R. Chandrasoma The recent sad events involving the President of our country and the Ex-Colonial Power that “ƒ”¹…”engineered’ matters so as to degrade and diminish the standing of a visiting Head of State must be seen in its truly ignoble context. It is well known that the Western Powers “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” this includes the ‘White Commonwealth’ […]

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Asada M Erpini The US embassy in Colombo releases a statement dated 11 June, reported in the media, that the “testimony of Michele Jeanne Sison to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during her confirmation hearings on June 06, is in complete accordance with U.S policy”ƒ”š‚. There is nothing surprising or new in what the US […]

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L. Jayasooriya The greatest weakness of the Sinhala Buddhist has been to accept the word of the other person as a word spoken in sincerity and believe in its sincerity. Even while evidence mounts against such belief we are generally prepared to ignore it as a misunderstanding on our part. That is what happened to […]

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A Sri Lankan Tamils “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” How many Tamils are employed in southern Sri Lankan companies? (See the number of high caliber Tamils in Sri Lankan banking sector, see hotel trade, see film trade, see other industries) Do they experience any hardship professionally due to ethnicity in Southern Sri Lanka? If so, how come they hold […]

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by Walter Jayawardhana Just weeks after being freed by the government former Army Chief Sarath Fonseka has been provided with security by the government. The Sri Lanka government is under international as well as domestic pressure to return most privileges he has lost due to the ex-generals incarceration. Fonseka ƒ”š‚ requested the opposition to withdraw a […]

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by Walter Jayawardhana The Hindu featured the christening of fifteen baby elephants in Sri Lanka’s unique elephant orphanage and said the naming of the elephants were done according to traditional astrological principles after astrologers casted the elephant horoscopes. The christening ceremony was done last Sunday in front of a large number of foreign and local […]

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by Walter Jayawardhana Five Sri Lankan fishermen were taken into custody by Indian Coast Guard (ICG) at Tuticorin Tamil Nadu on Sunday morning. ƒ”š‚ The ICG charged them of illegal fishing in the Indian waters and violating the Indian Maritime Boundary Line. Their fishing boat was also seized. In a statement the Tuticorin ICG office said […]

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