‚ Shenali D Waduge A question that needs to be finally asked and answered is whether the Sri Lankan Tamils are really upset that the LTTE has been defeated and how many Tamils elsewhere share the same sorrow? If tragically the majority of the Tamils wherever they live feel angered by the demise of LTTE-â„¢s ground […]

Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . Canada 17 November 2013 Hon. Deepak Obhrai, MP Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario Dear Deepak: I have just read your Conservative spin about Sri Lanka in today-â„¢s BRANDON SUN-â„¢s National Breaking News, a Canadian Press news item […]

Media Release ‚ The Unity Mission Trust hosted the 22 visiting students from Davidson College along with their Programme Director Dr. Kenneth Menkhaus from the 4th to 6th of November at the Hotel Ramada for a conference on -Unity, Integration and Harmony Building in Sri Lanka-. This is a unique first time event in Sri Lanka. […]

By Philip Fernando ‚ The attempt at political skullduggery that Prime Minister Minister David Cameron exhibited in Colombo using war criminality charge against Sri Lanka, duelling CHOGM host President Mahinda Rajapaksa seemed a brazen plot to garner votes back home. Statesmanship vanished as he denigrated CHOGM with sticky rhetorical verbiage, an egoistic flashing of the crudest […]

Shenali D Waduge It has become a trend to design and implement a string of international laws, charters, treaties and what not, all applicable to one set of people totally omitting the architects of these laws who created these laws having first flouted them and continue to flout them. Therefore, much as we like to […]

Chaminda Perera and Sandasen Marasinghe-Daily News No time frame can be determined for solutions PSC will have the final say President Mahinda Rajapaksa asked the international media to be fair by Sri Lanka and not to sow division between communities as it was not what the Sri Lankan people want. The President expressed this view […]

By Hassina Leelarathna Is the Canadian leader-â„¢s boycott of the Commonwealth meeting in Colombo yet another foreign policy decision that appeases the Religious Right? Prime Minister Stephen Harper announcing his decision to boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) bandied the very familiar shtick of -serious human rights violations- against Sri Lanka, citing, among […]

Asoka Weerasinghe‚  Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . Canada 18 November 2013 The Editor, Ottawa Citizen Dear Editor: -Abuses -Ëœelephant in room-â„¢ at summit- was a disingenuous comment by Parliamentary Secretary‚  Deepak Obhrai, Canada-â„¢s representative to the Commonwealth Summit.‚  At first blush I thought that he was admitting Canada-â„¢s appalling human rights record […]

Dr.Tilak Fernando History means knowledge acquired by investigation or study of the past. History is also referred to as an academic discipline used as a narrative to examine and analyse sequence of past events objectively. Apart from historians-â„¢ approach to modern history such as the emergence of coffee and tea plantations in Sri Lanka during […]

Shenali D Waduge Why did the President of this country have to end up defending the nation when those enjoying plush positions and virtually in orbit 24×7 roaming Western shores remain absolutely nonplussed about how to respond when the Prime Minister of Britain breaching all protocols insults us on our soil? Why has the External […]

Shenali D Waduge ‚ An ICC that cannot take US and UK to trial is not an international court. This is why the African Union has finally decided to review its relationship with the International Criminal Court in view of the rising number of cases against African leaders sponsored by Western nations. If its Africa today […]

Shenali D Waduge ‚ The present Government will go down in history as giving India the biggest stakes in Sri Lanka-â„¢s post-conflict despite being rewarded with consecutive humiliations by India. None of these humiliations have even remotely pushed Sri Lanka-â„¢s leaders to realize that India CANNOT be TRUSTED or made Sri Lanka-â„¢s leaders resolve to secure […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Island.LK Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa yesterday alleged that UK Premier David Cameron was playing politics in Colombo to placate the LTTE rump back home. Cameron-â„¢s strategy was obviously influenced by the UK based Global Tamil Forum (GTF), British Tamil Forum (BTF) and Tamils against Genocide, he said. The British government delegation to […]

by P.Krishnaswamy President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that Sri Lanka would not bow down to international pressure or any threats of an international inquiry over alleged war crimes. -The country is free, independent and democratic,- he said, adding that -those living in glass houses should not throw stones at others-. -For over twenty long years, there […]

Ira de Silva Ontario, Canada The Editor Letters The Star Toronto, Ontario Dear Sir: I am writing to bring to your attention that you are again reporting inaccurate information on Sri Lanka. The most glaring inaccuracy is “a UN report found credible allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the Sri Lankan government […]

By KENNEDY KANGETHE | November 17, 2013 NAIROBI, Kenya Nov 17 -” Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed has faulted the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for failing to listen to the African voice in its decision on the Kenya cases at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Addressing the press in Colombo, Sri Lanka where […]

Rohan Bandarage Dear Mr. Abbot The Sri Lankan community of Australia deeply appreciates your sentiments at the recently concluded CHOGM. You stood out as a leader who could not be swayed by proxy propagandists, hell-bent on stymying the emerging prosperous nation of Sri Lanka. You attended CHOGM for what it is meant for to foster […]

By Stanley Perera -” Melbourne My dear David, Sri Lankans are aware that you are the Prime Minister of the U.K.‚  Sri Lanka is no longer a British colony.‚  Sri Lanka became an independent country in the year 1948.‚  Therefore if you are a learned British Prime Minister, you need to treat all Commonwealth countries […]

Bandula Chandraratna It is with disgust I watched the Prime Minister David Cameron giving a press conference, in Sri Lanka. He went to Sri Lanka Charged-up, after meeting the representatives from Global Tamil Forum and speaking with the United Nation-â„¢s Human Rights High Commissioner Naveen Pilay, got off the plane in Sri Lanka after midnight […]

MEDIA RELEASE‚  Sri Lanka was unanimously elected to two Committees of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) at the elections that took place yesterday, (14. 11. 2013) which was also the sixty fourth (64th) anniversary of Sri Lanka joining UNESCO on 14th November 1949. Sri Lanka was elected to the Headquarters Committee, […]

P.A.Samaraweera, Melbourne PM Cameron, a keen cricket fan, took time off from the CHOGM‚ to play cricket. At the Colombo cricket‚ Ground, Cameron‚ ‚ had met Murali while he was participating in the ‘Murali Charity Foundation’ which promotes cricket between the Sinhala and Tamil youth. Cameron is‚ an admirer of Murali as he had watched him bowl out one English […]

By Garvin Karunaratne‚  former Government Agent, Matara A Spectacular Phenomenon Last week I went to Iceland, in search of the Northern Lights, a mysterious phenomenon – coloured shades of light in the sky taking various forms, at times even sequencing a dance.‚  Every tourist that enters Iceland is determined to see the Northern lights. This […]

By K.M.H.C.B. Kulatunga Certain Western countries are trying to make use of the Commonwealth to pass judgments on smaller countries which had been former British colonies, under their iron fist. Certain so-called big countries appear to think that countries such as Sri Lanka are still their colonies and that we should dance to their melody. […]

Shenali D Waduge ‚ David Cameron has asked Sri Lanka-â„¢s President to act like Winston Churchill. That really isn-â„¢t the best of examples to give because in looking up Winston Churchill his policies is nothing that Sri Lanka or any of its leaders adopted or would care to adopt just because Churchill said -Ëœvictory in magnanimity-â„¢ […]

By: Gomin Dayasri On Air, BBC answers to a London Call for Aunty Beeb. Her Randy Niece is Channel 4.Both live off portions of state licensing revenues while Aunty is the recipient of government grants; Aunty and Niece have to street walk to collect funds to survive – sources being predominantly fat cat corporations. Diaspora […]

P.A.Samaraweera ‚ Callum Macrae and the C4 team had to abandon their trip to the North due to a protest staged at Anuradhapura railway station. Some people had protested against their shady move in going to the North. The protest leaders had explained to Macrae the resons for their‚ protest. They had also told him that C4 […]

By lbw-¦-¦ The discovery of the original version of the gruesome killing scene inChannel 4-â„¢s -Sri Lanka-â„¢s Killing Fields-, with all dialog in Tamil, a sophisticated plot to modify videos for terrorist propaganda has‚  been revealed.‚  This confirm the earlier affirmations by experts that the -Ëœchannel-4-â„¢ video had been digitally altered to include dialog in […]

C. Wijeyawickrema ‚ -We are helping Tamilnadu to achieve self-rule- ‚ V. Balakumaran, Advisor to Prabakaran, (Jan. 2006) ‚ “There is no state without a Tamil, but there is no state for the Tamils.” ‚ World Confederation of Tamils (2006) (www.tamilnation.org) ‚ -If the Tamils-â„¢ cry for separatism is given up, the two communities could solve their problems and continue […]

Ladies & Gentlemen, A warm welcome, to the opening ceremony of the 22nd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. It is my pleasure to welcome to Sri Lanka, Your Royal Highnesses, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, fellow Commonwealth Heads of Government, Foreign Ministers, spouses of visiting dignitaries, delegates and special invitees. Your […]

Prof.Sunil Wimalawansa Please find the attached three events in November,‚ focused‚ to prevent Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) deaths that affects dry zones in Sri Lanka. ‚ also attached is a brief summary of the prevailing issues and solutions that are‚ necessary‚ to overcome the ongoing CKD of-multi-factorial origin (CKD-mfo) disaster that kills ~13 farmers‚ every day,‚ destitute 13 families each day. ‚ At […]