherf*****, how far we done fell.” – Detective ‘Bunk’ Moreland to Omar in ‘The Wire’ UN Human Rights High Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein, referring to the Report on Sri Lanka which he plans to release on Wednesday, made comments which are dangerous, saying: …Its findings are of the most serious nature. I welcome […]

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ALI SUKHANVER In civilized societies neighbors are just like brothers but in uncivilized societies the situation is vice-versa. Since after 1965, the ever worst threat to the security and safety of Pakistan has been from its closest neighbor India. It is India which taught Pakistan that safeguarding independence is far difficult and far different from […]

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By NJ Thakuria Guwahati: The Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is awarded by the United Nations ‘in recognition of Bangladesh’s far-reaching initiatives to address climate change’. Ms Hasina will receive the Champions of the Earth award in the Policy Leadership category at a ceremony scheduled for 27 September 2015 at New York. A media statement, […]

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By Senaka Weeraratna Mr. Charles Haviland News BBC Dear Sir In your capacity as a media scribe I thought you might be interested in at least noting alternate points of view and be prepared to stomach opinions different to what you fancy. Large numbers of people particularly in non – European countries tolerate BBC reports and […]

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General Debate of the 30th Session of the UN Human Rights Council Geneva, 14 September 2015 Mr. President High Commissioner for Human Rights Excellencies Distinguished delegates I would like to begin by thanking you, and the members of the Council for the trust reposed in Sri Lanka at the 28th Session and agreeing to defer the […]

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