Prof. Hudson McLean One thing of importance highlighted by the extensive analysis by the Political Editor of Sunday Times, in this one-sided Waffle, without any denial, is that, there is Freedom of Expression in Sri Lanka. Has the Chameleon reached the Peter Principle? The Definition of Peter Principle: An observation that in an organizational hierarchy, […]

By Charles.S.Perera  Jehan Perera is a Sri Lanka NGO who without a sense of shame writes to bring disrepute to Sri Lanka and help its enemies justify their accusation of Sri Lanka and its Armed Forces for  violation of human rights and war crimes.   He knows that Sri Lanka is being falsely accused by the […]

ප෠එස් ද සිල්වා – බ්රිස්බර්න් ඕස්ට්රේිලියාව වෛද්ය් රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග ගේ “මානසික රෝගියාගේ පරිකල්පනය” කෘතිය 2013 රාජ්ය සාහිත්යෙ සම්මාන ප්රඅදානය සඳහා සමà·à¶šà·Šà·‚පණය කිරà·à¶¸à¶§ තෝරාගත් ග්රජන්ථ අතරින් එකකි. මනෝ භරාන න්තà·à¶±à·Š අත්විඳින මානසික රෝගියෙකුගේ මනස තුල සිදුවන වියෝජනය සාහිත්ය මය ආකාරයට අර්ධ නවකතාවක් ලෙසින් කතුවරයා ඉදිරිපත් කරයි. මෙය එක්තරා ආකාරයකට රැඩිකල් නවකතාවකි. එම නිසා අපේක්ශිත […]

Shenali D Waduge  Let us view some of the comments made by the Office of the UN Secretary General in relation to Sri Lanka. STATEMENTS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE SPOKESMAN OF THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL  New York, 12 September 2011 – ON UN PANEL OF EXPERT REPORT  “The Secretary-General is sending today the report of his Panel of Experts […]

P.A.Samaraweera, Melbourne A month ago, US Ambassador at Large Stephen Rapp visited Sri Lanka on a so called Human Rights mission. He spent most of his time in the North interviewing people and collecting information against Sri Lanka for the March Human Rights Council meeting. He was accompanied by the US Ambassador, Michelle Sisson. It […]

Report published in Sunday Divaina of 19th January 2014 –translated by Ranjith Soysa In Ampara district about 5000 acres of State Land had been illegally distributed with the direct interference of a Muslim political party. Former Provincial/District   Secretary attached to Pottuvil Provincial/District council had complied about 2000 deeds and had pocketed millions of rupees by […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy Island US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Michele J. Sisson met Northern Provincial Councillor Ananthi Sasitharan in Jaffna while the Defence Ministry was exploring the possibility of rehabilitating her in view of her alleged LTTE links. The meeting took place at Hotel Margosa, Chundikulli, Jaffna on Wednesday evening. Among those present were […]

by  Malinda Seneviratne [The grimace referred to here materialized on Peter Hayes’ face a little more than three years ago.  The article was published ‘Sunday Lakbima News’ on December 26, 2010. Back then, I hadn’t known what RAB meant.  I don’t think many do, even now.  Good to go back now and then because there […]

By A. Abdul Aziz.  Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad directly conveys Islam’s peaceful teachings to people of Japan  During his recent visit to Far-East, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and Fifth Khalifa, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad addressed an audience of more than 100 Japanese dignitaries and guests on 9 November 2013 at a […]

By Afshain Afzal  In an attack in Kabul on 18 January 2014 that focused international attention, 22 people, mostly foreigners, including three United Nations staff and head of International Monetary Fund in Afghanistan were killed while over two dozen injured. The attack was followed by another attack at Pakistani city of Bannu in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa […]

Dr Hector Perera        London The way the body and the brain regulate food intake is extremely complex and involves multiple hormones and neural circuits. I must say one cannot give enough evidence in one simple article, certainly it takes more but the general public might not be bothered to read if the article is too […]

Shenali D Waduge It was recently announced that the Sri Lanka Bar Association had signed a MOU with the USA Government to promote ‘Rule of Law’. The announcement immediately leads us to wonder exactly what type of rule of law does the US intend to promote in Sri Lanka and whether Sri Lanka’s legal fraternity […]

From Sri Lanka Missions abroad President Truong Tan Sang has affirmed Viet Nam’s support for Sri Lanka’s national development and reconciliation. Receiving Special Envoy D.E.W Gunasekera of the Sri Lankan President in Ha Noi yesterday, the President praised Sri Lanka’s economic achievements and conveyed his wishes for the country’s prosperous future. He also expressed sympathy […]

Nalin de Silva According to learned opinion Mahavamsa was written in the fifth century by a Bhikku named Ven. Mahanama. Mahavamsa may not be the most authoritative book on history in the Western tradition, but it is definitely the most hated book on history by the Tamil separatists, and in general the anti Sinhala Buddhist […]

Media release of the Sri Lanka embassy in Germany. The State Literary Awards in Sri Lanka for the year 2012 were recently held at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) in Colombo, where many writers won awards for their contributions. The Best Children’s Literature Award in English was won by Mr. Neville Perera for […]

By Bandu de Silva The question what the Chinese want came to my mind when I entered China 58 years ago. That was when I was posted to Sri Lanka’s pioneering  diplomatic mission in Beijing 1957 under Wilmot A Perera. I continued to ask that question for near four years I spent there. My assignment […]

Shenali D Waduge With the recent calls to rewrite history it is no better a time than now to bring out all the hard facts that have got both hidden or buried (pun intended). Every time the topic of colonial atrocities are brought forward for debate the quick response is to claim these as history […]

C. Wijeyawickrema Mr. Somapala Gunadheera (SG), a retired CCS officer is promoting what Mr. Tissa Jayatillaka (TJ) has said about Sri Lanka’s present predicament (ref. Colombo Telegraph website). I see both these as blind men of the black-whites paradigm, walking in the dark. So many retired officers, who thrived as CCS/CAS officers when they were […]

By Nalin de Silva Courtesy Island The “Irida Divaina” of 19th January announced with a banner headline that the mask worn by US the US had dropped, and it is very likely that the good translators at the American Embassy in Sri Lanka would have brought it to the notice of the officials in the […]

Courtesy The Daily News London: Former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had asked her British counterpart Margaret Thatcher to stop military assistance to Sri Lanka including training, to crush the separatist Tamil Eelam movement in the 1980s, according to newly declassified documents. In a document relating to Sri Lanka, released by the National Archives here […]

PERMANENT MISSION OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA TO THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE, GENEVA Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga who briefed Permanent Representatives to the United Nations in Geneva at the Palais des Nations on Tuesday (21st January 2014) on ‘Progress in the reconciliation process in Sri Lanka’, has said the Government […]

Dr. Tilak Fernando Although theology or spirituality has been on the increase among people from time immemorial, Westerners seemed to have woken up rapidly in recent times and become ‘star’ crazy, which has resulted in some of the British tabloids to introduce a popular ‘star guide’ column. It is so popular that first thing in […]

H. L. D. Mahindapala The failure of UN to be the broad, universal umbrella for all 192 member states, protecting the big and the small evenly and fairly, without being a tool of this or that big power, without  fear or  favour, is seen once again in the manner in  which it turned a blind […]

Shenali D Waduge  No post-independent Government has faced such a barrage of disputes as the current Government many of which have been as a result of its own making.  The momentum brought about by the patriotic forces following the LTTE’s closure of the Mavil Aru water supply forced the Rajapakse Government to take a detour […]

C. Wijeyawickrema The retired anthropology professor H.L. Seneviratne, ends his recent Colombo Telegraph essay with a statement, “… tyrants like Dutugamunu used religion for purposes of gaining and remaining in power, and as opium of the masses, and there were willing supporters among the Sangha, as there are plenty that support the tyranny of our […]

by padraigcolman   When police shot Mark Duggan in Tottenham, riots erupted all over England. There is tension yet again after an inquest jury decided that Duggan’s  killing was lawful. Whatever the rights and wrongs of this particular case, it has revived interest in the conduct of the British police. Since 1990, 1,476 people have […]

Courtesy The Daily News The suspect who was accused of allegedly stealing a laptop and few whisky bottles from Matara district Parliamentarian Mangala Samaraweera’s residence in Panadura yesterday said that the parliamentarian and his security guard have misled the police by making a false complaint to the Kesellwatte Police. The suspect who was released on […]

Gomin Dayasri Colombians, it is alleged, are becoming Mahindians? -Those in a hurry for the curry; the fickle, the worms of Colombo, in the vision of authentic Colombians. Is it a divided caste within a class? Let’s dwell deep. Exodus is not in hordes since most are made of sterner stuff –with an abundance of […]

 Shenali D Waduge The ICRC started operations in Sri Lanka in 1989, an invitation extended by late President Premadasa following his tryst with the LTTE and with LTTE expanding its terror ICRC was able to expand its operations too. What is noteworthy is that ICRC established its offices in areas that were held by LTTE […]

P.A.Samaraweera, Melbourne Ravana Balaya infuriated by a statement made by Rayappah Joseph against Sri Lanka, had asked the IGP to arrest him for making false statements. So he had challeged the Ravana Balaya to get him arrested, if they can. According to the Bishop, he was not wrong on the war crime allegations on Sri Lanka. […]