By Gagani Weerakoon and Skandha Gunasekara Courtesy Ceylon Today The three-member Committee appointed to investigate the Central Bank bond issue has called for a full-scale investigation by a duly authorized government authority since they have detected an unusual bidding pattern practised by Perpetual Treasuries, the firm that is owned by the son-in-law of the Central Bank Governor, […]

නලින් ද සිල්වා අපට වෙච්ච දේ යන්න පියදාස සිරිසේන මහතාගේ කෘතියකි. කිසිවකු පියදාස සිරිසේන මහතාට වෙච්ච දේ යනුවෙන් ලිපියක්වත් ලියා ඇතැයි නො සිතමි. පියදාස සිරිසේන මහතා ගැන අද ඉඳහිට කතා කෙරෙයි. එහෙත් ඔහු තවමත් මෙරට උසස් ගණයේ සාහිත්‍යකරුවකු ලෙස නො පිළිගැනෙයි. බමුණු කුලය බිඳ වැටීම ගැන ලියුවෝ පියදාස සිරිසේන මහතා ද බිඳ වැට්ටවූහ. පියදාස සිරිසේන […]

Shenali D Waduge  LTTE is a banned terrorist entity not just in Sri Lanka but in 32 nations as well. It remains banned despite its leader and key commanders eliminated. Since 2009 attempts have been made to commemorate dead terrorists in an obvious bid to keep the money-generating Eelam project alive. Mourning the dead – […]

Neville Ladduwahetty  Courtesy Island The Supreme Court had issued an interim stay order preventing the arrest of former Secretary of Defence Gotabhaya Rajapaksa until the full and final determination of the fundamental rights violation petition filed by him (The Island, May 14, 2015). Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe expressed “serious concern” to the point of being […]

By Rajeewa Jayaweera  Courtesy Island Cabinet spokesman Minister Rajitha Senaratne recently informed the media that May 19, which had been celebrated as ‘Victory Day’ during the Rajapaksa era would from this year onwards be observed as ‘Remembrance Day’ to recall the sacrifices of all those who had fought to maintain the unity and integrity of […]

By Express News Service CourtesyThe New Indian Express PUDUCHERRY: Amid allegations that the fisherfolk group which met Sri Lankan President Mytripala Sirisena recently included a smuggler, the National Fishworkers’ Forum (NFF)  has demanded that the State, Central, and Sri Lankan governments probe the incident and bring to book the fake fishermen associations. We expect the governments […]

Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . K1J 6G1 . Canada 18 May 2015 Dear Don Suraweera: To continue with my response of 13th May to your Hello Friends: I just wanted to let you know about a great event that is organized in relation to reconciliation or ask forgiveness from the Tamil […]

ALI SUKHANVER Why do the so-called human rights organizations in Pakistan try to frame the security forces of Pakistan in the matter of missing persons in Baluchistan? Why do the so-called human rights activists always forget the innocent Punjabis, Sindhis, Pashtuns and even the Balochis whose brutal slaughtering at the hands of the separatists elements […]

An Australian lady lawyer protested at the raising of the LTTE flag at the meeting to remember (fabricated) genocide meeting held at Springvale Town Hall on 18th Monday, May . She was mauled by the LTTE thugs and the Poiice intervened and took her to the Police to take a statement. She protested specifically to […]

By Chandre Dharmawardana, Ottawa, Canada. In 2010 the politcal landscape was different. The UNP, the TNA and the leftist factions had all fielded General Sarath Fonseka as the presidential candidate against Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa. During that time the author composed a song which was set to music by Dr. Nimal de Silva. It is of interest […]

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. Viragaya novel is a turning point in Sinhala literature. Literary genius Martin Wicramasinghe vibrantly portrays Aravinda’s character in Viragaya digging deep in to his inner psyche.  Arvada’s conscious experience and ideas running through his mind are central part of the novel.  His emotions, conscious and unconscious psychological conflicts are described […]

නලින් ද සිල්වා මෛත්‍රිපාල රනිල් ආණ්ඩුවට අද ඉතිරි වී ඇත්තේ පළිගැනීම් පමණ ය. ඔවුන්ට ජනතාව ඉදිරියට ගොස් කීමට ඇත්තේ අප අහවල් අහවල් අය අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන ඔවුන්ට විරුද්ධව අල්ලස් හෝ දූෂණ විමර්ශන කොමිසමේ හෝ අලුතෙන් පිහිටුවන ලද ඊනියා මූල්‍ය අපරාධ පරීක්‍ෂණ කොට්ඨාශයේ හෝ විමර්ශන හෝ පරික්‍ෂණ හෝ කරන බව පමණ ය. එමෙන් ම ආණ්ඩුව කියනු ඇත්තේ […]