Ramanie de Zoysa
It was Samuel Taylor Coleridge who said that “Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess, that itself will need reforming”; this would be a visionary statement for Sri Lanka post- Prabhakaran with key words being ‘weak minds’ and ‘excess’.
 The Sri Lankan military created world history by comprehensively [...]

By Garvin Karunaratne, formerly of the Administrative Service of Sri Lanka
It is reported today that Britain is taking up the position at the IMF Board Meeting that  Sri Lanka should not be given the loan of US $ 1.9 billion on the grounds that Sri Lanka has violated Human Rights  in holding close upon 300,000 [...]

By Walter Jayawardhana
Photos by Sudath Silva
President Mahinda Rajapaksa said in Kandy addressing four thousand former opposition UNP members and leaders from Badulla District, who are voting in a Provincial Council election on August 8 that the voters should show the world in an unwavering and determined manner that they endorse the policies of this [...]

By Walter Jayawardhana
Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Miliband who travelled to Sri Lanka to save Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam leader Velupillai Prabhakaran wilL also take the unprecedented move of doing everything to block the IMF loan to Sri Lanka , according to a news story appearing in the Times online.
The Reuter correspondent who wrote the [...]

By Charles.S.Perera
There are certain accepted norms that should not be over stepped in civilized societies, in speech, word, or action. It is  to maintain a decorum in respect of a person’s intimate and personal relationships. That should be more so in written or electronic  media.  These accepted norms are not followed by some for gain, [...]

By Walter Jayawardhana
New Scotland Yard , who are investigating into the murder and rape of the Sri Lankan woman Michelle Samaraweera (35) said in the course of their investigation about the serial rapist killer who attacked her  an additional woman victim has also been found.
 “Police investigating the murder of Michelle Samaraweera and the two [...]

Nava Thakuria
The police highhandedness in India is not a new phenomenon. And the scaredness towards the ‘men in uniform’ is omnipresent in the society from rural to urban, low to high class and the poor to rich one.
Because, it is well accepted in the Indian society, the police can be nobody’s trusted friends.
A recent awful [...]

Dr Sanjiva Wijesinha
http://www.suite101.com/profile.cfm/sanjiva
One of the few nations in modern times to militarily defeat a terrorist Movement, Sri Lanka now faces criticism by self-appointed guardians of Human Rights in the West.
From the viewpoint of Western, based organizations like New York based Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, Sri Lanka’s recently concluded war on terror – against [...]

By Walter Jayawardhana
Kumaran Pathmanathan who helped the world’s most ruthless terrorist group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to build their military might and their vicious suicide bomber network made self contradictory statements in an interview with London’s Channel 4 Television news.
 The man accepted as a the leader of a section of some expatriate [...]

By Janaka Alahapperuma
 Nesan Shankar Raji, Senior leader and spokesperson of Eelam Revolutionary Organisation (EROS) and their political wing which is actively involve in democratic political main stream in East and North of Sri Lanka, Eelavar Democratic Front (EDF) issued a statesment on newly appointetd LTTE leader Kumaran Pathmanathan allias KP’s TV interview on UK [...]

Ben Silva
I am referring to the proposal  for the India – Sri Lanka Bridge
ref: http://www.amarasara.info/hotnews/20090719-02.htm
 Amal Kumarage, chairman of the island’s National Transport Commission, said the bridge will help Sri Lanka regain its regional identity and be part of a continent. Threats have been made by South Indian politicians that they will use the Indian Army [...]

By Walter Jayawardhana
Professor G.L. Peiris, the Sri Lankan cabinet minister who actively campaigned in Washington DC to obtain the IMF loan said yesterday in Colombo the US $2.5 billion loan Sri Lanka is getting is the biggest ever loan the island nation has ever got in its history.
 “We are getting the loan in eight instalments [...]

By Walter Jayawardhana
To rebuild the ruined economy of Sri Lanka by the 26-year old war with the Tamil Tigers Asian Development Bank (ADB) has decided to increase its loan for 2010 by 50 percent , the bank sources said.
Accordingly Sri Lanka’s annual allocation of US $200 million has been increased to US $ 300 million, [...]

Embassy of Sri Lanka, Washington D.C
Members of the Sri Lankan community in the Washington, D.C. area raised thousands of dollars Saturday for a housing program that will help members of Sri Lanka’s armed forces buy homes.
The July 18 event occurred simultaneously at the homes of Ambassador Jaliya Wickramasuriya and five diplomats assigned to the Embassy [...]

MEDIA RELEASE The Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office at Geneva
The government of the Russian Federation has generously contributed US$500,000 to the budget of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to be earmarked for UNHCR programmes in Sri Lanka aimed at addressing the current humanitarian needs [...]

By Janaka Alahapperuma
(Pix Sudath silva)
Most Ven. Sudham Sudhammo Thero, the executive assistant abbot of Wat Phra Dhammakaya, Thailand and the President of the Buddhist Federation of Australia, and his delegation visited Temple Trees on 22nd of July.
Buddhist delegation thanked President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the meeting for giving opportunity to researches Utilize Ola-leave manuscripts around the [...]

ALI SUKHANVER
The Mumbai Attacks have turned the Indo-Pak relationship to such a blind alley where there is neither a ray of hope nor a gleam of optimism. We may call it a dead -lock. The question arises; who is getting the benefit of this dead-lock; Pakistan or India? Whosoever is the beneficiary of these attacks [...]

Top Spin By Suni For LankaWeb Cricket
July 22nd 2009
Perhaps Pakistan legspinner Danish Kaneria who has been found guilty of breaching the ICC Code of Conduct on day two of the ongoing Test at the SSC Stadium in Colombo needs to be taught a thing or two about personal conduct while playing the Gentlemen’s Game so [...]

Embassy of Sri Lanka, Washington DC
A group of 30 Sri Lankan high school students visited the Embassy of Sri Lanka last week. They met with the Embassy staff and posed questions about issues such as the recent victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, internally displaced persons and Sri Lanka’s relations with the United [...]

Written by: Dr. Sellakapu S Upasiri de Silva
President’s opinion.
 President Mahinda Rajapakse very wisely ruled out separate ethnic provinces in Sri Lanka. As the supreme ruler of the country he is in a very good position to judge, what is best for the country, in creating a peaceful environment for all Sri Lankans after the LTTE [...]

By Walter Jayawardhana
Indicating heavy infighting in the terrorist outfit of the Tamil Tigers a section of the movement calling itself the Executive Committee said that the former arms procurer of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Selvarasa Pathmanathan alias KP would head the organization leading to the restructuring of the movement.
But the main mouthpiece [...]

By Walter Jayawardhana
Linking the North and South after two decades the A9 highway  was yesterday declared open by Basil Rajapaksa parliamentarian  and Special Advisor to the President and cabinet minister Douglas Devananda. Basil presides over “Uthuru Wasanthaya”, a rapid development scheme for liberated districts of Jaffna.
 Two hundred civilians from Jaffna  were loaded to the buses [...]

By Charles.S.Perera
Lydia Polgreen writing to the New York Times of the 18 July, 2009, leads her article with the caption “ Justifying a Costly War in Sri Lanka.”, which by itself seems an innuendo with an intention to condemn an “ unnecessary war” according to her, for which an unconcerned government has spent money which [...]

Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario Canada
July 22, 2009
The Editor (letters)
THE OTTAWA CITIZEN
Sir:
“Tigers got millions from Canadian Tamils: report”, you said.  “Intelligence experts say the now defeated Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam received millions a year from Canada’s Tamil Diaspora”, your news item continued.
This is not  ‘hot from the press’ news, as [...]

Afshain Afzal
US and Israel miserably failed in gaining success in their Middle Eastern and South Asian policies. The murder of Hariri in Lebanon and strengthening of Muslim nationalism led US and Israel to involve third party in fulfilling their objectives. However, they could not find a better partner than India to play as a front [...]

Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario Canada
July 21, 2009
Hon. Bob Rae, MP Liberal Party Foreign Affairs Critic House of Commons,. Ottawa
Dear Bob:
 Sri Lanka’s Daily Mirror news item of July 18th which said, “Bob Rae calls for conditions on any IMF loan on Sri Lanka –Canadian opposition Liberal Party MP Bob Rae insists [...]

By Dr.Levins T.C.Rajaratnam
A PATRIOTIC CITIZEN REQUIRES A UNITARY STATE.
THE IMMINENT NECESSITY FOR MILITARY ADMINISTRATION IN THE NORTH UNTIL THE IDP’S ARE SETTLED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE SPECIAL TASK FORCE.
We have just liberated the North from the terrorists. How can we devolve power when other Tamil militants are stalking the land.? Have we eradicated Terrorism [...]

By Walter Jayawardhana
President Rajapaksa told a ruling party women’s organization in Moneragala in Uva Province yesterday that he is prepared to face any court anywhere in the world on behalf of the Sri Lankan armed forces officers who carried out orders by him to wipe out terrorism from Sri Lanka.
President Rajapaksa said that nefarious elements [...]

LS.
Everytime Lankan political leaders have political capital, they almost always abuse it. Take the case of Mrs B in the 1970’s. She won a huge majority in 1970 and rushed to nationalise everything owned by the so called capitalist forces. At least that was within the power that she won a mandate from people. Worst, [...]

By Janaka Alahapperuma
A Sri Lankan Tamil man found guilty of keeping a fake French passport, two forged National Insurance cards, two fake British passports and a driving licence at Croydon Crown Court in South London on Friday 17th July.
Sivabalan Durai (27), from Harrow –Middlesex, was arrested with three other people on July 2nd when [...]