Malin Abeyatunge Ex. Lt.General and CDS Sarath Fonseka has accepted the candidature from the recently formed UNF alliance led by UNP and JVP. He has a right to do politics from any party that he wishes according to his future plans and inspirations. Only two weeks back, I wrote a letter to Sinhala patriotic websites […]

H. L. D. Mahindapala Whether General Sarath Fonseka wins or loses there is no doubt that, at the end of it all, Ranil Wickremesinghe will be the loser. If Fonseka loses it is Wickremesinghe who will have to cop the flak. It will prove once again that he is a born loser. In the unlikely […]

by Lucky(Sydney) Due to the recent political upheaval in the land of Sri Lanka (SL), several people have come out and claimed the victory of the war. So we frequently hear/read the statements like “I am responsible for the victory over the LTTE”ƒ”š‚. ƒ”š‚ So I thought of compiling a list of critical events related to […]

Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . Canada December 2, 2009 The Editor (Letters) THE OTTAWA CITIZEN Sir: Re: Sri Lanka “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” refugees permitted to leave camps, there were never doubts in the minds of the majority Sri Lankans that the 288,000 Tamil Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who were housed in temporary […]

By Dr D. Chandraratna, Australia The word joker seems to be cropping up these days for whatever reason in the Sri Lankan news bulletins in relation to the presidential poll. This is good news for the incumbent President as he cannot be painted by the same brush. Joker, for the Sri Lankans is an interesting […]

The Saturday, December 5, 2009 meeting with community members will be held in the “party room” at 301 Prudential DR, Scarborough (Lawrence AVE/Midland AVE).ƒ”š‚  Please be at place ofƒ”š‚  starting time of 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m with regards, Michael Walter ƒ”š‚ 

H. L. D. Mahindapala War brought out the best in us. Peace has brought out the worst. War helped us to close ranks and hold us together. Peace has blown this apart. War taught us that we have the capacity to overcome all obstacles and achieve the impossible combating local and external forces. Peace is […]

by Charles.S.Perera Jehan Perera has begun his former anti-government campaign after the defeat of the terrorists. But never would Jehan Perera use the word terrorist in describing them; they were for him the LTTE. I read somewhere that Pakiasothy Saravanamuttu and Jehan Perera had visited the Assistant Secretary of State Robert O’Blake. What they had […]

Dilrook Kannangara If ten (10) astrologers are consulted on the same matter, they will come up with ten different opinions. But what is indisputable is the effects of bad Dasas. Although the bad effects may be mild or harsh based on the birth chart, it is indisputable that bad effects will follow during bad Dasas […]

By Walter Jayawardhana The Sri Lanka government has sought the advice of the country’s Attorney General how to freeze more than 600 bank accounts belonging to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) terrorist outfit. Government sources said the minute details of these bank accounts have been divulged by Kumaran Pathmanathan (KP) who succeeded the […]

Henry. The insistence of the UN that the IDP’s inƒ”š‚ Sri Lanka should be assisted is a tautology. Everybody knows that it needs to be done. It is also obvious to all and sundry that this involves money-and a lot of it. In fact, a lot of money is neededƒ”š‚ for this as well as for the […]

By Janaka Alahapperuma Newly appointed High Commissioner of the Republic of India, Mr. Ashok K.Kantha paid a courtesy call to President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees this afternoon on 02nd December. Recently he presented his credentials with four other envoys to the President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa at a ceremony at President’s Office on […]

By Janaka Alahapperuma President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited Dambulla Economic Centre (DEC), which is situated in the Dambulla Secretariat Division of Matale District, in the center of Dambulla town on 30th November. The President personally inspected the facilities provided at the dedicated economic centre and exchanged opinions and views with traders and consumers. The center which […]

By Stanley Perera from Melbourne My dear Nick, You made a speech at the Australian Federal Parliament that the Tamil population in the North of Sri Lanka continue to suffer human rights abuses and are being denied basic rights and freedom. Hon. Member of the federal parliament has agreed that it has been the situation […]

Reflections by comrade Fidel The United States, in its struggle against the Revolution, had in the Venezuelan government its best ally: the eximious Mr. RƒÆ’†’ƒ”š‚³mulo Betancourt Bello. We did not know it then. He had been elected President on December 7, 1958; he had not taken office yet when the Cuban Revolution triumphed on January […]

Press Release Media Secretary for the Minister of Justice and Law Reform The Committee appointed by the Minister of Justice and Law Reform Milinda Moragoda, to consider reforms to the Law Education in Sri Lanka, presented its report to the Minister recently. ƒ”š‚ The Committee comprised Judge of the Supreme Court, Justice (Dr.) Shirani A. Bandaranayake […]

Media Release – Sri Lanka High Commission United Kingdom Hon. Rohitha Bogollagama, MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs met with a group of British Parliamentarians today at the House of Commons in an interactive session. The group of members of parliament comprised Labour Party MPs Mr. Virendra Sharma, MP for Ealing & Southall, Mr. Keith Vaz, […]