Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . K1J 6G1 . Canada
November 13, 2009
Mr. Brad Adams
Asia Director, Human Rights Watch
350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor
New York, NY 101118-3299 USA
Dear Brad:
I have just come across your exclusive interview with the Sri Lanka Guardian by-lined Nilantha Illangamuwa titled – Rajapaksha lied to Ban Ki Moon – [...]

By Gamini Gunawardane Rtd. Snr. DIG (Published in ‘The Island’ of 12th Nov.2009)
The rarest commodity under the free market economy, in this country today appears to be Integrity. Not only in this country but in the whole world, judging by what is happening around the world including the British Parliament. Not only in public life, [...]

Nagananda Kodituwakku from London
The need of the hour is to have bold policy inventions by the UNP, paving way to install dynamic, honest, patriotic and magnanimous leader at a time no party has set an example to install a right person in the party leadership. This is the best opportunity to set the record straight [...]

By Mario Perera, Kadawata
This looming contest has all the ingredients of a best seller and also a total sell out. Sectors of the general public surely ask themselves the question; why had this to happen? Like with most major political events, this situation too has much more to it than meets the eye. Was the [...]

Ben Silva
It is sad if our hero, General Fonseka join the biggest fool RW, known as Gona, who nearly gave away the country to the terrorists.  Many consider those in ANUS to be fools, opportunists, traitors and extreme Tamil racists, out to create a racist Tamil empire. It is dangerous to have fools as friends, [...]

Jay Deshabandu
The game plan of the opposition is now clear. The fact that UNF has put forwarded a set of conditions before SF in order to be considered for a presidential candidate indicates that UNF only accepts him subject to those conditions.
 The conditions effectively make SF a puppet president who would get rid of his [...]

General Sarath Fonseka’s 16 Reasons
His Excellency the President
Through the Secretary, Ministry of Defence,
Public Security, Law and Order
Presidential Secretariat
COLOMBO
12 November 2009
Your Excellency
REQUEST TO RETIRE FROM THE REGULAR FORCE OF THE SRI LANKA ARMY
1. I, General G S C Fonseka RWP RSP VSV USP rcds psc presently serving as the Chief of Defence Staff, was enlisted to [...]

By Janaka Alahapperuma
Pix By: Sudath Silva
Ms.Maite Nkoana Mashabane, Minister of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa met President Mahinda Rajapaksa at President’s House on 12th November.
 She is on an official tour to Sri Lanka and visited the IDPs in Manik Farm welfare village recently. After her visit, she addressed the Sri [...]

Media Release Public Communications Division Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sri Lanka
The High Commission of Sri Lanka in Nairobi organized the Commonwealth Remembrance Day Service Programme on Sunday the 08th of November 2009 at the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery, at Ngong Road, Nairobi. Religious leaders of the Roman Catholic and Protestant sectors – Islam, Jewish, Hinduism, [...]

NEWS RELEASE Media Sec for Minister of Justice and Law Reform
On the invitation of the Minister of Justice and Law Reform , the Chief Justice Hon. Asoka De Silva will re-launch the LAWNET website, which is the main legal resources data-base containing laws, regulations, and judgements of superior courts. The event will be held on [...]

NEWS RELEASE Media Sec for Minister of Justice and Law Reform
The first academic Convocation of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies will be held on Tuesday the 17th of November 2009, at the Galadari Hotel, Colombo. The Chief Justice Hon. Asoka De Silva will be the Chief Guest of the ceremony and will award 25 [...]

Malin Abeyatunge Melbourne
The Supreme Court Ruling of October 14, 2009 as to the rights of the disabled has to be applauded albeit late. It’s appaling to see these regulations have been there for 13 long years and the obsolete bureaucracy has not done anything to implement it.
When you visit the developed countries you will observe [...]

By Janaka Alahapperuma from London
The British Prime Minister delivered a speech on immigration in Ealing, West London on 12 November 2009 and said that he would favor a “tough but fair approach” to immigration. During the speech he announced new plans to tighten the points-based system of immigration.
The PM said points-based immigration creates a system [...]

Ranjit Rupesinghe Brisbane, Australia
The Producer
ABC Lateline
Just a short note to express my thanks to Tony Jones for his decision to interview Palitha Kohona, Sri Lanka’s top diplomat at the UN, on last night’s Lateline program.
Dr Kohona, as Tony mentioned in his introduction, has an impressive track record on foreign affairs and is the type of [...]