By Kanthar Balanathan, Australia Sprinkled and Speckled Tamils History reveals that Tamils of various dimension have migrated out of Tamil Nadu and SriLanka, several centuries ago. Recent, legal and illegal migration over a 40-year bandwidth has been on a theoretical accusation/allegation podium of war and human rights violation, which is not the real truth. Some […]

Dr. Sudath Gunasekara 22.8.2017. There is much talk in the press these days about holding a series of Celebratory activities and events to commemorate 150 years of tea production in Sri Lanka. It is also reported that action is underway to organize several events by the Authorities to commemorate 150 years of tea production in […]

Dr Sudath Ggunasekara 3.9. 2017 This is for your serious attention please. From hills to VIP thrills, but the people paid the bills What came to the Foreign Ministry in a diplomatic bag from an Asian capital raised not only eye brows but also serious concerns. An upcountry Province Governor and a so-called official delegation […]

වරුණ චන්ද්‍රකීර්ති මීවැවට යන්න ඕන ගනේගොඩ හන්දියෙන් හැරිලා. ගනේගොඩ හන්දිය තියෙන්නේ නාරම්මල ඉඳලා කුරුණෑගලට යන පාරේ. නාරම්මල ඉඳලා වැඩි දුරක් නෑ. නගර සීමාව ඉවරවෙන්නේ ගනේගොඩින්. අනිවාර්යයෙන් ම, මීවැවේ වැවක් ඇති කියලා පාඨකයන්ට හිතෙන්න පුළුවන්. එහෙම නැතිනම් ඒ ගමට මීවැව කියලා නම දාන්න විදිහක් නැහැනේ. ඒත් දැන් මීවැවේ වැවක් නෑ. නාරම්මල නගරයෙන් වැඩි ඈතක නොවුනත් මීවැව […]

කම්කරු අරගල මධ්‍යස්ථානයේ සංවිධායක ලේකම් දුමින්ද නාගමුව සහෝදරයා, මේ පනත ශ්‍රම බලකායේ සැලකිය යුතු ව්‍යූහාත්මක වෙනස්කම් සිදු කරන පනතක්. ඒ වගේම මේ පනත නීති විරෝධී ලෙස, ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍ර විරෝධී ලෙස සම්මත කරන්න යන පනතක්. මේ පනත ගැසට් කළේ පසුගිය මාර්තු මාසයේ. ආදායම් බදු ගැන විශේෂ අවධානයක් යොමු කර තිඛෙනවා. ලංකාවේ මෙතෙක් ක්‍රියාත්මක වුණේ බි්‍රතාන්‍ය ආකෘතිය මූලික […]

by M.L.Wickramasinghe Courtesy The Island September 2, 2017, 7:05 pm There is a continuing and interesting dialogue on the Constitution. The majority of Sri Lankans is strongly apprehensive of federalism and believes that maintaining the status quo with regard to the current limits on devolution of power to the provincial councils and maintaining a strong central […]

ANANTH KARTHIKEYAN | Courtesy DNA The Chola-Pandya rivalry lasted many centuries The history, legends, and myths of Sri Lanka are replete with stories of Indian princes or adventurers capturing power and establishing dynasties. The proximity of the island and its resources undoubtedly attracted attention from many Indian and foreign powers. The Sinhalese kingdoms had also imported thousands […]

Mail on Line A human rights group has filed two cases against retired general Jagath Jayasuriya (C) over his role as a senior army officer during and after the island’s long ethnic war Sri Lanka’s president Sunday defended his ambassador to Latin America who faces war crimes allegations over his role as a senior army […]

-යටියන ප්‍රදීප් කුමාර- ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂයේ 66 වැනි සංවත්සරය වෙනුවෙන් ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ රුව ඇතුලත් දැවැන්ත ප්‍රමාණයේ කටවුට් බැනර් කොළඹ වීදි පුරා සෑම විදුලි කණුවකම , දුරකතන කණුවකම පාහේත් රට පුරා සියලුම නගර කඩ මණ්ඩි පුරාත් එල්ලී තිබේ. මේ ගිය ජනාධිපතිවරණ සමයේ “මම කටවුට් පෝස්ටර් සඳහා මුදල් නාස්ති කරන්නේ නෑ . ඒ මුදල් උතුරු මැද වකුගඩු […]

 Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Maithripala Sirisena said today he would never allow former Army Commander (Rtd) General Jagath Jayasuriya or any other war hero to be hauled before an international criminal court or war tribunal as long as he remained the President of Sri Lanka. He said the threat of war crimes charges, economic […]

By Sulochana Ramiah Mohan Courtesy  Ceylon Today Tall and well-built, retired Army General, Jagath Jayasuriya, who was posted in Brazil as the Sri Lankan Ambassador, is back in town with mounted allegations against him related to his posts as a military man and an ambassador. He said that although he was the Vanni Commander, he was […]

Editorial Courtesy The Island Monday 4th September, 2017 September 3, 2017, 9:06 pm Former Army Commander Field Marshal and Minister Sarath Fonseka, has done it again! He once got into trouble over what came to be dubbed the White Flag allegations against the then Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, who, he said, had ordered the killing of […]