By Walter Jayawardhana President Mahinda Rajapaksa will visit Nepal on a two day official visit to continue his journey which had to be disrupted due to the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore Pakistan , a Nepalese news service announced. The news service said the Sri Lankan leader will arrive in […]

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By S. Hewage ƒ”š‚ The latest attacks on Indian embassy in Afghanistan and the Pakistan’s military headquarters would trigger a new wave of accusations and counteraccusations by India and Pakistan. It seems that the United States is achieving its military strategy to keep regional conflicts going, so that the United States is not only secure, but […]

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By Walter Jayawardhana The Washington Times sternly told the US State Department in an editorial that America should support the Sri Lankan government or keep its nose out of Colombo’s business commenting about the possible war crimes report on the island nation submitted to the Congress last week. Alleging the US is taking the wrong […]

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Ira de Silva London, Ontario John McKay MP, Scarborough-Guildwood Liberal Party House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario. Dear Mr. McKay, I read a report in the National Post of October 26,2009 which reads – “in the House of Commons on Friday, Liberal MP John McKay says Tamils are seeking refuge in Canada because of the injustices […]

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By Walter Jayawardhana President Mahinda Rajapaksa ordered yesterday that the commercial lending rates of the country’s state banks be reduced by almost half with immediate effect. The state owned banks, have been have been charging 15-22 percent before the reduction took place. “President Mahinda Rajapaksa had ordered state banks to reduce lending rates in between […]

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