Donald Chandraratna, Perth, Australia A sense of despondency and gloom overhangs the political environment these days. The turn of events after the retirement of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and his likely entry into the mainstream of politics has caused this despondency among the nationalists (we are called pseudo nationalist or chauvinists by Western […]

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Sri Lanka News Chairman of the President’s Task Force for Rehabilitation and Resettlement Basil Rajapaksa announced that the government has decided to allow the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) to move freely now to become free civilians after the eradication of Tamil Tiger rebels. The total number of IDPs remaining in the welfare centres in Vavuniya, […]

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Insight By Sunil Kumar Nov.19th 2009 ƒ”š‚ Retd.Lieut General Sarath Fonseka’ if he has any sense of decorum and perhaps even self preservation should side stepƒ”š‚ this coerced push by all the decrepit opposition politicos egging him on particularly the spineless leader of the oppositionƒ”š‚  Ranil Wickremasinghe who becomes very visible as the cat baiter using the […]

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Vipula Gunawardena As we all know, defeat of LTTE was a “Team Effort”ƒ”š‚ of many. President Mahinda Rajapaksa gave the political leadership, while Defense Secretary, Army Commander, Navy Commander, Air Force collectively worked tirelessly in the war-front to defeat LTTE. On propaganda front, Dr Palitha Kohona, Dr Dayan Jayatillake, Prof Rajiv Wijesignhe and several diplomats […]

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SPECIAL INVISTAGTEING REPORTER : Walter Michel We were witness the birth of Organization called “Canadian Concern about Sri Lanka”ƒ”š‚ (CCSL) recently with the motive to secure the Tamils in IDP camps in northern Sri Lanka have free movement and their re settlement. This organization is accommodating some Trade Union members in Toronto area, some Church […]

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By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Chandana Perera) UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Sir John Holmes paid a courtesy call to President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees this afternoon on 19th November. ƒ”š‚ Sir Holmes visited Sri Lanka on a three day facts finding mission in connection with the resettlement of the […]

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