by Hela Puwath US Embassy in Colombo in a press release states that it has launched a new program to help LTTE combatants reintegrate in to society.ƒ”š‚  It says that The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will implement the project by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and “The Chief Minister of the Eastern […]

BY DR M D P DISSANAYAKE It was less than 6 months ago Sri Lanka has achieved freedom from terrorists. Terrorists were determined to destroy the democracy. After achieving the victory, now there appears to be some Tsunami within the team. ƒ”š‚ The writer has listened in full to CDS Sarath Fonseka’s speech in US. I […]

SRI LANKA Army Website Commander Lieutenant General Jayasuriya during his interaction with Other Ranks assured them that the former transport service will be re-started while simultaneously exploring possibilities for re-launch of the transport facility for children in Army families. “We should be partial to the government in power. All governments at the end of their […]

By Mahinda General Sarth Fonseka is in USA despite the resistance to the war he conducted, and his daughters are studying in the USA , has been secured with a house and cash in a certain state there. His visit to USA and all other agendas behind is well understood, and the Washington DC Temple […]

By Ian In 2005 presidential election the people excluding the voters of north, voted almost equally to two candidates giving a slight edge to the current president. How did the voting percentages increase substantially after the war? There were a small percentage of new voters. But the main reason for the increase is due to […]

By Walter Jayawardhana A NDTV television broadcast said 78 Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers , who are determined to reach Australia on board an Australian cargo ship have refused to step on Indonesian soil and adamantly refused to do anything else than going to Australia. In the ship the Tamils, who are mostly Tamil rebels […]

By Walter Jayawardhana Pix by Sudath Silva President Donatedƒ”š‚ US $10,000ƒ”š‚ US Dollas for SriLanka Lumbini Development trust President Mahinda Rajapaksa making brief statement to the pressmen gathered there said that the development of Lumbini, one of the most sacred sites of the Buddhists all over the world was not only the responsibility of the Nepalese government […]

By Walter Jayawardhana For thousands of years Sri Lankans through their native traditions knew what food is good or bad for particular ailments. In fact, food was part of medicine and vice versa. Not only their mostly vegetarian food but the spices that used to cook them were basically the natural way of treating or […]

By Dr. Mrs. Mareena Thaha Reffai, Dehiwela. The other day I tried to stop at the curb of Galle road in front of a book shop in Wellawathe. A traffic cop came up to me and said ” You cannot stop here”ƒ”š‚ I was quite surprised since I could see many cars parked further up […]

ALI SUKHANVER-ƒ”š‚ The writer is a Pakistan based bilingual analyst on national and international strategic and defense affairs. Pak-India friendship is the most essential and almost inevitable element for a long lasting and deep rooted peace in South Asia. The present warlike scenario along the Pak-India borders can adopt an altogether different look if the two […]

By Dr. Mrs. Mareena Thaha Reffai, Dehiwela. The report ofƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  Chief Medical officer, CMCƒ”š‚  ( Daily Mirror 30/10/2009) is really disturbing. According toƒ”š‚  his survey 50% of the Colombo children are not sent to primary schools at all! The causes can be many. It is time we looked into this matter very seriously to prevent […]

By Stanley Perera from Melbourne Rt. Hon. Kevin Rudd M.P. Prime Minister of Australia, Canberra. Dear Sir, Re- Sri Lankan Tamil Asylum Seekers You were furious when Wilson Tuckey warned you of the danger of Terrorists coming to Australia along with the Tamil asylum seekers. You were furious again when another politician called those Tamil […]

By Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir King Mohammed VI of Morocco will deliver a highly anticipated speech this November 6th–the anniversary of the Green March of 1975 when 350,000 unarmed Moroccans crossed into the Western Sahara. On this same occasion last year, Morocco’s King presented his “roadmap”ƒ”š‚ to decentralize “all parts of the Kingdom, especially the Moroccan […]