By Garvin Karunaratne Seeing what is happening in Elpitiya my mind travels back decades to a youth that struck me most in my eighteen years’ service in the Administrative Service of my beloved country. It was a youth from Elpitiya. In 1970 I was the Deputy Director in the Small Industries Department in charge of […]

By : A.A.M.NIZAM – MATARA The visionless, imbecile and ignoramus Sajith Premadasa who seems to be parroting statements instilled or taught by third parties without knowledge of the depth and gravity of such statements and their practicality, made a statement at the Galle Face rally that he will not associate or welcome anyone connected to […]

Tushar Ranjan Mohanty Research Associate, Institute for Conflict Management Riots broke out in Ghotki town (Ghotki District) of Sindh on September 15, 2019, after a school principal from the minority Hindu community was booked on charges of alleged blasphemy. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) tweeted a video of protesters breaking the infrastructure of the […]

BRIGADIER RANJAN DE SILVA Courtesy The Island What every voter should ask the UNP and Pohottuva presidential candidates is who is answerable and accountable for the Rs 11 trillion national debt. In the UK the national service and public assets are now owned by several foreign companies and institutions. Will this happen to Sri Lanka […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island SLPP presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday assured his commitment to work with the UN while rejecting the Geneva Resolution co-sponsored by the yahapalana government in Oct 2015. Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that Sri Lanka always worked with the UN. The wartime Defence Secretary said so in response to a query […]

Courtesy Mail on Line Sri Lankan presidential candidate Gotabhaya Rajapakse (left) with his brother, former president Mahinda Rajapakse during a press conference in Colombo Sri Lanka’s front-running presidential candidate Gotabhaya Rajapakse vowed Tuesday that if elected he will scrap Colombo’s pledge to investigate war crimes committed during his brother Mahinda’s decade in power. Gotabhaya was […]

Courtesy The Hindustan Times Rajapaksa is accused by opponents of being behind men in mysterious vehicles whisking away rebel suspects, journalists and activists. Many people taken away in the so-called white van abductions” were never seen again. A former Sri Lankan defense chief who is a front-runner in next month’s presidential election said Tuesday that […]

By Mirudhula Thambiah Courtesy Ceylon Today Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was summoned to appear before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) investigating corruption of the current administration, on 18 October to be questioned on the decision to store paddy at the Mattala Airport in 2015. Summons was sent following a revelation by former Head of […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  අරුණ පුවත් ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ ජනාධිපතිධුර අපේක්ෂක ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා සහභාගි වූ විශේෂ මාධ්‍ය හමුවක් අද කොළඹ ෂැංග්‍රිලා හෝටලයේදී පැවැත් විය. මෙම විශේෂ මාධ්‍ය හමුව සදහා විපක්ෂ නායක මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා සහභාගි වි සිටියේය. එම මාධ්‍ය හමුවේදී මාධ්‍යවේදීන් විසින් නැගූ ප්‍රශ්නවලට ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා සහ මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා විසින් පිළිතුරු ලබා දුන්නේය. මෙම […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් මෙරටට අහිමිවූ සංස්කෘතිය, අභිමානය නැවත ගෙන ඒම තම වගකීම බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ ජනාධිපති අපේක්ෂක ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පවසනවා. ඔහු මේ අදහස් පළකළේ අද කොළඹ පැවති උත්සයකට එක්වෙමින්.