Mr. Thusita Weerakoon B.A., Attorney at Law History “Subha Saha Yasa”ƒ”š‚ is a famous drama in Sri Lanka. There are few Sri Lankans who have not seen the drama or at least heard about that story.ƒ”š‚  It was written and staged by one of the great Sri Lankan artists, the late Mr Simon Navagattegama.ƒ”š‚  It […]

C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D. Which Sarath came first? Legal eagle or the military egg? The law bird showed early signs of political interest from the Bench. He wanted the price of petrol reduced! But the egg gave auto-confessions that he will be a political misfit. Now both of them, Sarath Fonseka and Sarath Silva, appear […]

Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . Canada January 7, 2010 Paul Calandra, MP Conservative Member for Oak-Ridges-Markham House of Commons, Ottawa Dear Paul: It has been brought to my notice by one of your Conservative Sri Lankan-Canadian constituents that you are now into the Hokey-Pokey cunning business of Town Hall meetings […]

Warna Hettiarachchi Canada Dear Rtd Gen Sarath Fonseka, You shared the victory and responsibility of winning the 30-year terrorist war in Sri Lanka along with three other service commanders, the victorious President who provided political stability and leadership determined to destroy LTTE terror in order to bring economic prosperity to people and a Strategic & […]

Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario .Canada January 7, 2010 The Editor (Letters) THE OTTAWA CITIZEN Sir: Canada is finally getting its act together in regards to Tamil refugee claimants. I agree with the Government’s decision to keep the alleged Tamils behind bars by invoking the rarely used, controversial law for closed-door […]

By Janaka Alahapperuma President Mahinda Rajapaksa inspected the construction site of the Colombo South Port (2nd Port) of the Colombo Harbour new development project in the early hours of 06thJanuary. The project has undertaken by Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co of South Korea.ƒ”š‚  The new expansion includes 4 terminals, channels and breakwaters. President also talked […]

Binie Ramachandran I’m a Srilankan Born , Now a British Citizen living in the UK. I’m not a supporter for any Government, But Its sad to say how the Srilankan’s forget there past so quickly. We have being fighting a War for 30 years andƒ”š‚ this is the onlyƒ”š‚ Government who manage toƒ”š‚ finish this war. When ourƒ”š‚ Parents, […]

Dr. Sudath Gunasekara President Senior Citizens Movement, Mahanuwara Many a critique has been written in recent times on the problem of good governance and development in this country in the post “ƒ¢¢”š¬…”independent period. Therefore this is only another lonely attempt to look, may be desperately, at these issues from a new perspective in order to […]

H. L. D. Mahindapala The good news is that J.S. Tissanayagam, the journalist jailed for 20 years rigorous imprisonment, can be released on bail. The better news will be if the government pardons him and gives him the “put-put”ƒ”š‚ fare to go home. I think he has paid enough for whatever he is supposed to […]

Dr. Raju Selva I have made many appeals to the Tamil Diaspora by my letters to the print media and various websites to stop lobbying, fund raising and morally and financially supporting LTTE in their countries.. Starting with my first letter published in the Daily Mirror titled “Prabahakran leading Tamils up the garden path”ƒ”š‚(August 5 […]

Malin Abeyatunge Who brought Sarath Fonseka (SF) as common candidate for presidential race? Each party to UNF i.e UNP, JVP, Mangala, Hakeem and Mano said to be claming for credit. ƒ”š‚ On 26 the January 2010 when SF faces a humiliating defeat, all these parties will disclaim the SF candidature for Presidency and have a free […]