C. Wijeyawickrema  Introduction             Lankaweb readers need to surf Colombo Telegraph (CT) website to get an idea of the crazy things taking place on the other side of their world. It is full of examples reminding us the Sixteen Dreams of the King Kosol. Recently, I saw two news items on CT. First was by […]

Shenali D Waduge “Military men are just dumb stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.” – Henry Kissinger.  America cries ‘bring down dictators’ little forgetting that they vote for Presidents who do not think twice about ordering use of chemicals upon entire villages and wiping out the natives of nations they invade […]

By Shelton A. Gunaratne  professor emeritus in communication, lives in Moorhead, Minn.  Tracy Frank’s story titled “The pursuit of happiness?” in the Sunday edition of The (Fargo, N.D.) Forum’s She Says section (Jan. 12, 2014) drew my instant attention because it was the exact topic of our monthly Buddhist Discussion Group on Saturday. However, after […]

Chanaka Bandarage (i)                An International Commission of Enquiry against Sri Lanka?  At the next UNHRC sessions in Geneva in March 2014, there is the possibility that an International Commission of Enquiry can be set up to investigate the war crimes allegations against Sri Lanka, in relation to the final stages of the war against Tamil […]

Kishore Mahbubani The writer is dean and professor in the practice of public policy of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore-Courtesy The Indian Express As we move away from a monocivilisational world of Western domination of world history to a multicivilisational world, our minds must begin retooling […]

By Garvin Karunaratne My travel to Kataragama in December 2013 took me to the Mattala Mahinda Rajapaksa Airport and via the new road that is being built through Lunugamvehera Tank to Kataragama.  . I have worked stationed within Hambantota for over a year working in the Agrarian Services and Marketing Department and have covered Hambantota […]

Shenali D Waduge Firstly, what must be said is that if Devyani Khobragade did wrong whether she is an American, an Indian or a diplomat a wrong is a wrong. Both India and Ms. Khobragade has to accept this. Therefore, the question of her innocence is not what is being argued. What is under discussion […]

 Mahinda Gunasekera Tambrook Drive Agincourt, Ontario anada By E-mail     January 10, 2014  Hon. Thomas Mulcair, MP, Leader of the NDP Leader of the Opposition House of Commons, Ottawa   Dear Mr. Mulcair, Re: Puerile Antics of MP Rathika Sitsabaiesan and Comments of MP Paul Dewar I am writing to bring to your attention the foolish […]

By A. Abdul Aziz.  During his recent Far-East Tour, Ahmadiyya  Khalifa delivered the key-note address at a Special Reception held to mark the opening of the Masroor Mosque in Brisbane, Australia. Various non-Ahmadi dignitaries and guests, including Members of Parliament and Queensland’s Commissioner of Police, attended the event.   In his keynote address, Hazrat Mirza Masroor […]

By Latheef Farook “Indian brutalities meant that India may have lost Kashmir”, Said Late Minister Rajiv Gandhi. India  dispatched troops and occupied Kashmir on 27 October 1947. Kashmiris observe 27 October as BLACK DAY.   Kashmir which continues to bleed today under Indian atrocities has  often been described as “Emerald set in Pearls”, “Jewel of Asia ” […]

Dr Hector Perera      London When choosing the best foods for a healthy diet it is important to not completely eliminate fat. Omega-3 fatty acids, polyunsaturated fats and monounsaturated fats are considered healthy fats. Healthy fats differ from unhealthy fats because healthy fats are responsible for numerous bodily functions, where unhealthy fats are empty calories which […]

C. Wijeyawickrema Dayan Jayatilleke of the 13A + fame has come up with his latest proposal to save Sri Lanka from the March 2014 UNHRC Geneva trap. He no longer talks about Indian MIGs moved to South Indian air fields ready to face Sri Lanka or the American Navy ships. He said Wigneswaran was the […]

Dr. Chula Rajapakse MNZM Spokeperson, United Sri Lanka Assn. Wellington NZ Prime Minister John Key was right   not to refer to the allegation of 40,000 civilian deaths of highly questionable credibility, in the last months of Sri Lanka’s war of liberation from Tiger Terror, at the  CHOGM in Colombo in November , and David Shearer […]

P.A.Samaraweera, Melbourne It is no secret that Rayappah Joseph was a mouth-piece of the terrorists when the North was under the control of the LTTE. Now he is a candle holder to the LTTE rump and had been undermining Sri Lanka and accusing the govt of war crimes. It had been reported, that at a meeting […]

By Charles.S.Perera  Barrack Obama knows how to use words making  phrases which are beautiful  and inspiring. However, his words do not match his deeds.  He had said, ” And when I am President, we will end this war in Iraq and bring our troops home; we will finish the job against al Qaeda in Afghanistan; […]

 Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . Canada 10 January 2014 Hon. Tom Mulcair, MP, Leader of the NDP Leader of the Opposition,  House of Commons, Ottawa cc. Paul Dewar, Foreign Affairs Critic for NDP;  Rathika Sitsabaeisan, Deputy Whip for NDP Dear Tom Mulcair: Re: Your Caucus Members, Paul Dewar and Rathika Sitsabaiesan […]

Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. Renowned Psychologists like William James, Carl Jung, and Eric Fromm saw much of value in Buddhist philosophy and its positive impact on mental health. The modern mental health clinicians have found incomparable therapeutic efficacy in Buddhist psychotherapy. Buddhist psychotherapy has become a major complementary therapeutic strategy in mental health. Recent research […]

Dr Kamal Wickremasinghe We are in the middle of yet another visit by a US government official, Stephen J. Rapp, an Obama political appointee apparently supervising the unusual US version of “Global Criminal Justice”. The grandiose description of Rapp as an “ambassador-at-large”, appears to have been designed by the US state department – who seem […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy Island Sri Lanka’s post-war rehabiliation project to reintegrate former LTTE combatants into society has come in for criticism from the United States. The US has faulted President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government for releasing those who had fought for the LTTE without prosecuting them.  Ambassador-at-Large, Office of Global Criminal Justice, Stephen J. Rapp […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy Island Even though the US recommended that the Sri Lankan government swiftly acquire cluster bombs to target the LTTE, the country never felt the need to do so, an authoritative official told The Island. The US made the recommendation in the wake of the Oslo arranged Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) between the […]

Shenali D Waduge  The ‘civilized’ world is shamelessly showing us how uncivilized it is by the extent of hypocrisies they commit and the lies they tell without even batting an eyelid. To cap it off they think they are God’s gift to mankind and doing the world a favour. Their lies have led to millions […]

Warna Hettiarachchi Toronto, Canada Mr. Stephen Rapp, Here are some questions for you: 1. How many terror suspects do you currently have imprisoned  at Guantanamo Bay? 2. How long have they been incarcerated for? 3. Where is the investigation of US military abusing prisoners of war (POW’s) at Abu Gharib Prison in Iraq, where terror […]

by Shamindra FerdinandoCourtesy Island Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa yesterday alleged that the US was undermining the post-war reconciliation process by strengthening the hands of those who had been propagating unsubstantiated war crimes allegations against Sri Lanka. J. Rapp The US had made common cause with them for some strange reason at the expense of US-Sri […]

 Shenali D Waduge It comes as no surprise when Sri Lanka is being accused of ‘attacking’ Muslims. The allegations come from the very globalists who created a brand of Islam better known as Wahhabism mandated to destroy Islam from within. Suffi’s of Sri Lanka are today under attack by the Wahhabis. Globalist media is quick […]

Dr.Tilak Fernando I should thank advocate Sepala Munasinghe who has advised me whenever I went off beam on certain past incidents that had taken place in London. Last week too, he was very prompt in emailing a feed back to me after reading episode 60 titled ‘Not forgetting the old country’. Being a senior Sri […]

By Janaka Alahapperuma Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held bilateral discussions at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, Israel on Wednesday 08 January. President Rajapaksa arrived in Jerusalem this morning together with First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa for two days as the final destination on his Middle East official visit. The bi-lateral […]

By Our Correspondent Guwahati: Northeast India based two active scribes body urge the managements of newspaper and news channels based in the trouble torn region to offer basic minimum facilities to the media employees. Expressing serious concern at the pitiable salaries, offered to newspaper and news channels workers by the respective managements, both the media […]

by Dr. Chandana Jayalath The United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, in the Office of Global Criminal Justice at the Department of States Stephen J. Rapp is now in Sri Lanka until January 11. Ambassador Rapp’s visit should be examined in the backdrop of Navi Pillai, Suren Surendiran and others on behalf of the […]

By Bandu de Silva Whatever the reason may be, Chief Minister Jayalaliha Jeyram had a point when she expressed reservations on the proposed meeting of Indian and Sri Lankan fishermen which matter was earlier reported in The Hindu of 29 December 2013. Her reservations were, ostensibly, on account of her assertion that her concerns went […]

(Translation of an interview of Ven Akmeemana Dayarathne thero had with Eric Gamini Jinapriya published in Sunday Divaina of 29th Dec 2013 by Ranjith Soysa))  On  24th of  November in Irida Divaina , M.A.Sumanthran, MP has stated that still it is  a problem to know definitely  whether the Sinhalese who have arrived in Navakuuli were […]