Insight By Sunil Kumar October 30th 2010 The latest rhetoric of the JVP and the bold challenge issued by the Democratic National Alliance linked JVP spokesperson to the Minister for Higher Education the Hon. Mr. S.B. Dissanayake is typical of the role it plays as instigator of trouble on university campuses in Sri Lanka today. […]

Ira de Silva London, Canada Mr. Philip J. Crowley US Assistant Secretary State Department, Washington, D.C.    Dear Sir:   I refer to your Daily Press Briefing of October 29, 2010 and your comments on Sri Lanka. I am writing to you to bring to your attention some fundamental errors in your understanding of Sri […]

Courtesy The Island  01-11-2010 LLRC told of President Rajapaksa’s right to take military action Senior lawyer Gomin Dayasri says the Sri Lankan government can justify its war against LTTE terror on the basis of seven principles required to establish a just war coming down from the time of eminent jurist Hugo Grotius. Dayasri told the […]

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Asoka Weerasinghe (Mr.) Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . K1J 6G1 . Canada October 30, 2010  Rt. Honourable David  Cameron , MP  Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 10 Downing Street   London SW1A 2AA,  UK  SENT BY FAX  Dear David Cameron: Do you know what Sir. Winston Churchill would have told you if he was […]

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge “The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.”Stephen Biko  Torture is one of the most serious abuses of human rights. Generally torture is referred to as  ‘any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a […]

Wick. Los Angeles, California, USA To: Mr. Rick Westhead South Asia Bureau of the Toronto Star Friday, October 29, 2010 Dear Mr. Westhead, I read your story ‘Sri Lanka continues attack on jailed ex-general’ today at thestar.com. I found many misleading information and I hope you will pay attention to the depth of the situation […]

MEDIA RELEASE-SRI LANKA UNITED NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA We welcome the new laws proposed by the Conservative Government to deal with the violation of our immigration and refugee laws by organized gangs of “ƒ”¹…”for-profit human smugglers’ who have chosen to smuggle people to this country with impunity. We had the examples of the “ƒ”¹…”Ocean Lady’ […]

Gusi Peace Prize The Gusi Peace Prize is a Philippines-based international award recognizing individuals from the four corners of the globe working toward the attainment of peace and respect for human life and dignity. It has been referred to as the Asian equivalent of the Nobel Peace Prize by its proponent. The Gusi Foundation has […]

Dilrook Kannangara Ganesan was elected to parliament for the first time in 1994 with close to a hundred thousand votes. He did very well at subsequent elections in 2000, 2001 and 2004. A very good election performance in four consecutive elections; facing stiffest competition as he contested the Colombo district. He maintained a low profile […]

By DR M D P DISSANAYAKE  It has been reported that Miss Chathurika Lakmini Dandeniya has obtained Distinction Passes in all thirteen subjects  on her way to completing MBBS degree at the University of Sri Lanka, Peradeniya.   This has been a unique record for the University in its history of 50 years, thus Chathurika obtaining […]

– Kumar Moses Switzerland and Singapore are small nations compared to their neighbours, but proud ones. They are highly multicultural. But the first thing that comes to mind when their names are mentioned is law and order. Maintenance of law and order in these two nations is the envy of the world. Social discipline wise, […]

by Charles.S.Perera Sri Lanka  being a Buddhist country of  the Theravada tradition allowing the Buddhist Monks into Universities after removal of the Pirivena system of Buddhist education  ,was the greatest wrong done to Buddha Sasana in Sri Lanka. We are reaping the “sins” of that act to-day  with  the Buddhist Monks in the role  of  […]

Ira de Silva London,, Canada Ms. Navi Pillay High Commissioner for Human Rights Geneva. cc: Hon. Ban ki Moon, Secretary General of the U.N., New York Dear Madam, I have just read a news report dated October 26,2010 in which it is claimed that after the publication of the documents by Wikileaks and the press […]

Anura Seneviratna (for expat Hela team).   There should be no discussion or efforts to prove with historic evidence but a self-evident fact a child could understand is, that the incorrectly named Srilanka is the tiny Island Country of the Indigenous Hela/Sinhela Nation of people. While every indigenous national country of the world is named […]

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LankaWeb Weekly Editorial October28th 2010 The recent feature item on the Nation website, while it does seem to raise a few pressing question bears no relevance to the logic of asking “Now the question is who should apologise to whom?” as in the aftermath of the defeat of the Tamil Tiger terrorists the anomalies which […]

by Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge Ananda Gunawardana studied with me at the Nalanda College Colombo 10. We were together in grade 4, 5 , and in AL classes.   I still recall his jovial attitude to life and some of his unforgettable humor. In the grade 4 we were mocking at  our Dance  teacher Mr Welabadage […]

By Dr. Mrs. Mareena Thaha Reffai Looking at the picture of a baby Bengal cub being fed by the zoo officials as the mother has refused to feed her, one cannot help wonder whether this is becoming the curse of our blessed land. First the mothers started dumping their little ones and then they started […]

Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario .Canada October 28, 2010   The Editor (Letters) THE OTTAWA CITIZEN   Sir:   When the Liberal MP Mark Holland and NDP’s Olivier Chow attacked the Conservative Government’s proposals to significantly revamp the human-smuggling laws, they certainly were not concerned about the good of Canada and its […]

UPALI COORAY With the commencement of the second term of the President of Sri Lanka on the 18th of  Nov. , Sri Lanka is at cross roads looking forward optimistically for a peaceful prosperous country. It is in the hands of the leader of the country to take the country to his often expressed goal […]

 By Puttalam Ansari The Non Governmental Organization referred to is the Community Trust Fund (CTF), established in 1993 and registered with the Sri Lankan Ministry of Social Service under the Voluntary Services Act. The stated vision of CTF is to :Strive towards realization of a society in which JUSTICE, EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS ARE RESPECTED […]

Dr. Mrs. Mareena Thaha Reffai Recently there  had been some efforts to bring abut a little decency into our decadent society by our president. I would like to draw his attention to a serious breach of decency  in our society. Wherever there is a function often there will be some scantily clad  lady dancers inaugurating […]

By Philip Fernando, former Deputy Editor Sunday Observer, Sri Lanka Web’s immense outreach in connectivity has produced a robust literary culture and its new icons have emerged. The new “Digiterati” complement the revered literati as millions access the “digital frontier. Lankaweb’s expose of public affairs exemplified the throbbing discourse now occurring. “Computers are not about […]

By Shelton A. Gunaratne ©2010 Professor of mass communications emeritus, Minnesota State University Moorhead  “Yankee” Jim Bowers, my longtime pal, traveled approximately 14,000 km from Minneapolis; and “Pommy” Nayana Axon, my youngest sister, traveled almost 16,500 km from London to attend my lecture on “A Buddhist View of Journalism: Emphasis on Mutual Causality” Tuesday (7 […]

Ranjit Wickremeratne When the President presented his new vision to the masses he did it in a decent way with words of wisdom but this stupid no good opposition traitor get hold of some stupids like him and talk all rubbish to please the galary. From the day Mahinda Rajapaksa become the President he cannot […]

A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission The Asian Human Rights Commission earnestly requests the kind intervention of all persons of the Muslim faith to kindly intervene to save the life of an innocent Sri Lankan girl who went to Saudi Arabia when she was only 17-years-old and almost less than a month after […]

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By Charles.S.Perera  The President Barack Obama is a modern  day Messiah,  come to  redeem America from its sins.   But the Republicans in their arrogance revolt against the righteousness of the honest man who has the correct message for the Americans to bring back  America from the  political morass  in to which it had been  taken […]

P.A.Samaraweera, Australia From recent incidents, it appears that the conduct of university students has gone from bad to worse. It had deteriorated so much that last week the students had attacked the Vice-chancellor of the Ruhuna university and targetted the staff as well.   In Sri Lanka, students enjoy free education from the kindergarten to university.  […]