by Malinda Seneviratne Courtesy Lakbima
The US Embassy is livid.  They are pissed off their minds because, ‘various state media outlets’ had alleged that the United States of  America had supported a candidate at the recently held Presidential  Election.  The US Embassy in Colombo in a special media statement has  categorically denied any such involvement and [...]

henry jayaweera
Dear Editor,
 
The evil that men do live with them (With apologies to the Bard).
 
Isn’t the cache of cash in the private vault of the son-in-law’s mother enough to convince the most diehard supporter of the General that they have been led up the garden path-just as the supporters of he JVP should have been when [...]

L Peiris
When will eccentric idiots like Rev. Prof. Dr. S.J. Emmanuel, the former Vicar General of the Catholic diocese of Jaffna just fade away! TNA leaders Sampanthan, Mavai Senathirajah, Suresh Premachandran, Selvam Adaikalanathan and Gajendrakumar Ponnampalam are over the hill, their ‘sell by’ date has expired, like their Eelam dreams.
Sri Lanka is one unitary [...]

By Pretty Kfir
I must confess reading through the anti-Mahinda Rajapakse GOSL diatribe of Aloy Perera was actually a tad more comforting than the root-canal I had to endure recently when my dentist strapped me to a “white chair.” I am no nifty scribe and definitely am no scribe who enjoys taking a fellow mortal’s time [...]

Sri Rohana
Presidential election results of 2010 is what really expected by majority of Sri Lankans. This was the first Presidential election after defeat the Tamil Terrorist LTTE on 18th May 2009. Prior to this there were several Provincial council elections held and President’s UPFA won most provinces with the majority of 60%-70%. If any one [...]

By Nava Thakuria
The Burmese military rulers, who are trying to earn credibility from international communities after declaring the general election some time in October this year, has received a brickbat from the Amnesty International.
The London based influential rights body has warned the military junta of Burma (Myanmar) ‘halt its repression of ethnic minority activists before [...]

SUSANTHA WIJESINGHE.
Dear Venerable Mahanayake,
 
If I could physically come to you, kneel down at your feet with hands in supplication, and show my appreciation to you, for prevailing wise counsel, and putting off  that most controversial, Sangha Convention,  I would be a very happy man. Unfortunately, Iam very far away across the many Oceans. Yet, please [...]

Ranjit Wickremeratne
 Dear Ranil million signatures for what? We know that you are the best joker in SRI LANKA politics. Sometimes you break pots and pans, sometimes you tell kindegarten stories, sometimes you promised to give brcaelets and chewing gums so on. So this time Mr.Opposition leader you have started to take signatures from a million of [...]

SPUR  (Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights for Sri Lanka Inc) Reg: A003 0777 M P.O. Box 4066, Mulgrave VIC 3170, Australia
Most Ven Thibbatuwawe Sumangala Mahanayaka Thero of Malwatta Chapter                   17 February 2010
Most Ven .Udugama Buddharakkitha Mahanayaka Thero of Asgiriya Chapter
Most Ven. Dawuldena Gnanissara Mahanayaka Thero of Amarapura Nikaya
Most Ven. Weweldeniye Medhalankara Mahanayaka [...]

ආචාර්‍ය ප්‍රශාන් ප්‍රේමරත්න, ඔස්ට්‍රේලියාව
සරත් ෆොන්සේකාට දේශද්‍රෝහි ලේබලය වැදීම නිසා ඉමහත් කලබලයට පත්ව ඇත්තේ අස්ගිරි මල්වත්තේ උන්ණාන්සේලාය. ලංකාවේ ඇති අලුත්ම දේශද්‍රෝහි AXIS හවුලේ අලුත්ම හවුල්කාරයෝ උන්ණාන්සේලාය. විජාතික ක්‍රිස්තියානිකාර බලවේග මෙයට පෙර යොදාගත්තේ හකීම්ලා, මනෝලා, සෝමහන්සලා මංගලලා, රනිල්ලා හා ත්‍රස්තවාදීන්ගේ කවදත් සුදුහුණූ ගෑ රාජ්‍ය විරෝධි, පත්තරවල පිටුගණන් දැන්වීම් දැමූ කතෝලික සභාවය. මීට පෙර ආණ්ඩුව පෙරලීමට දැඟලීමට රනිල්ට [...]

Strategist
Mahinda Rajapakse has indeed rescued us from a potential disaster. The so-called grand coalition is already crumbling. Ranil wants the Elephant and the others appear to want the Swan as their symbol. How uncommon are these fighters of the “common front”? What are the chances of such a “common front” developing a cohesive strategy for [...]

By Vishvamithra
People of this island nation know as to why Ranil Wickramasinghe refused to field himself for the just concluded Presidential election and agreed to support General Sarath Fonseka instead. It is very sad but a fact that Ranil is a fatal failure as a leader, and because of him the UNP, a formidable political [...]

Anura Seneviratna, Dr MB Ranatunga (for expat Hela team).
The constant awareness of ever changing nature of man should assist us for a better understanding of problems arising out of society and individual. A criminal in the past may have changed to a better person at present but many hold him or her against the dark [...]

Swarnajith Udana
Most Venerable Prelates (Athi Garu Maha Nayakawaruni)
It is an extremely rare opportunity that happens once in an eon that one gets to witness an act of such infinite and unconditional compassion. I am simply speechless to talk about piety and reverence I felt by reading your recent letter to President Mahinda Rajapaksha. The letter [...]

Ananda De Costa
There are a lot of similarities between Mahinda and Premadasa.

Premadasa ended conventional UNP politics. Mahinda ended the more difficult Bandaranayake Dynasty. 
Premadasa helped to chase out invading forces using extremely shrewd methods (using local murderers). This was a win so far as the sovereignty of Lanka is concerned, because the invaders surely [...]

SUMERUBuddhist books & art
The Sumeru Press is pleased to announce publication of Rebirth as Empirical Basis for The Buddha’s Four Noble Truths, by Prof. Suwanda Sugunasiri, PhD.
Rebirth is a chronological analysis of Buddha’s enlightenment meditation and how Buddha’s growing awareness of the rebirth process was congruent with his opening to the Four Noble Truths.
The [...]

By Stanley Perera
UNO Representative in Colombo,
Please deliver this letter to General Secretary Banky Moon.
The writer many a time exposed the corruption by the UNO official. To-date there does not seem to be any action taken or likely to be taken in the horizon.
It is surprising to note that some of the UNO officials like Navaneetham [...]

සී. ඒ. චන්ද්‍රප්‍රේම-දිවයින
අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන සිටින විශ්‍රාමික ජෙනරාල් සරත් ෆොන්සේකා මහතා යම් වරදක්‌ කර ඇත්නම්, ජනාධිපතිතුමාගේ විශේෂ බලතල භාවිතා කොට හෝ ඔහුව වහාම නිදහස්‌ කරන මෙන් ෙත්‍රෙනිකායික මහනාහිමිවරුන් ජනාධිපතිතුමාගෙන් ඉල්ලීමක්‌ කර ඇත. වෛරයෙන් වෛරය නොසන්සිඳෙන බවත්, රටේ ප්‍රධාන පුද්ගලයන් අතර විරසකවීම් ඇතිවූ අවස්‌ථාවලදී භික්‍ෂු ප්‍රජාව මැදිහත්වී එදිරිවාදිකම් සමනය කර දැමීමේ ඉතිහාසයක්‌ මේ රට තුළ ඇති බවද [...]

SUSANTHA WIJESINGHE.
Dear Venerable Gang of Four Mahanayakas,
As a Buddhist, I am shocked to see you all seeking to “”” call for a special convention to discuss the Political Situation in the Country. “””. Upto this minute, I did not know that THE MOST VENERATED DALADA MALIGAWA, is a Convention Centre for Politics. SACRILEGIOUS I say.
With [...]

Nimal R Melbourne Australia
Chief Monk of Malwaththe and few of those towing his line will never be respected by a majority of the Singhalese
Chief monk of Malwaththe chapter Thibbotuwave Sri Sumangala did not utter a word against retired General Sarath Fonseka’s recent statement to the BBC Sinhala Service stating that he was willing to give [...]

K Godage Courtesy The Island
 O Tempora O mores, (O what times O what habits)
 The government ought to congratulate itself on an unintended diplomatic success. Reaching out particularly to Iran and by consolidating further our close relations with China, (which is seen by the US and its new ally India, as an emerging threat to their [...]

Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation.
Intellectuals state that there is no injustice on inact military law on Sarath Fonseka who has betrayed war heroes who liberated the country from decades-long war.
Senior lawyer Gomin Dayasiri says any presidential candidate is bound by the law in the country and no exceptions.
Sarath Fonseka as a military commander has let down [...]

By Ruwani Panamaldeniya
I together with my husband , my son and daughter purchased 4 tickets from the MTV Braybrooke Place, Colombo-02 for Rs.750/- each. The show was scheduled at 6.45 pm on 13.2.2010 at the Empire Ball Room of Mt.Lavinia Hotel.
The people were told to sit anywhere and we went and sat on the centre [...]

By Dr M D P DISSANAYAKE
The best Prime Minister we had in Sri Lanka was none other than Mr S W R D Bandaranaike. He had a habit of meeting people in the early hours to discuss their problems and find solutions. For Buddhist Monks who are waiting to see him, Mr Bandaranaike always served [...]

Sri Lankan
In other words prelates in Kandy are very keen to topple a democratically elected government with an 1.8 Million majority through  a military conspiracy.
Prelates expect General Shravidra Silva, General Prasanna Silva , G. Gallage and all other war heroes to be brought in-front of an international tribunal and executed.
 Prelates are for the planing to Kill the [...]

by hela puwath
It is indeed commendable that the Mahanayake’s Malwatte and Asgiriya has sprung to action in defense of General Sarath Fonseka, but one cannot help agree with Stanley Perera when he asks “When did they speak for the less previllaged and suffering poor?”
 http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2010/02/12/prelates-in-politics-only-for-rich-and-famous/
 “Asoka Weerasinghe has highlighted in the media of the attack of a [...]

මහචාර්ය නලින් ද සිල්වා
යමකු පොලිසිය විසින් හෝ හමුදා පොලිසිය විසින් හෝ අත්අඩංගුවට ගනු ලැබීම යුක්‌ති යුක්‌ත කෙරෙන ලිපියක්‌ සාමාන්‍යයෙන් ලිවීම අපහසු කාර්යයකි. එහෙත් සරත් ෆොන්සේකා හමුදා පොලිසිය විසින් අත්අඩංගුවට ගනු ලැබීම යුක්‌ති යුක්‌ත කිරීම සඳහා එක්‌ ලිපියක්‌ නොව ලිපි දහසක්‌ ලිවීමට මට නම් ඉතාමත් පහසු කාර්යයකි. නීතියෙන් ඉඩක්‌ ඇත්නම් ඔහු යුද්ධාධිකරණයක්‌ ඉදිරියට ගෙන ආයුතු යෑයි [...]

THIS IS NOT A PARTY POLITICAL MESSAGE.  JUST THE FACTS.6
5,000 Sinhalese Killed or disappeared 1988-1990 – in the ‘Killing Fields of Sri Lanka’ operated by the UNP government
Batalanda torture chamber operated by Ranil Wickremasinghe
Hundreds of government officials ruthlessly killed by JVP, among them tea estate planters such as Ratwatte who was killed and [...]

By De Silva
Dear Aparna,
I was deeply moved by reading the contents of your circular letter regarding General Fonseka. As a father of two children I am saddened and shaken by the fact that General Fonseka has been dragged away and kept incommunicado without medicine and other basic needs and your mother or anyone else [...]

Sri Lanka News
General’s involvement in clandestine politics and his anarchic behaviour during the latter stages of his tenure as the Commander of the Sri Lanka Army clearly demonstrated that he was heading towards leading a coup, said Secretary Defence Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
“He was planning on a military rule. It was very clear in the latter [...]