ALI SUKHANVER The war being fought in the name of the Liberation of Balochistan is a war in which the commanding warriors are simply sitting in luxurious rooms, smoking precious cigars, riding the most comfortable limousines and enjoying a lot of VIP protocol in European countries. Seems their masters are taking a good care of […]

Editorial Island  February 12, 2018, 9:24 pm The outcome of the just concluded local government (LG) polls is bound to have a domino effect on the political front. It has already taken its toll on the unity of the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe government, which is showing early signs of disintegration. The constitution-making process is also in jeopardy. […]

By Saman Indrajith Courtesy The Island February 12, 2018, 11:03 pm The UNP has decided to form a United National Front (UNF) government ending the coalition with the SLFP Maithri faction, party sources say. The decision to form a UNF government was taken following discussions between President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe at the […]

  Dr. Sarath Obeysekera Government advertisements in newspapers are usually boring but not this one. An advertisement on Friday by the Provincial Road Development Authority in the Western Province called for public bids for a peculiar assignment – pulling out an excavator that is stuck in the mud!The bids will be opened on February 23, […]

SPUR   (Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights for Sri Lanka Inc) Reg:  A 003 0777 MPO Box 4066, Mulgrave, VIC 3170, AustraliaTele/Fax: (03) 97957143  Fax: (03) 97957142 ranjiths@spur.asn.au Website: www.spur.asn.au MEDIA RELEASE – 11 February 2018 The Society for Peace Unity and Human Rights for Sri Lanka (SPUR) congratulates the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna […]

Nimal Tissa Wijetunga Your Excellency, Mahinda Rajapakse, Masses or people of Sri Lanka has voted to you mainly as a Mark of Gratitude to your leadership in annihilating terrorist LTTE and its leader Prabhakaran and it is only the 06th occasion a Head of the State of Sri Lanka among long line of kings and residents […]

By Dr. DAYAN JAYATILLEKA It was the well-established, UNP and West-friendly website ECONOMYNEXT that broke the story using the ‘L’ Word—Landslide: “Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s proxy was set for an unexpected landslide victory in Saturday’s local council elections…Unofficial results showed that the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) was leading in almost all the districts outside […]

S. Navaratne   February 11, 2018, 10:01 pm One feels somewhat disconcerted when a highly respected public servant makes comments that go far and beyond his remit albeit in his view to further yahapalana aims. The job of the Auditor General on matters relating to public debt is to provide to the public evidence based facts after stringent auditing […]

 Dilrook Kannangara It is important to decipher the signals of the LG election 2018 correctly without bias. The king (voter) has spoken. But the arrogant king doesn’t repeat! If his signal is interpreted wrongly, there will be dire consequences for (public) servants. Readers must calmly analyze the outcome without hatred or favour. Although voters gave […]

Lionel Rajapakse Electorate has spoken. There is a clear message to politicians who still keep alliance with SLFP. Leave SLFP now”. Yes, right now. Feb 10 election results proved people don’t care about the future of the SLFP and they do not trust the SLFP leadership any more. Hope, politicos who play a double game […]