As published in New Indian Express, September 07, 2015 By P.K.Balachandran COLOMBO: In a move which is pregnant with political possibilities, the Sri Lankan government on Monday told the Colombo Additional Magistrate that it does not want to proceed with the “floating armory” case in which Gotabaya Rajapaksa, former Defense Secretary and brother of ex-President […]
would there be any need for “sequels” for people who are so passionate about revealing the truth, getting justice and showcasing to the world how horrible Sri Lanka’s armed forces are
We demand Britain come clean on its crimes in all of the colonies. Governor Robert Brownrigg who issued the gazette notification on January 1,1818 condemned all 17 who rebelled against the British, termed them ‘traitors’, and confiscated their properties by government declaration. They were declared ‘Rebels, Outlaws and Enemies of the British’. It took over 160 years for the Sri ...
As published in Ada Derana, September 09, 2015 The Tamil question cannot be settled by merely regarding it as an economic issue, Mano Ganesan, one of the three Tamil Ministers in the Sri Lankan government, has said. “There are people who even now argue that by providing jobs to the youth, putting up more hospitals […]
Strangely, none of those, who had been demanding accountability, on the part of President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s administration, for taking on the LTTE, never once questioned the TNA’s culpability in war.
The US and Europe have come under heavy fire for the flood of migrants. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan have blamed the western world for this phenomenon
As published in The Island, September 07, 2015 By Dr. C S Weeraratna Sri Lanka is a land of villages and there are around 14,000 of them. Most of the people, nearly 80 percent, live in villages. Thus, for the success of any development programmes appropriate strategies need to be taken to address the needs […]
In her column, Ms. Selvarajah does not mention the killing of Tamils. She does not explain why the LTTE was occupying the 400-year-old sacred Madhu shrine, sacred for all Catholics in Sri Lanka.
Al-Qaeda, meaning "the base", was created in 1989 as Soviet forces withdrew from Afghanistan and Osama Bin Laden and his colleagues began looking for new jihads.
What the UNF-led national government has done may well be legal but it is not legitimate. Illegitimacy masked by mere legality is bad enough, but when illegitimacy is combined with an overriding of political reality.....
Human beings are essentially selfish animals and regardless of professions of serving the people we hear ad nauseam at election time, most are hell bent on serving themselves and their supporters and also of ensuring their re-election.
Chasing investments, businesses, mega projects, tradeoffs and kick backs, creating exclusive economic zones etc are deemed vital components to ensure personal benefits and propagate such trader/politician partnerships.