Shenali D Waduge On 12th October 2017 addressing the UK Parliament, Lord Naseby brought to light some shocking news. Using the Freedom of Information Act Lord Naseby ventured to find the truth about the civilian deaths attributed against Sri Lankan Army during the final phase of the conflict from the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office. […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara Dear All, I draw you attention to the following article ‘Tamilstan, Muslimstan or Federalism? ColomboTelegraph 6. 11. 2017 by Dr Jagath Asoka (An Indiana or Lankan?) Pl read the article first to find out who this idiot is? This is one among many responses to this letter by one Rajash / November […]

දේශප්‍රේමී හිතවතුනි , මේ වනවිට අපගේ මාතෘ භූමිය දෙකඩ වී උතුරු-නැගෙනහිර ප්‍රදේශ ඇතුලත්ව දෙමළ ඊලාම් රාජ්‍යයක් බිහිවීමේ අවදානමකට පත්ව ඇත. අප,ගෝලීය ශ්‍රී ලාංකික සංසදය විසින් මේ අවදානම ලක් රජය පාලනය කරනු ලබන  පිරිසගේ සහ රජයේ තීරණ ක්‍රියාත්මක කරනු ලබන අයගේ දැනුවත් වීම වෙනුවෙන් හා ඔවුන්ගේ සිහිකැඳවීමේ අරමුණෙන් අන්තර්ජාලය මගින් විද්‍යුත් පෙත්සමක් අදාල ආයතන  හා පුද්ගලයින් වෙත යැවීම සඳහා […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera http://www.sundaytimes.lk/article/1033971/cost-of-exporting-from-sri-lanka-much-higher-than-vietnam-or-thailand I wrote few opinions few weeks back and highlighted the facts about  Vietnam and Indonesia’s success in exports against the exports from Sri Lanka .One of the slide shown by the EU expert is illustrated below http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2017/10/14/bureaucracy-hinders-businesses-several-permits-for-one-export/ http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2017/09/25/sad-state-of-affairs-of-sri-lankan-exports/ http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2017/09/25/sad-state-of-affairs-of-sri-lankan-exports/ http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2017/10/14/bureaucracy-hinders-businesses-several-permits-for-one-export/ Sri Lankan Exports are declining and Vietnam and Thailand are growing, […]

RANJITH SOYSA  I was listening to a very professional presentation on the Central Bank bonds robbery by the veteran banker and public activist Rusiripala Thennekoon (may his unenviable efforts be rewarded!) in which he cited a number dates and incidents which weave an incredible story of a set of criminals scheming to rob the central […]

By Kelum Bandara Courtesy The Daily Mirror President doesn’t seem to be serious about Steering Committee on constitution making That is why he has decided to call for an All Party Conference  It’s feared whether Parliament will enact new Constitution in  the same way it enacted PC Elections Act Unitary status and foremost place for Buddhism […]

By Ranga Jayasuriya Courtesy The Daily Mirror Last week, the government announced that the private medical school at the centre of a bitter dispute, South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine(SAITM) would be converted into a non-governmental and not-for-profit entity. That should have laid to rest a protest campaign that had regularly paralyzed health services and […]

By Prof. Shantha K. Hennayake Department of Geography University of Peradeniya-Courtesy The Island November 6, 2017, 8:49 pm This indeed is the paradox of multinational federalism: while it provides national minorities with a workable alternative of secession, it also helps to make secession a more realistic alternative to federalism”. Second, federalism has not led to […]

By Neville Ladduwahetty Courtesy The Island November 6, 2017, 12:00 pm UN Special Rapporteur, Pablo de Greiff, at a media briefing following his 14-day visit to Sri Lanka stated: “Sri Lanka continues to deprive itself of the benefits of Transitional Justice”. Before addressing the benefits of Transitional Justice, certain fundamentals need to be clarified. Some of […]

Myanmar Buddhist HanMg Says: November 5th, 2017 The Buddha in his wisdom did not expect a nation or the rulers to be lame ducks in the wake of an enemy invasion. However Buddha’s expectations from one who is training to be an Arhant whether monk or layman are different and it should not be mistaken […]