Kanthar.P.Balanathan DipEE(UK), GradCert(RelEng-Monash),DipBusAdm(Finance-Massey), C.Eng.(UK), MIEE(Lond) Retired Director & Specialist Power Systems Engineer 28th January 2017 Dear Mr SP. Vasantharajah, 1.I came across an article of you suggesting, towards a meaningful political solution”. Well I respect your views. However, I have significant amount of reservation and concerns over your suggestions. The values and norms of someone should be […]

Sarath Wijesinghe former Ambassador to UAE and Israel- Solicitor Attorney at: Law Regional Office Establishing a Regional Office in Jaffna is a step in the right direction, though it is not understood the motive or need to such an step when there is no certainty on the foreign policy of the country with proud history […]

වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග සමලිංගිකත්වය මානව ශිෂ්ටාචාරය පුරා පැවති චර්‍යාවකි. සමලිංගිකත්වය ග්‍රීක සහ රෝම ශිෂ්ටාචාර වලදී අස්වාභාවික චර්‍යාවක් ලෙස සැලකුනේ නැත​. ග්‍රීක ඉතිහාසඥයෙකු වන හිරොඩෝටස් ග්‍රීක සමාජයේ පැවති සමරිසි චාරිත්‍ර ගැන ලියා තිබේ. ආදි අප්‍රිකානු සහ උතුරු ඇමරිකානු ස්වදේශිය ජන සමාජ වල සමලිංගිකත්වයට තහංචි නොවීය​. රතු ඉන්දියානුවන්  අතර සමකාමීන් හඳුන්වන ලද්දේ ද්විත්ව ආත්මයක් ඇති (Two-spirited ) තැනැත්තන් ලෙසටය. […]

By Saman Indrajith Courtesy The Island January 27, 2017, 10:35 pm The government has given an eight-acre land in Slave Island to a private company which would invest US D 429.5 million(Rs 64,425 million) to construct a multi-storeyed building complex as a re-development and mixed development project. The government has granted an income tax holiday for […]

 ලංකා සී නිවුස් ඒකාබද්ද විපක්‍ෂ විසින් පවත්වන ‘පෙරලියක ඇරඹුම’ ජන රැළිය අද නුගේගොඩ ආනන්ද සමරකෝන් පිටියේදී පැවැත්වෙයි. එම රැළියේ සජීව විකාශණය මෙතනින් 44,928 Viewers

Editorial The Island January 27, 2017, 9:21 pm President Maithripala Sirisena said at Abhayaramaya the other day he had received information that an attempt was being made to file civil action against the bond scam suspects. He had, therefore, decided to appoint a presidential commission to conduct a thorough probe so as to have them […]

By D. B. S. Jeyaraj Courtesy The Daily Mirror Nallavan” (not his real name) is a Tamil youth living in a Northern village. He was a former member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) organization who had surrendered to the armed forces in May 2009. He was incarcerated for a period of time and […]

WINSTON DE VALLIERE Courtesy Ceylon Today It would appear that President Sirisena has spent much time considering his response to the Opposition-led outcry about the Central Bank Bond issues controversy and has decided to make his moves strictly within the provisions of the Special Presidential Commission of Inquiry Act, No. 7 of 1978. That Act vests in […]

By Barney Henderson, new york Nick Allen, washington Courtesy Telegraph (UK) 27 JANUARY 2017 • 7:45PM Trump tells May Brexit will be ‘wonderful for UK’ May says Trump is 100 % behind Nato Trump reaffirms that ‘torture works’ President accepts visit to UK in June White House declares UK is ‘premier ally’ Trump shows Churchill bust to May […]

Courtesy Adaderana January 27, 2017  08:52 am China says it has never asked Sri Lanka to allow only Chinese enterprises to operate in the Hambantota Industrial Zone, a development project which had recently sparked protests in Sri Lanka. China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying on Thursday said the agitation against the industrial zone is a result […]

Courtesy Adaderana January 27, 2017  06:55 pm Former minister Bandula Gunawardena says that a revolutionary change” did occur through the unity government’s 100-day programme and that change was the Central Bank bond scam. Addressing the Joint Opposition’s rally in Nugegoda on Friday (27), he stated this government will go down in history as the first government […]

By Yusuf Ariff Courtesy Adaderana January 27, 2017  08:01 pm Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa says that he left the Presidential Palace for Medamulana at 6.00am on January 09 with the intention of retiring and taking a small break at home but it was the people who told him no you can’t retire, come back.” But I would […]

BY MALINDA SENEVIRATNE Ven Athureliye Rathana Thero, quite silent and almost a non-factor in the public domain for almost a year, made the headlines of all national newspapers last week.  ‘Rathana Thero goes independent,’ or versions of this, made the headlines.  The truth is that Rathana Haamuduruwo had already been made independent.  He had been unceremoniously evicted from the Jathika Hela Urumaya.  […]

Harriet Alexander, new york Courtesy Telegraph (UK) 26 JANUARY 2017 • 11:12PM Theresa May delivers speech in Philadelphia Warns Trump about threat of Russia Says it is bad for the world when US & UK “step back” International institutions matter – but need reform Trump to impose 20pc tax on Mexican imports Mexican president cancels US visit […]