By Walter Jayawardhana President Mahinda Rajapaksa said there is no possible way of reverting back to the inglorious past of letting the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) once again run the Eastern and Northern Province as allowed according to a document produced by the United National Party, trampling the human rights of all people […]

Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . K1J 6G1 Canada September 27, 2009 Hon. Lawrence Cannon, MP, PC Minister of Foreignƒ”š‚ Affairs House ofƒ”š‚  Commons Ottawa Dear Lawrence: What you said in your speech at the UN last night (Sept.26), “It is part of our responsibility as Canadians “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” and the responsibility of […]

By Walter Jayawardhana Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka promised anew that his government would quickly re-settle all the civilians in the country’s IDP welfare camps but he said the country cannot risk its hard won security from terrorism by being negligent of terrorist combatants hiding among the civilians. He was addressing the United Nations […]

By Walter Jayawardhana Whether Sri Lanka receive the GSP+ concession or not, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said he would see the local industries are protected. The President further said, “I cannot betray a whole country for the sake of US $ 150 million.”ƒ”š‚ The President’s statement is an obvious reference to a boast by the opposition […]

By Walter Jayawardhana Like our army saved the Tamil people from terrorism they will also rebuild their settlements with irrigation tanks , irrigation ducts and roads in a better standard than they ever existed before said Uthuru Wasanthaya Project chairman parliamentarian Basil Rajapaksa at a ceremony handing over 101 heavy construction equipment to the army […]

By Walter Jayawardhana Opposition Leader Ranil Wickramasingha was visibly embarrassed when he was put into a tight corner by Chief Government Whip Dinesh Gunawardena who challenged him to deny whether he had not made a false statement against Sri Lanka when the legislature discussed the GSP+ yesterday. Dinesh said when such complaints are made it […]

By Walter Jayawardhana United States psychiatrist and pro-LTTE propagandist Ellyn Shander has been prevented from entering India to speak about what she claims as genocide in Sri Lanka. The meeting has been organized by an organization called Delhi Tamil Students Union, allegedly having connections with leading LTTE supporters in India, like Vaiko, leader of the […]

Lucian Rajakarunanayake courtesy The Daily News It was in the midst of the recent Afghan polls, which have become a worry to President Obama in convincing US citizens of the needs for the US to be more involved in Afghanistan, and indeed for the same reasons for Gordon Brown too, that German Officers of the […]

By Walter Jayawardhana Sri Lanka police is on the look out for a leading Tamil Tiger rebel called Giri who is believed to be roaming around the Capital city of Colombo. The police have provided a hot line phone number to report on him if anyone knows his whereabouts. The Police intelligence during the last […]

Courtesy Daily News Sri Lanka Aƒ”š‚  U.S. State Department report on the war in Sri Lanka was presented to the US Congress on Monday, without giving Sri Lanka the right of being heard on the report, prior to being presented. Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the US had reportedly been kept informed of the presentation, though […]

Written by: Mamoona Ali Kazmi ƒ”š‚ There is always a big gap between theory and practice; same is the case with Indian Constitution and governance. Indian Constitution is secular in spirit and if implemented truly, India would be an ideal country to live in especially for minorities both religious as well as linguistic. However, in reality […]

By: Afshain Afzal ƒ”š‚ The Indian government has finally rejected a recommendation of the Sachar Committee to create Indian Wakf Services on the lines of the Civil Services to appoint officers to boards that manage Muslim religious and community properties. Although Minority Affairs Ministry has filed an application to find out for the reasons the rejection […]

H. L. D. Mahindapala ƒ”š‚ Now that Robertƒ”š‚  O’Blake is back in his home base after leaving Sri Lanka, he has fallen into what William Pfaff calls the “policy community and the newspaper editorial pages, with nothing original or questioning”ƒ”š‚ the conventional wisdom recycled within it. This “policy community”ƒ”š‚ consists of ex-diplomats like Teresita Schaffer, Director […]

H. L. D. Mahindapala The timing was impeccable. On September 17, 2009 American Ambassadress, Patricia Butenis, appears before President Mahinda Rajapakse in Colombo and presents her credentials. On the same day in Washington Robert O. Blake, Assistant Secretary, South and Central Asian Affairs informs Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Washington, Jaliya Wickremasuriya, that a report prepared […]

Asoka Weerasinghe Gloucester . Ontario . Canada September 24, 2009 Dr. Ellyn Shander MDƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  Psychiatrist “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” Newƒ”š‚  Cannan Connecticutƒ”š‚  US Dear Ellyn Shander: Well”ƒ”š‚¦well”ƒ”š‚¦well, what do you know?ƒ”š‚  I just read a Colombo Page News Desk Report that, “The Indian Government has issued a look Out Circular (LOC) against Dr. Ellyn Shander, an American Doctor […]

By Walter Jayawardhana President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared from his ancestral home at Medamulana in Hambantota that he was prepared to go before any war crimes tribunal on behalf of his valiant soldiers who freed the motherland from a tyranny, for being the commander in chief of them. This was an obvious reference to a report […]

By Walter Jayawardhana Sri Lanka’s Police Chief Jayantha Wickramaratne revealed at a police awards ceremony yesterday that detectives have nabbed three more female suicide bombers of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) within the last 24 hours. This is the second time the former suicide bombers of the LTTE have been detected during a […]

By Charles.S.Perera ƒ”š‚ During the period that Sri Lanka was constantly menaced by a ruthless group of terrorists causing wanton massacres, murders, and assassinations, Sri Lanka was all alone to defend herself. The International Community stood by a mere observer calling the government to negotiate a peace settlement, while the terrorists were of one track mind […]

By Walter Jayawardhana Soma Kumari Tennekoon, a leading campaigner for the ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party, died while campaigning for her party in the Southern Provincial Council elections. She died of a heart attack at the Hambantota Hospital after suddenly taken ill during the campaign. Soma, who is a member of the Wayamba Provincial Council […]

By Dr. Mrs. Mareena Thaha Reffai Dehiwela. It is heartening to hear that there will be a meeting of eminent personalities for the patient’s rights on Saturday the 26th. One of the rights of the patients which is totally disregarded by the doctors is the tight to seek treatment wherever they want to. Often if […]

By Dr. Mrs. Mareena Thaha Reffai Dehiwela. Amazing and disgusting news today (Daily Mirror 25.9.2009) that there is move to organize Hiking in the nude in Harz mountain in Germany. Why is this desire for nakedness in today’s world? We see this even in Srilanka now- the youngsters and sometime even the not so young […]

Insight By Sunil Kumar Sept 24th 2009 In response to recent item captioned English, Peace and Conflict, Politics, Post-War by Dr. P. Saravanamuttu where he suggests somewhat prudently that”The war it seems is not over, the international conspiracies to save Prabhakaran and the LTTE are now said to have morphed into a conspiracy to destabilize […]

Dr D. Chandraratna, Australia The so called international community and a few disgruntled Sri Lankan NGO’ voices are making a mockery out of the situation of IDP’s again. Once the Channel 4 Video allegation melted into thin air along with Mr Solheim and Professor Alston the IDP issue is back on the agenda. Surely, there […]

Kithsiri de Silvaƒ”š‚  Spokespersonƒ”š‚ Western Australian Society for Peace, Unity & Rehabilitation in Sri Lanka (WASPUR) Inc 23 September 2009 Editor Lankaweb Dear Sir, Patriotic Sri Lankans in Australia, through WASPUR in Perth have contributed over SLRs 25 lakhs for the welfare of our Ranaviruwan and their families in the last two years. Their latest contribution […]

By Walter Jayawardhana Days before the military debacle of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)both the terrorist group leader V.Prabhakaran and his son Charles Anthony were not worried about the coming disaster as they pinned hopes about the United States coming to their rescue. The Hindustan Times said quoting an unnamed Sri Lankan military […]

Ministry of Disaster Management and Human Rights Sri Lanka is disturbed by the intervention of a single Non-Governmental Organization that detracted from the generally high standard of debate under this Item in pursuing its relentless vendetta against the Sri Lankan state. In the present context of seeking reconciliation however it seems best not to respond […]

Ministry of Disaster Management and Human Rights Sri Lanka appreciates the concerns about Sri Lanka expressed by countries participating in this debate and records its appreciation, with regard to our efforts to recover from the damage caused by terrorism, of the support and assistance of our neighbours and friends who stood by us in our […]

Ministry of Disaster Management and Human Rights Sri Lanka regrets the disinformation purveyed by some Non-Governmental Organizations in the course of the debate on Item 4 of the Agenda of the Human Rights Council. Sadly we seem to have abandoned traditional values, or rather Christian values and the Ten Commandments, but the Prophet Moses would […]

By Walter Jayawardhana A Sri Lankan named Sibaskaran Sivanantham was sentence to a two and half years long jail term for being a ring leader of a human smuggling attempt in which ten people were presumed dead when the their boat capsized. Sivanantham received a long jail term with his St.Kitts colleague while the other […]

Lt Col (Retd.) Anil Amarasekera. There have been a few Generals who took up to politics in the recent past after retirement from the Sri Lanka Army. Major General Lakshman Algama, Major General Sarath Munasinghe and Major General Janaka Perera are three of them that I can recall to my memory. Major General Sarath Munasinghe […]