KAMALIKA PIERIS The armed forces could have crushed the LTTE any time in the last 30 years if they had been allowed to do so. They knew they could easily defeat the LTTE in regular combat  and were eager to do so. They had chased the LTTE out of the east within two months, when […]

DR Sarath Obeysekera News item captioned above drew my attention and reminded me of Holland which lies below mean-sea level where Houses are built on floating barges to facilitate floating In Thailand they build on stilts and have a boat to reach the house I suggest that all the houses to be built on the […]

By Pepe Escobar Courtesy Information Clearing House May 23, 2016 “Information Clearing House” – “RT” – So foreign ministers from the 28 NATO member-nations met in Brussels for a two-day summit, while mighty military power Montenegro was inducted as a new member. Global Robocop NATO predictably discussed Afghanistan (a war NATO ignominiously lost); Iraq (a war the […]

Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka Geneva Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Dr Rajitha Senaratne on Tuesday (24 May 2016) drew the attention of the 69th World Health Assembly (WHA) meeting in Geneva to the recent floods and landslides in Sri Lanka that affected nearly half a million people and appreciated the expression of solidarity […]

Dr Hector Perera      London To some people the word spice means something hot that means chillies but that is a completely wrong idea. A spice could be a seed, fruit, root, bark, berry, bud or vegetable substance primarily used for flavouring, colouring or preserving food. Spices are distinguished from herbs, which are parts of leafy green plants used for flavouring or as a garnish. Many spices have antimicrobial properties. This may explain why spices are more commonly used in […]

Priya Batugahage It is so sad to see the plight of innocent people who are suffering from the natural disaster which hit Sri Lanka, which is supposed to be the result of dashing of coconuts at the places of worship by the members of the Joint Opposition, according to the statemet made by the Prime […]

Media freedom in jeopardy – says Mahinda Rajapaksa. ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදය රැකගැනීමට මාධ්‍ය නිදහස තිබිය යුතු බවත්,එවැනි යුගයක් තම පාලන කාලයේ තිබුණු බවත් හිටපු ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පවසයි.

හිටපු ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ නාමුක හමුදා නාලධාරියෙකුට නැගෙනහිර මහ ඇමති ප‍්‍රසිද්ධියේ බැණ වැදීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් හිටපු ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අදහස් පල කරයි. ඒ සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඔහු විසින් නිකුත් කර ඇති නිවේදනය මෙසේය. සාම්පූර් ප‍්‍රදේශයේ පැවැත්වූ ප‍්‍රසිද්ධ රැස්වීමකදී නැගෙනහිර පළාත් මහ ඇමතිවරයා විසින් නාවික හමුදාවේ උසස් නිළධාරියෙකුට ඉතා පහත් ආකාරයට බැණවදින වීඩියෝ පටයක් අද මුළු රටේම අවධානයට […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Responding to the behaviour of Eastern Province Chief Minister Nazeer Ahamed who slandered a Navy officer at an event, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa urged a full investigation into the matter, and said insults directed at the security forces by political authorities should stop. Issuing a statement, he said , A video […]