H. L. D. Mahindapala A few Sundays back I stopped in my tracks and re-read Prof. Kumar David’s condemnation of the Tamils of Jaffna as “congenital idiots”ƒ”š‚ (July 26, 2009, Sunday Island). He was angry that the Tamils were accusing the Marxists of betraying the Tamils when in reality it was the Tamils of Jaffna […]

By Walter Jayawardhana President Mahinda Rajapaksa met President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela in the Libyan capital of Tripoli and was engaged in a cordial discussion on bilateral issues, Sri Lankan government sources said. The two Presidents met after the grand celebrations to commemorate the 40th National Day held in the Libyan capital where both leaders […]

Bandula Kothalawala London N7 There has been widespread condemnation of the sentencing of Mr J S Tissainayagam by the High Court in Colombo. According to Amnesty International, he was found guilty of “writing and publishing articles that criticized the government’s treatment of Sri Lankan Tamil civilians affected by the war”ƒ”š‚. ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ I have not followed […]

By Garvin Karunaratne Ph.D.(Michigan State University) I am happy that my paper: “The Wind Turbines of Spain, France and Portugal”ƒ”š‚ (Lanka Web, 25/8/2009has evoked a response fromƒ”š‚  Noor Nizam, of Canada, in his paper, “Wind Energy Electricity Generation is a reality in Sri Lanka”ƒ”š‚ Lanka Web, 26/8/2009)ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  The thrust of my paper, based on my […]

By Janaka Alahapperuma- London http://www.PetitionOnline.com/ c4nosl09/petition.html Demonstration Against Channel-4 News Fake Video footage ƒ”š‚ Venue: In front of Channel-4 Television Corporation ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  124, Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2TX ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ Channel-4 News in the UK broadcast an unauthenticated video clip, accusing Sri Lanka Army and the government of war crimes. This particular video clip, shown on Channel-4 […]

By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando British Police wearing prominent luminous coats to be seen as opposed ƒ”š‚ to Sri Lankan police inferior jackets with only two faded white lines. Of late Sri Lankan Police has been able to dominate the news headlines on various issues of complaints ranging from Negligence, Assault, Abuse of Power, Prejudice , […]

Written by: Mamoona Ali Kazmi The Pakistani nation will celebrate 44th defence day of Pakistan on 6 September with great enthusiasm. The defence day marked the September 1965 war and the valiant defence put up by the armed forces against the Indian aggression. The day reminds us of the untold sacrifices rendered by armed forces […]

ƒ”š‚  Nava Thakuria reporting from Dhaka The Asia Pacific region is in peril of the global warming and climate change and the western (and industrialized) countries should (must) bailout the developing countries to cope up with the devastation of sea level rise, flood & drought and salination of surface water in those populous countries-those were […]

Media Release Embassy of Sri Lanka Washington DC Sri Lankan Ambassador Jaliya Wickramasuriya told a group of scholars and Asian experts Monday how the Sri Lankan military defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, as well as how the government will sustain peaceful reconciliation. Speaking before the Homeland Security Policy Institute of The George Washington […]

By Walter Jayawardhana The Voice of America broadcasting the reflection of opinion of the US government said the United States strongly supports the Sri Lankan government’s desire to resettle the Internally displaced persons safely and quickly The editorial quoted James R. Moore, US Charge d’affaires as saying, “We strongly support the desire of the Government […]