by Garvin Karunaratne Former SLAS- Government Agent, Matara Our Defence Secretary has said well of Trojan Horses type of activity by foreign sources. He has referred to Non Governmentalƒ”š‚  Organizations(NGO).ƒ”š‚  To my thinking these nefarious activities have been done by Governments as well. Sri Lanka is an unfortunate countryƒ”š‚  in terms of foreign interference. In […]

More >

Shenali Waduge The plot thickens. The “friends”ƒ”š‚ of Rajapakse’s are increasing and their baits are not hard to read into. The choices before Rajapakse seem few and their lobbies appear in the form of India and Japan on the instructions of the US. Essentially the President must be mindful of the traps being laid before […]

More >

Kanthar P Balanathan 29th March 2013 ƒ”š‚ Dear Mr”ƒ”š‚¦R.N, ƒ”š‚ It was an astonishment that a gentleman from TGTE has replied. My document was directed to Rudrakumaran of TGTE, however, may be he hasn’t got the courtesy or mannerism to reply, but asked you to reply. Thank you for your reply, which has given an opportunity to […]

More >

By Gamini Gunawardane It is unfortunate that the editor of “ƒ”¹…”Sunday Island’ on 3rd March, had decided to close further discussion on this matter in his Paper. Yet, since Edward has raised some new issues, there is a need for a clarification. Hence this piece. But now since the urgency of the matter is lost, […]

More >

Nandana Wijeratne This note is written to shower appreciation at the new editor of the Daily News who has done the impossible “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” bring balance to Sri Lanka’s media. We all know that the Daily News is the state newspaper and space for Ministers and their virtuous ways always get prominence. But the entry of […]

More >

C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D. I saw an Ada Derana video clip of April 10, where Dr. J was talking in Sinhala at the meeting of Sri Lanka Young Journalists Movement. First he asked whose country is Sri Lanka.ƒ”š‚  And he said all kinds of Bala Senas and Ravayas are telling it is the country of […]

More >

R Bandarage, Cottesloe WA ƒ”š‚ How naƒÆ’†’ƒ”š‚¯ve can Australia be? Its four years since the Sri Lankan military crushed the Tamil Tigers. Since then there has not been a single terrorist event. The county is flourishing with new ports, road infrastructure and development projects. The recent Australian parliamentary delegation led by Julie Bishop confirmed how stable […]

More >

In Retrospect By Sarath Kumara April 10th, 2013 ƒ”š‚  While Sri Lanka is currentlyƒ”š‚  in reconciliation mode for all the ethnic strife of the LTTE insurgency there seems to be a very distressing issue which has surfaced in post LTTE Sri Lanka which is not only shameful but also totally unacceptable while evenƒ”š‚ contravening the teaching […]

More >

Dr.Tilak Fernando After the evacuation of residents during the Second World War there had not been any habitation at Hyde Park Gardens, West London, except for a row of stables. Subsequently, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) High Commission moved to No.13 Hyde Park Gardens, followed by the German Ambassador (to No.14) as Sri Lanka’s neighbour. The whole […]

More >