H. L. D. Mahindapala The post-January 8 euphoria of the winners is inevitable and predictable. The effusive triumphalism is a natural expression of embracing the electoral victory of Maithripala Sirisena. Winners, of course, are entitled to their glorious moment of triumph, however ephemeral it may be. Not even Paki” Saravanamuttu can object to the triumphalism […]

ධර්මසිරි සෙනෙවිරත්න   එජාප ය ,    දෙමල පක්ෂ මුස්ලිම් පක්ෂ  හා හෙළ උරුමය  යන අපි දන්නා  තාත්තලා ත්  නොදන්නා තවත් තාත්තලාටත්  ජාතක වී  දරුවෙක් ඉපදී ඇත . මේ සියලු තාත්තලා  එක එක ජාතියේ ය.  දන්නා හැටියට  දෙන්නෙක් ත්‍රස්ත්යන්ය  දේපල අයිති උරුමක්කාරයන්ගෙන් දේපල කඩා ගැනීමට මේ ත්‍රස්තයන් උත්සාහ කරන විට  උරුමක්කාරයෝ  තමන් නියම උරුමක්කාරයන් නම්   විරුද්ධ […]

Shenali D Waduge The US and Western Christian nations have made clear their foreign policy objectives in Asia. The focus of Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic faith and the State of Vatican is also Asia. Asia is seen as having the greatest potential for the expansion of Catholicism. When the Church declares the […]

 Dr. Mareena Thaha Reffai, Dehiwela Of all the sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, ‘It might have been.”So said John Greenleaf Whittier.  Watching Mahinda Rajapakse leaving, one marvels at the fact that  we have absolutely  no control of what tomorrow holds for us.  One day you are king, and the next […]

P.Ariyasinghe Presidential Elections have come and gone. People wanted a change. The new President won by 51.28 per cent of the votes and took oaths as President. And everyone is waiting for the implementation of the proposed 100 day Program and hopes that it brings good for the country. But there are concerns with regard […]

Dilrook Kannangara  In 2010 Mahinda won with an astounding lead of close to two million. But within just five (5) years, he lost 2.3 million votes to a hitherto unknown contestant. How did that happen? It is important to get it right. Otherwise the UPFA and the Rajapaksa clan will be condemned to nothingness for […]

Badulla District Parliamentarian Nimal Siripala de Silva said today UPFA assured its support in carrying out  the common opposition’s 100-day programme . We will not obstruct the common opposition’s 100-day programme. We hope they will carry out it as promised. People voted for Maithripala Sirisena because they approved their programme. We also expect to help […]

January 2015 Sunday January 11 A Cabinet of not more than 25 members, including members of all political parties represented in Parliament, will be appointed with Leader of the Opposition Ranil Wickremesinghe as Prime Minister Monday January 12 In order to strengthen democracy, a National Advisory Council will be set up inclusive of representatives of […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE  “IT’S THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE” VAIKO We wish to thank the vast  majority of Sri Lankan Theravada Sinhala Buddhists for providing  the Happiest Day in his life to MDMK General Secretary Vaiko.  The Hindu newspaper reported on 9 January that  Vaiko  has said “Today is the happiest day […]

චන්ද්‍රසිරි විජයවික්‍රම මෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතාගේ පොදු පෙරමුණට එකතුවූ සියළුම දෙනාමවාගේ බොදු බල සේනාවට විරුද්ධවූ අයය. එකම මීට වෙනස් කොටස වූයේ ජාතික හෙළ උරුමය (රතන හිමියන් හා චම්පික රණවක) ය. බොදු බල සේනාව හා මෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතා අතර සාකච්චාවක් ඔවුන් මහින්ද රාජපක්‍ෂ මහතාට පක්‍ෂව කතා කිරීමට තීරණය කිරීමට පෙර පැවැත්‌විණ. මෙම හමුවේදී දෙපාර්‍ශවය මොනවා කතාකලාදැයි රට […]

 Anjalika Silva (USA)  The Election is over. All the mudslinging and propaganda stunts that were visible and annoying are over.  The loud call for a regime change has happened and many promises have been made both visible and invisible to voters.  The two sides are almost equally divided with the majority being a thin sliver […]

Dr. Mareena Thaha Reffai/ Coordinator, Almuslimaath.  Dehiwela Almuslimaath, The Srilankan Association of Muslim women and Girls welcome you and wish you all the best Mr. President. Needless to say, just like those who wished you to come to power, we are overwhelmed by your magnificent victory. We feel it is the victory of the voice […]

By Afshain Afzal Since long Foreign Recruitment Centres” have been established in Afghanistan and Pakistan, through which Asians and Arabs are being offered foreign citizenships. The aim of such a recruitment is that foreign citizens, having dual nationalities will be sent back to the countries of their origin to serve as mercenaries to achieve US’ […]