Archive for August 5th, 2013

Weliweriya : Attempting a “Sri Lankan Spring” through a Civil Coup D’etat

Monday, August 5th, 2013

Shenali D Waduge The tragedy that befell Weliweriya has given early Christmas for those who had been splitting hairs wondering how to serve their sponsors to showcase a state of chaos in Sri Lanka. The usual coterie of anti-Sri Lankan destabilizing operators some of whom are columnists were quick to action writing aggrieved accounts about […]

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“No land and police powers”: Sampanthan disappointed

Monday, August 5th, 2013

Asada M Erpiniƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  Media report on 04 August that the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R. Sampanthan has “expressed disappointment over President’s stance on land on police powers to provinces”ƒ”š‚. He has reportedly stated that the president keeps changing his stance on the subject. His reference obviously is to the President’s recent statement that land […]

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For the want of clean drinking water

Monday, August 5th, 2013

Michelle Alexander 01st August 2013. Villagers from Weliweriya took to the streets protesting the lack of clean drinking water. The alleged source of the contamination is said to be from a well known factory. The army was brought in to quell the protests and things took a drastic turn for the worse. Three people have […]

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