Shenali D Waduge  Throughout 30 years bombs, suicide missions, assassinations, mass murder of civilians visibly took place for all the world to see. These atrocities carried out by the LTTE was viewed globally. None of the entities now calling for war crimes against Sri Lanka demanded the same against the LTTE. LTTE was after all […]

C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D.                I was perusing the Daily Mirror a few days ago, when I came across an essay by Dr. Vickramabahu Karunaratne titled, ‘Wigneswaran was loud and clear in the first place.’   While reading it I found that it has certain words and phrases used by me in an earlier essay titled, […]

Prof. Hudson McLean With all best intentions in the world, without a properly functioning Telephone Communications network with Professional Approach to attending to incoming calls, Sri Lanka is struggling to overcome the “Hullooo” barrier. The SLG switch-board operators are ill-educated, lazy, lethargic and have No sense of Service or Responsibility. The telephones, both landlines and […]

MEDIA RELEASE  Embassy of Sri Lanka Paris  The 66th anniversary of Independence of Sri Lanka was commemorated at events held in Paris. Religious observances were conducted at the Embassy of Sri Lanka on the morning of 4th of February with religious dignitaries representing the Buddhist, Hindu, Christian and Islamic faiths offering blessings on the country […]

Dr.Tilak Fernando Several feedbacks on last week’s column on Dr. Dora Fonseka concentrated on the difference in the Internet version and the print version, but as I understand due to space restriction on page 13 the following two paragraphs had been omitted in the print version. For those who read only the print version I […]

Anjalika Silva Gaithersburg, MD Just returned from a solemn flag hoisting and official ceremony to mark the 66th Independence Day at the Sri Lanka Embassy in Washington. D.C., USA. It was bitterly cold but it didn’t stop those present from standing at the foot of the flag and watch it hoisted and then flutter in […]

C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D. “Necessity is the mother of invention” “Freedom is the recognition of necessity” Lankaweb vs. Colombo Telegraph I was pleased to see Mr. Senanayake’s (RMBS) reply printed on Lankaweb. I wish those who write to Colombo Telegraph come out of the hole and write to Lankaweb, either to educate Lankaweb readers or […]

– Kumar Moses Who owns Sri Lanka? A question asked by many quarters. Sri Lanka belongs to those who protect it. Once again for the umpteenth time Sinhalese are the only people defending Sri Lanka against foreign threats. Where are the Tamils and Muslims? Why aren’t they defending Sri Lanka as vigorously as the Sinhalese […]

Mahinda Gunasekera Toronto, Canada Your Excellencies and Editors,  I am in receipt of a letter dated January 12, 2014 on the ‘Khobragade Affair’ by one Mr. Thepanis Alwis from the Town of Baddegama located in the south of Sri Lanka.  Mr. Alwis has looked at the issues from many angles and seems to have a […]

By A. Abdul Aziz, Press Secretary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at – Sri Lanka.  Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad prays for peace and an end to atrocities  The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and Fifth Khalifa, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, lamented the “pitiful and sorry-state” of much of the Muslim world during his recent weekly Friday […]

By Bandu de Silva A former President of U.S. declared that Assistant Secretaries were there to implement policy decisions that he makes as President with the help of others. That was an assertive President. However, former State Secretary, Henry Kissinger, was not so assertive when he conceded while addressing new recruits to the Foreign Service […]

Shenali D Waduge  A curse fell on Sri Lanka and its people with the arrival of the Portuguese in 1505 and it has continued to this day with the successive replacement of the Portuguese by the Dutch and the British with irreversible damage being done to this land, heritage, culture, sense of national purpose, Buddhist […]

Dharmasiri Abeyratne in Kegalle Invaders came to our country shedding crocodile tears: We are not ready to deprive our country of the freedom we won: It is necessary for the people in the North to be aware that certain foreign forces are attempting to use them as human shields. The invaders always came to our […]

 Dr.Chula Rajapakse MNZM Spokeperson, United Sri Lanka Assn. Wellington NZ Hon John Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand. Dear Mr Key As you lead New Zealand at the Waitangi day celebrations  this year, our association would like to extend our warmest wishes  to you and all of New Zealand for a successful celebration and a […]

The Examiner –Colombo Reference Fr.Sarath Iddamalgoda,s write up to the Island of  18.01.2014 no sensible Buddhist will condone any attacks on any  place of worship  as it is against the tenets of Buddhism. Inter-religious conflicts have been taking place in different parts of the world in the past and continue to take place even today, […]

By Charles.S.Perera I read Izeth Hussain  for  his  excellent writing skill,  but do not agree with all he writes.  In his article to Island on Re-thinking the Ethnic Imbroglio, he says, “….. most will agree that in general we are usually reluctant to see things as they are when they are unpleasant .” But does […]

Ranjith Soysa According to a report in Sunday Island ( 2nd Feb) the Indian High Commissioner has requested to expedite the approval of the Sampur power project. But, the question of proposed low quality technology to be applied and the environmental hazards envisaged are areas of vital importance which have to be looked into in […]

C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D. Game of blaming America Corrupt leaders of former colonies have found an easy scapegoat in the selfish American establishment policy of exploiting other countries’ resources. For example, American state department is not like Sri Lankan foreign office or any other office. Presidents will come and go, ministers will change of green […]

By Janaka Perera Distorting Sri Lanka’s history could lead to dissension, warned speakers at a meeting held recently at the All Ceylon Buddhist Congress Hall, Colombo.  The occasion was the launch of a book titled, The Story of Sigiri & Pre-Portuguese Christianity in Sri Lanka?   Professor Nimal de Silva, Professor Emeritus of the Moratuwa University, […]

 Shenali D Waduge “This massacres is worse than My Lai. Then American troops simply ran amok. In the Sri Lankan village, the Indians seem to have been more systematic; the victims being forced to lie down, and then shot in the back’. This was the editorial of the UK Daily Telegraph in August 1989 describing […]

– S de Silva – London What must we do at the UNHRC to challenge the much talked about investigation against Sri Lanka, proposed and supported by the US,UK,EU and abetted by Navi Pillai? The answer is to secure a powerful majority vote in the Sri Lankan parliament that SL will NOT accept a unilateral […]

S. Akurugoda Addressing a gathering  in Mathugama, President Rajapaksa has said ” If one were to probe the last days of Wold War II, you could bring war crimes charges” referring to efforts by the US to move a resolution against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC. President’s reference to  the days of Wold War II […]

 Malin Abeyatunge NPC has last week passed resolutions to the effect calling for an international inquiry into war crimes allegedly committed by the Sri Lankan armed forces during the last stage of the civil war in attempt to interfere with the Foreign Policies of the Central Government. The NPC Councilor Ananthi Sasidharan. wife of ex hard […]

NJ Thakuria, Guwahati, northeast India Whenever the Republic Day or Independence Day (of India) approaches, the separatist rebels of northeast India issue boycott calls to the residents of the region. The 65th R-Day also came with the same diktat from a host of militant outfits based in the troubled part of India. The banned outfits, […]

Courtesy RT-Published time: January 31, 2014 10:25 Irina Yarovaya (RIA Novosti / Anton Denisov) United Russia, the parliamentary majority party, is urging preventative measures against the possible revival of Nazism and militant nationalism after a controversial TV poll that split the community. Despite the fact that Russia suffered the heaviest casualties in the Second World […]

Shenali D Waduge  In 2013 Indian Prime Minister decided to vote against Sri Lanka in Geneva because of India’s concern for the ‘dignity” and ‘self-respect’ of Sri Lankan Tamils. In 2014 that changed to India not wanting to hurt Tamil sentiment before elections (Indian elections). But what did India do to the ‘self-respect’ ‘dignity’ of […]

වෛද්”à¶º රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග රෙජ෠රණසිංහ මහතා කොලඹ නාලන්දා විද්”à¶ºà·à¶½à¶ºà·š ගුරුවරයෙකු විය”‹. ඔහු ජාතික ඇඳුම ඇඳි ඉතා චාම් ගුරුවරයෙකු වූ බව මට මතකය”‹. ඒ කාලයේ ගුරුවරු බොහෝ දෙනෙකු ළමයින්ට දඬුවම් කිරà·à¶¸à·š ලා නම් දැරුවත් රෙජ෠රණසිංහ මහතා කිසිදු සිසුවෙකුට දඬුවම් කරනවා මා දැක නොමැත”‹. නාලන්දා විද්”à¶ºà·à¶½à¶ºà·š ගුරුවරු බොහෝ දෙනෙකු ගෙන් ගුටි කා තිබෙන මා රෙජ෠[…]

P.A.Samaraweera, Melbourne The UNHRC meeting is to be held on 3rd March. At this meeting a Resolution is to be introduced against Sri Lanka on war crimes led by the US. Basically, what they are saying is that, ‘Sri Lanka had no right to wipe out terrorism’. So, only countries like the US, UK, Canada and so […]

Courtesy Island Biswal referres to ‘growing frustration’ in the international community due to Sri Lanka’s failure Ms. Nisha Desai Biswal, the US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, met Prof.G.L.Peiris, Minister of External Affairs on Friday (31) at the ministry. Michele J. Sison, US Ambassador in Sri Lanka and Ms. Shenuka […]