Shenali D Waduge Ban Ki Moon the UN Secretary General appointed an Advisory Panel to ADVISE HIM on the final phase of the war in Sri Lanka. That advisory panel was not an officially UN General Assembly or UN Security Council endorsed panel and that may explain why its report ended up being ‘leaked’ and […]

Ratanapala 12 May 2016 Please watch the movie – Weight of Chains – The story of what happened to former Yugoslavia. This has many parallels to what is currently happening in Sri Lanka. These include the US / Britain involvement; the role of NGOs, INGOs and the Church; Use of local oligarchs and rich; Use […]

Sudath Gunasekara Sunday Leader 8.5.2016 Modi To Wipe The Tears Of Sri Lankan Tamils” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured that his government will wipe the tears of Sri Lankan Tamils”. Modi said this while addressing election rallies in Chennai and Hosur town in Tamil Nadu ahead of the Assembly polls. Modi said he […]

Sudath Gunasekara 11.5.2016 Here is a golden chance for all those politicians who say they have gone to Parliament to serve the people to demonstrate their credentials. In my opinion if they have a wee bit of shame they all should reject this criminal bribe offered by the Government to keep those in the government […]

Media Release  Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights in Sri Lanka (SPUR) NSW Inc. Sydney Australia 11 May 2016 A day after the country witnessed an unprecedented turnout and spontaneous worker support at the May Day rally where ex-President Mahinda Rajapakse was in attendance, his personal guard of army commandos have been withdrawn by the government […]

වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග  උතුරේ යුද කඳවුරු වල සේවය කරන සොල්දාදුවන් ගේ මානසික සෞඛ්‍යය වර්ධනය කරනු පිණිස වැඩසටහනක් සම්පාදනය කරන ලෙස බ්‍රිගේඩියර් වෛද්‍ය සංජීව මුණසිංහ මහතා වෛද්‍ය නීල් ප්‍රනාන්දු ගෙන් සහ මගෙන් ඉල්ලීමක් කලේය​. ඒ අනුව උතුරේ යුද කඳවුරු වෙත ගොස් තත්වය සමාලෝචනය කිරීමට අප ඉටා ගතිමු. මේ සමයේ දීර්ඝ කාලයක් උතුරේ සේවය කල සොල්දාදුවන් […]

By C. A. Chandraprema Courtesy The Island * SC considers coal tender a matter of public interest * PAB confirms bidder had improper communication with Tender Board * Petitioner alleges cabinet was misled by Power and Energy Minister May 10, 2016, 12:00 pm In the old days when people spoke of corruption by those wielding political […]

This is what Greece experienced earlier, says prof Tissa Vitharana

Dr. Chula Rajapakse  MNZM Thank you very much for affording Mr Rudra de Zoysa & myself  the time on the morning of 9th May to listen to and accept documentations of our concerns regarding the above personalised plate , as you did at the Lower Hutt police station. Thank you also for keeping us informed […]

Shenali D Waduge  In May 2009 Sri Lanka achieved what many had been saying was an ‘unwinnable war’. The ground force of the LTTE including its megalomanic leader Prabakaran were annihilated in a fair fight. Several times the GOSL requested the LTTE leadership to lay down their arms and surrender which they refused claiming they […]

Chandre Dharmawardana, Ottawa, Canada. Kumar David, well-known columnist and past Professor of Electrical Engineering in Hong Kong has come forward to defend (May 8, Island Newspaper, and in the Colombo telegraph) the controversial coal-power installation which has become a thorn of controversy. The ancient name of the city itself (saama-pura, the “city of Peace”), has […]

ධර්මන් වික්‍රමරත්න විසිනි – ලොව හොදම මිනිරන් ඉල්ලම් ඇති පතලක් වන කොටියාකුඹුර බෝගල පතලේ සේවකයින් 192න් කම්කරුවන් 133න් දෙනෙකු 2016 මැයි 10වැනිදා උදේ 9ට වැඩවර්ජනය කරමින් ඇරඹූ උපවාසය තවමත් ක්‍රියාත්මකය. මෙම උපවාසය පොළව මට්ටමේ සිට අඩි 1650ක් යට සිට කරන අතර එයට පතල් සේවකයෝ 47ක් එක්වී සිටිති. උපවාසකරුවන්ගේ පවුල්වල සාමාජිකයින් 60දෙනෙකු පමණ සමාගමේ ගේට්ටුව ඉදිරිපිට […]

Lankesh Gooneratne Courtesy Ceylon Today The Joint Opposition (JO) is a Sri Lankan organization led by Sri Lankans, financed by Sri Lankans and looks after the interest of Sri Lankans, Udaya Gammanpila of the Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) told Ceylon Today in an interview. Excerpts: ?How was the response of the people at Kirulapone during the […]

By NJ Thakuria Guwahati: Maintaining the demand for all due benefits to media employees including the journalists in accordance with the guidelines of Majithia Wage Board, an Assam based scribe body urged the managements of media houses in northeast India to implement the latest wage board recommendations to show respect to the Supreme Court (of […]

BY DALE CARRUTHERS, THE LONDON FREE PRESS  Courtesy Toronto Sun LONDON, Ont. — A student in London, Ont. is crying foul after his high school barred him from carrying a controversial flag at a multicultural assembly. Kumar Makandu, a Grade 12 student at Central secondary school, had carried a Tamil flag at the annual assembly […]