H. L. D. Mahindapala The state of the media in Sri Lanka is not all black and white. It has it own gradations and shades. It has its ups and downs. It has its own strengths and weaknesses. But what is remarkable is the staying power of the media to produce pluralist opinions under the […]

By Charles.S.Perera To begin with he has no viable political manifesto. He is there to eradicate corruption. Corruption is as old as the beginning of humanity and that cannot be eradicated through political means. There is no one country in the world where there is no corruption, let alone political corruption. Sarath Fonseka is groping […]

A.A.M.NIZAM – MATARA. Immediately after the end of the war the popularity and the respect shown to the President reached its zenith and he became an idol loved by Sri Lankans of all walks of life and of all ages.ƒ”š‚  He was also praised and admired by foreign Heads of State and Leaders for his […]

Dr.P.A.Samaraweera, Australia Tiger Woods, the golf legend, was earning up to $100 million a year and until recently sponsored by almost all reputed companies. But because of the wide publicity given to his sex scandals all sponsors have ditched him. It is alleged that Tiger had as many as 14 mistresses and he had paid […]

By Stanley Perera from Melbourne My dear Sarath, If you had shut your mouth, all the people would have guessed that you are a fool.ƒ”š‚  Now that you have opened your mouth, you have proved beyond any reasonable doubt that you are a fool. You say that you entered politics to clean the country of […]

Shenali Waduge This is a question the public needs to ask themselves. For in answering this basic question the voter will realize the hypocrisy of democracy itself & the reality that the voter’s democratic right during any election is to choose the seemingly “lesser”ƒ”š‚ corrupt leader to office. By & large all elections end up […]

Hot News We fought for 30 Years! Are we going back 30 Years? How is this possible? Watch the News clip to the end.. You listen and you judge. This will be the only channel who will carry this story. Please don’t say it cannot be believed. Other TV channels will not carry this story […]

Swarnajith Udana Do not believe what Wimal says about Con Candidate; He is goingƒ”š‚  Kade to MR. Do not believe what SB says about Con Candidate; He is going Kade to MR. Do not believe what Johnny says about Con Candidate; He is goingƒ”š‚  Kade to MR. Do not believe what Gota says about Con […]

Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario .Canada January 8, 2010 The Editor (Letters) THE OTTAWA CITIZEN Sir: “ƒ”¹…”UN expert urges probe of Tamil execution’ as announced to the media by Philip Alston, the UN’s special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary executions,ƒ”š‚ as shown on the video footage aired on BBC’s Chanel 4 […]

BY STANLEY PERERA FROM MELBOURNE UNO representative in Colombo. Please ensure that this open letter is delivered to General Secretary Banky Moon. Dear Sir, The UNO is calling for an explanation from Sri Lanka on a statement made by the retired army commander Sarath Fonseka regarding the killing of three hard core Tamil Tiger LTTE […]

Letter to the Editor -By Dr. Mrs. Mareena Thaha Reffai Every morning when one drives along Galle road in Dehiwela one sees traffic police officers standing every 10 meters or so and vigorously waving their hands urging the motorists to go faster. Actually the vehicles are bumper to bumper and what this desperate waving achieves […]