Courtesy The Daily News ƒ¢¢”š¬…”I will stop handling the Uthuru Wasanthaya Program from September 22 and pass the onus of continuing this program for the benefit of all northerners to the new Provincial Council which will be elected by the people of the province,ƒ¢¢”š¬‚ Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa, pioneer of the Uthuru Wasanthaya program […]

By Charles.S.Perera Science and Technology Minister, Champika Ranawaka stated, that the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) has decided not to participate at future sittings of the Special Parliamentary Select Committee to resolve the national question, ƒ”š‚ as the PSCƒ”š‚  has failed to revise the 13th constitutional amendment before the upcoming elections. We have to felicitate JHU forƒ”š‚  […]

Insight By Sunil Kumar September 10th 2013ƒ”š‚  The expectation that United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay is about to make a damning statement about Sri Lanka does not come as a surprise at all. Her entire visit which appears to be none but a De Trop aberration of the norms of her […]

J. Jayachandra ƒ”š‚ A lot of Tamils have been mesmerized over the years by an ideology calling for a separate Tamil nation. In fact most Tamils have bought this lock stock and barrel totally ignoring the ground realities. ƒ”š‚ Yet, how many Tamils have seriously given thought to the consequences of such an Eelaam if in fact […]

P.A.Samaraweera The Sri Lanka-India Friendship Society gathered last week-end at the Taj Samudra to celebrate the Indian Independence Day. At this meeting, its President, Attorney at Law, Kandiah Neelakandan had, in an unscheduled speech ,’…called for Indian intervention to save the civil society in Sri Lanka’. Neelakandan & Neelakandan law firm represented Shiranie Bandaranayake, former […]

Chandre Dharmawardana Ottawa, Canada. In anƒ”š‚  interesting recent internet article published inƒ”š‚  http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/25031, Ms. Dushyanthini Kanagasabapathipillaiƒ”š‚  has repeated one version of anƒ”š‚  old anecdotal explanation of the place-name “Mavittapuram”. This story is somewhat in the same tradition as the story given to “explain” the place-name “Yalpanam” in terms of a blind lute player; the latter […]

PRESS COMMUNIQUE ƒ¢¢”š¬- MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY & COMMERCE, SRI LANKA ƒ”š‚·ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  First Indo-Lanka textile agreement inked in Colombo ƒ”š‚·ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ¢¢”š¬’India wants a bigger role’ ƒ¢¢”š¬- Indian Secy Zohra ƒ”š‚·ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ¢¢”š¬’Involving private sector to move forward’ ƒ¢¢”š¬- Secy Siriwardena ƒ”š‚·ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  Exhibitors from India’sƒ”š‚  schiffli & Manchester hubs now in Colombo ƒ”š‚·ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  Lanka textile exports to India […]

ƒ”š‚ By Charles.S.Perera When Ranil Wickramasinghe is reported to have saidƒ”š‚  with a certain assurance at the 67 anniversary celebration of UNP that, ƒ¢¢”š¬…”this would be the last anniversary the party would celebrate as the opposition. And ƒ¢¢”š¬…” predicted the party would celebrate its 68th anniversary under a UNP governmentƒ¢¢”š¬‚ It is time that these political […]

Shenali D Waduge Making the keynote address at the 3rd consecutive Sri Lanka Army organized ƒ¢¢”š¬’Defence Seminar-2013 on the theme ƒ¢¢”š¬’Post-Conflict Sri Lanka: Challenges and Regional Stability’, held from 3rd to 5th September at the Galadari Hotel, Colombo, Secretary Defence Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa delivered a spectacular and visonary speech to the more than 300 participants […]

Shenali D. Waduge Sri Lanka achieved Test Cricket status in 1981 becoming the eighth Test cricket playing nation. It has sinceƒ”š‚ achieved considerable success particularly beginning in the 1990s, rising from minnow status to becoming one of the world’s most admired cricket nations. It won the Cricket World Cup under the remarkable captaincy of Arjuna Ranatunga […]

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Shenali D Waduge It is getting a wee bit tiring to have supposed leaders think that electing them to office gives them a right to declare wars and military interventions without any aggression to their own nations and sending troops to a hotbed of chaos much of which have been orchestrated by them. The armed […]

Shenali D. Waduge There is little doubt that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (now re-named as Ministry of External Affairs) plays an important role in the way the international community looks at Sri Lanka. Similarly, it falls upon the shoulders of the Ministry to conduct foreign affairs of the country in a manner consistent with […]

LankaWeb Weekly Editorial, September 7th.2013 It has become almost painfully obvious that the UNƒ”š‚ Humanƒ”š‚ Rights Ambassador Pillaiƒ”š‚ came to Sri Lanka with her own agenda, saw what she wanted to see while there was much more to observe and turned her head away from portraying to the worldƒ”š‚ the salient truth about Sri Lanka other than dabble in […]

Shenali D Waduge Would anyone imagine that a Tamil would say that Tamils were pinching themselves still because they did not believe that the LTTE could be defeated? Would a Tamil say that Tamils thought that LTTE would be revived months after its demise? Would a Tamil say that Tamils were mostly economic refugees and […]

By A. Abdul Aziz, Press Secretary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at ƒ¢¢”š¬- Sri Lanka. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at held its three-day International Annual Convention recently at Hadeeqa-tul-Mahdi in Alton, Hampshire, U.K. Dignitaries from all over the world representing 89 countries attended. The Convention commenced with Friday Prayers led by His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the World […]

Dr Hector Pereraƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  London While any meal with low preparation time can be considered to be fast food, typically the term refers to food sold in aƒ”š‚ restaurantƒ”š‚ or store with preheated or precooked ingredients, and served to the customer in a packaged form forƒ”š‚ take-out/take-away. The term “fast food” was recognized in a dictionary byƒ”š‚ Merriamƒ¢¢”š¬-Websterƒ”š‚ in 1951. Outlets […]

C. Wijeyawickrema N. Pillay was against the Buddhist flag flying at the Independence Square in Sri Lanka. If the bogus UN agency that she is now a paid worker is opposed to a country with (1)ƒ”š‚  70% of its population Sinhala Buddhist (2) hoisting a flag which does not belong to Sinhala Buddhists anymore but […]

Courtesy The Daily News The pro LTTE elements may try to bargain with the excessive powers vested in the Provincial Councils, such as Police and Land powers. They may even try to re-merge the Northern and Eastern Provinces. These things could happen. After the next Parliamentary elections, they would definitely know that it would be […]

Dr.Tilak Fernando If there is anything certain in this life’s sojourn it has certainly to be the death, and nothing else! Death, in other words, is the termination of all corporeal functions that endures a particular living being or organism. Death in a human being can take place under many circumstances such as biological aging, […]

Courtesy The Daily News On whether the TNA that was called ‘the representatives of the LTTE’ by the LTTE, can be prosecuted and whether Adele Balasingham now in London could be prosecuted for training terrorists and whether those who negotiated on behalf of the Tamil Tigers can be prosecuted for Tamil Tiger atrocities, Ms. Navi […]

by mahinda karunatane The current scenario is a part of the middle-east geopolitical road map that was drawn in late 19th ( i.e. 1990′ ties) century and scene in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Egypt has been anyway achieved although the end results in each case has transpired differently and that subject itself is lengthy to […]

Mahinda Weerasinghe It is intriguing to conjecture what factors lay behind this urgency for the disembodiment of Syria? We find in this conflict, that there are wheels within wheels. And to isolate the motivating factors will be constructive for tolerant Buddhist nations such as Lanka in order to figure out; what unmitigated power, religious fanaticism […]

C. Wijeyawickrema Pillay’s guts before a multi-cultural President Would a Pillay dare to ask a US president why he always ends his public speeches with parting words, ƒ¢¢”š¬…”God bless youƒ¢¢”š¬‚ or ƒ¢¢”š¬…”God bless Americaƒ¢¢”š¬‚? Would she ask so from the Queen of England or the King of Norway? But it is alleged that she had […]

C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D. Misuse of religion to incite youth Addressing the Youth Parliament, the visiting UNHR high commissioner Navanethem Pillay talked about the misuse of religion to incite youth. This shows how worried were the UN agents and NGOs in Colombo about the effectiveness of the Bodu Bala Sena Movement, because Pillay was telling […]

By Charles.S.Perera ƒ”š‚ At her meeting with the pressƒ”š‚  before leaving Sri Lanka after visiting itƒ”š‚  with the ƒ”š‚ complete freedom of movement for seven days she said, ƒ¢¢”š¬…” I am deeply concerned that Sri Lanka, despite the opportunity provided by the end of the war to construct a new vibrant, all-embracing state, is showing signs of […]

By Nalin de Silva Courtesy Island September 3, 2013, 6:07 pm She came, she was blind and she could not conquer. Ms Navaneethan arrogance could be seen from what she did and spoke while she was in Sri Lanka. Of course one’s judgment of Ms. Pillay would depend on one’s political and other alliances but […]

By Philip Fernando Commissioner Navi Pillai has dug herself into a damning abyss feigning impartiality despite the irremediable conflict of interest she carries. ƒ”š‚ She is in a pickle and could not ƒ”š‚ in good faith proclaim that her ethnicity (South African born and of Tamil descent) does not present a hindrance trying to be impartial carrying […]

Malin Abeyatunge Navi Pillay came and left. But some of her comments on Sri Lanka lingers bad taste in the air. Her comments over various matters proved that she visited with pre-conceived judgments against Sri Lanka and proved that she had a hidden agenda. I would like to scrutinise ƒ”š‚ a few of her comments at […]

S. Akurugoda There is no introductionƒ”š‚  to describe how and what Velu Pillai, did to our country for nearly three decades, since the inception of his LTTE in 1976. Velu Pillai had chosen the slogans of “discrimination of the Sinhala government against the Tamils” and ” the right to self determination of the people of […]