By: A.A.M.NIZAM – MATARA The Tamil slavish government which has completely abandoned all its promises to the people is committed and determined to fulfil the diktats of the TNA, the Tamil diaspora, the pro-Tamil western powers and the pro-Tamil anti Sri Lankan NGO vultures, and is hell bent on adopting a federal structured new constitution, […]

Dr. Chandana Jayalath Corruption can be defined as the abuse of public power, resources and belongings for personal ends.  It takes many forms and shapes. Perpetrators are skilled in developing new ways to be corrupt and cover their trickeries, frauds and scams. It has always existed in the world and now a global concern. The […]

By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando ‘Never say die’ was the slogan adopted by Senaka Edirisinghe in Kandy, from the time his daughter Jeewanthi was in his wife’s womb. At first, it was a hard fought battle with the gynecologist who monitored his wife’s pregnancy from the beginning. The baby was due on 24th October 2009, […]

Sudath Gunasekara 18.4.2017. Brilliant response by Mahinda Rajapaksa. How much Padma has tried to trap MR in this interview. But he has cleverly avoided all her attempts. His answers clearly show how matured a politician he is by now. Particularly I admire his love for the country and the people. Even Padma has been more […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Read the news item below . නාගරික සංවර්ධන අධිකාරියේ ඉඩම්වලට කුණු දැමීම තහනම්… සිරිමන්ත රත්නසේකරනාගරික සංවර්ධන අධිකාරියට අයත් කිසිදු රජයේ ඉඩමකට මැයි පළමු වැනිදා සිට කසළ බැහැර කිරීම තහනම් කිරීමට එම අධිකාරිය තීරණය කර ඇත.මේ අතර යම් නගර සභාවකට, ප්‍රාදේශීය සභාවකට හෝ රජයේ ආයතනයකට කසළ බැහැර කිරීමට අවශ්‍ය වන්නේ නම් එම ආයතන […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera I will be very open to name and praise one minister of the Yahaplalana government and the rest should be named and shamed . Hon Susil Premjayantha told me today during the morning walk that around 200 tons can be sent to Dompe where a state of the art garbage treatment facility […]

Forbidden Knowledge No doubt, no doubt, no doubt,” that Bashar al-Assad carried out a chemical attack against his own people”, says the psyops machine known as the Mainstream Media. It’s déjà vu all over again. Instead of Yellowcake” and WMDs”, we have a Sarin gas attack”. The ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ is at full […]

GRODNO, 18 April (BelTA) – The Grodno State Medical University in Belarus intends to open a branch in Sri Lanka, BelTA learned from the university’s Rector Viktor Snezhitsky. A delegation of the Grodno State Medical University is now busy negotiating in Sri Lanka. We intend to open a branch of the university’s preparatory courses department. […]

 Lahiru Pothmulla Courtesy The Daily Mirror The best solution for Colombo’s garbage disposal quagmire was given by former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the government should implement it without being fixated on who will receive the credit, MP Udaya Gammanpila said today. He said dumping garbage at Karadiyana or somewhere else was not the best […]

By DR. DAYAN JAYATILLEKA April 18, 2017, 7:39 pm A few days after the Meethotamulla tragedy in Sri Lanka, a referendum was held in Turkey. The people of Turkey rejected Western liberal warnings and voted in favour of an executive presidency. The Meethotamulla tragedy, which occurred utterly inauspiciously as it were during the Sinhala and […]

By Abdul Samad Courtesy Ceylon Today This article is with reference to Mr. Dayan Jayatilleka’s write-up published on colombotelegraph.com dated 7 April 2017. It was titled, The Avurudu sale of Sri Lanka-Who will stop it? The writer makes a very valid point arguing the case for Sri Lanka to be with China as opposed to India. […]

By Shaahidah Riza Courtesy Ceylon Today Had the incumbent government followed through the plan to create a sanitary landfill, the Meethotamulla tragedy could have been prevented, said former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa. He added that the 2015 Budget had allocated funds for this plan. Within the last two years if this plan was implemented, the issue […]

By Dayan Jayatilleka – Prime Minister Wickremesinghe is about to give Trincomalee to the Indians—and by this (upcoming) Vesak! According to the Political Column of a respected English-language Sunday paper, he rejected the mild concerns of two SLFP Ministers, derisively addressing the pair in Sinhala as Oi!” at the last Cabinet meeting. The imminent ceding […]