By Charles.S.Perera ƒ”š‚ In the year 2005 theƒ”š‚  Minister of Science and Technology Professor Tissa Vitarana ƒ”š‚ had devised a plan to take Science and Technology to the people of the backward villages, byƒ”š‚  organizing Vidatha Resourse Centresƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ It is a commendable ƒ”š‚ plan , ƒ”š‚ a bold step ƒ”š‚ taken by the Minister ƒ”š‚ Professor Tissa Vitarana to make the […]

Rajiva Wijesinha Courtesy Daily News Questions were raised as to the letter of resignation sent by Gen Sarath Fonseka at a press conference on November 13th. Anticipating such questions, Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe had obtained a copy of the letter. We had had several instances of subtly changed documents being circulated, obviously for political purposes. The […]

Courtesy Daily News Army Commander, Lt. Gen. Jagath Jayasuriya today categorically refuted the accusations levelled against him by the ex-Chief of Defence Staff, General Sarath Fonseka. At a meeting held at Kilinochchi, Army 58 Division Headquarters with the participation of high-ranking officials of the Army who directly contributed in the humanitarian mission to liberate the […]

Abdul Zahoor Khan Marwat Pakistan’s foreign office has `dismissed US newspaper’s article over the safety of Pakistan’s nuclear assets’. It termed the assertions made in the article `utterly misleading and totally baseless’. The FO’s rebuttal was obviously aimed at Seymour M. Hersh’s article “Defending the Arsenal: In an unstable Pakistan, can nuclear warheads be kept […]

Momin Iftikhar The destruction of the Babri Mosque on December 06, 1992 was a climactic event that shook the faƒÆ’†’ƒ”š‚§ade of the communal harmony in India to its very core. A commission headed by Justice Liberhan was set up within 10 days of the demolition of the mosque, even as communal riots blazed across the […]

By Noor Nizam, Sri Lankan Peace Activist and Freelance Journalist, Canada. 25th., Nov. 2009. The announcement made by HE. Mahinda Rajapaksa that there is no room for a re-merger of the North and East provinces as a political geographical land mass entity and human settlement in Sri Lanka is a reality of contemporary politics in […]

By Walter Jayawardhana Canadian authorities found high potential traces of plastic explosives like RDX in the LTTE gun running ship Princess Easwary masquerading as Ocean Lady that brought 76 illegal immigrants to Canada , the Immigration and Refugee Board was told as evidence. The suspected immigrant smuggling ship, which was formerly smuggling arms between North […]

Dilan Fernando DPhil Candidate in Biochemistry/Immunogenetics President, Oxford Sri Lanka Society, University of Oxford The Oxford Sri Lanka Society, the official Sri Lankan student Society at the University of Oxford will celebrate its 2nd anniversary on the 26th of November. Founded by Dilan Fernando and Arosha Gunasekera, the Society has made tremendous strides in a […]

Dilan Fernando DPhil Candidate in Biochemistry/Immunogenetics President, Oxford Sri Lanka Society, University of Oxford H.E. the President addresses the Oxford Union “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” May 2008. Front row (left to right): H.E. High Commissioner, Mrs. Deepthi Bogollagama,ƒ”š‚  Hon. Rohitha Bogollagama (Foreign Minister), H.E. the President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Mr. Benjamin Tansey (President “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” Oxford Union),ƒ”š‚  Mr. Dilan Fernando […]

Dr.P.A.Samaraweera, Australia On Monday 23rd, the President had sent a proclamation to the Commissioner of Elections to seek a fresh mandate. And this was a much awaited declaration for the Opposition Front. ƒ”š‚ Then on Tuesday, there were reports that the dispute between the UNP and JVP over the condition that Ranil take over as Prime […]

By Dr M D P DISSANAYAKE Now the gloves are off, the bitter fight is on. This time there is a new face, popularly known as “GARDIHEWA SARATH CHANDRALAL FONSEKA from Ambalangoda .”ƒ”š‚ But this new face is nothing more than a replica of corrupt UNP and its henchmen. As pointed out by Prof. Hudson […]

Insight By Sunil Kumar Nov.24th 2009 Whatever remains of the The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam who were defeated after a 23-year conflict with the Sri Lankan military in May are underground cells and pockets of surreptitious individuals who can never surface into mainstream Canadian society as the Canadian Law Enforcement and spy agencies have […]

Ratanapala The Sinhala Buddhist consensus that has been forged over a number of years, to eradicate Tamil Tiger Terrorism has been shattered in a short span of 6 months. The enemies of the nation who were reeling in anger and frustration since the demise of their cat’s paw the Tamil Tiger Terrorists have done the […]

Ira de Silva London, Ontario Canada The Letters Editor Toronto Star Toronto, Ontario ƒ”š‚  Dear Sir: ƒ”š‚  Re: Long Arm ofƒ”š‚ Sri Lanka’s Toronto Envoy – Nov. 24,2009 ƒ”š‚  Reading this article I was glad to hear that finally we have an official from Sri Lanka who is not in Canada on aƒ”š‚ holiday paid for by […]

Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . Canada November 24, 2009 ƒ”š‚  The Editor Toronto Star Toronto ƒ”š‚  Sir: ƒ”š‚  I was glad to read Martin Cohn’s column – Cohn: London arm of Sri Lanka’s Toronto envoy,ƒ”š‚ which proved positive that Sri Lanka’s Consular General Mr. Bandula Jayasekera has made some impact within […]

Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario .Canada November 23, 2009 Hon. Bob Rae, P.C., O.C., QC., L.L.D., MP Liberal Party Foreign Affairs Critic House of Commons, Ottawa Dear Bob: So finally the Toronto Star of Sunday, November 22, 2009, did you in as a rogue on your on going interest on Sri […]

EMBASSY OF SRI LANKA WASHINGTON, D.C.COUNTRY INFORMATION UPDATE NOV. 23, 2009 WASHINGTON “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” The government of Sri Lanka announced last week that the approximately 127,000 displaced people now living in welfare centers in the north will enjoy complete freedom of movement as of Dec. 1, 2009. Basil Rajapaksa, senior advisor to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, announced […]

By Walter Jayawardhana President Rajapaksa yesterday gave instructions to his Secretary Lalith Weeratunga to gazette the Presidential Proclamation to enable the Commissioner of Elections to hold the Presidential Election. The United National Party General Secretary Tissa Attanayaka told local television channels in Colombo that their common candidate put forward against President Rajapaksa will be announced […]

By Walter Jayawardhana A Parliamentary Committee on Sports in Pakistan requested the country’s governing board of cricket to immediately sack its security officials and file a case against them for not providing the Sri Lankan cricket team adequate protection. The Sri Lanka Cricket team was attacked by terrorists in Lahore Pakistan in March this year […]

By Noor Nizam, Sri Lanka Peace Activist, Political Activist and Independent Freelance Journalist, Canada. November 23rd., 2009. Now that there is a presidential election declared, who will win is the question in the minds of the electorate of Sri Lanka , be it the Sinhalese, Tamils, Muslims and or all others who have the right […]

By Walter Jayawardhana A French court convicted 21 members of the terrorist organization, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eeelam (LTTE)for extorting millions of Euros from the Tamil civilians living in France to bankroll an armed insurrection in Sri Lanka. The toughest sentence was given to the alleged leader of the LTTE also known as Tamil […]

Prof. Hudson McLean Every bullet fired at innocent Tamil civilians fetched kickbacks By K.T.Rajasingham Colombo, 22 November, (Asiantribune.com): Credit to K.T.Rajasingham and of course the Asiantribune to expose the Dirty Dozen (?) or are there more? But Mr. Rajasingham forgot to mention the numbers of innocent Sri Lankan Sinhala who were decimated by both the […]

Insight By Sunil Kumar Nov.22nd 2009 Re- Item : Buckets of Worms from Cracks, Begin to Crawl!By Prof Hudsom Mclean Posted on November 22nd, 2009 the pointers highlighted need to be put into perspective perhaps towardsƒ”š‚  clarities which probably do not meet the common eye as the far thinking Professor seems to have hit on […]

by Citizen Mahinda General SF makes millions of US Dollars from the Soldiers Blood ?ƒ”š‚ Thanks a lot to Asian Tribune for disclosing the details the ordinary people were never thought of or would believe, if there was no evidence. ƒ”š‚ All these time most ordinary people were in a dream that SF was a clean patriot. […]

By Dr Ramesh Somasunderam Sri Lanka is strategically situated geographically, as it is set off the South “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” east cost of India and the Palk Striait, and the Gulf of Mannar, which separates the country from India. The country is also ideally located to the Far East and Europe and its natural assets, namely its […]

PRESS RELEASE High Commission of Sri Lanka Islamabad The Government of Sri Lanka donated a sum of US $ 25,000/- as an emergency relief for the recent flood victims of the Republic of Tajikistan. The cheque for the above sum was handed over by the concurrently accredited Sri Lanka Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan, […]

Ira de Silva London, Ontario, Canada The Letters Editor Toronto Star, Toronto, Ontario ƒ”š‚  Dear Sir: ƒ”š‚  Regarding this rally by Tamil Canadians,ƒ”š‚ including the usualƒ”š‚ the sob stories, the fact is that these are the same people who funded the LTTE terrorists from Canada. They are responsible for these people being driven from their homes by […]

Ajit Randeniya According to Sri Lankan media, K.K. Theventhra Rajh, an Astro-Consultant from Chennai (take that for an impressive job title!) has predicted that Ranil Wickremesinghe will be “a failure at any time”ƒ”š‚ due to Saturn and Mercury “ƒ”¹…”Dasas’ that will be governing his horoscope until 25 August 2036. The good Astro-Consultant has also predicted […]

Dr.P.A.Samaraweera, Australia ƒ”š‚ This week an English Daily reported that the High Court Judges in Madras had declared their assets. The Chief Justice Hemant Gokhala had disclosed that he does not even own a house or land. ƒ”š‚  A couple of days ago, a Journalist writing about the plight of pensioners referred to his father, the […]

Asoka Weerasinghe Gloucester . Ontario .Canada November 22, 2009 The Editor (Letters) TORONTO STAR Sir: I was absolutely baffled by the statement by NDPs Jack Layton and the Liberal’s Bob Rae as Tamil Canadian supporters when you said, “expressed skepticism at Saturday’s rally over the promises by Sri Lanka to not only allow the refugees […]