QADIJAH IRSHAD Courtesy The Independent (UK) On the eve of a delayed UN report into the bitter conflict, Tamils are on the march calling for justice from the international community I’m looking for my daughter, my daughter-in law and two little grandchildren who disappeared during the war,” says Sivaneswari, rubbing her arthritic legs as she rests […]

Courtesy Island September 16, 2015, 8:45 pm When it came to the presidential elections, we warned Mahinda that an American led regime change conspiracy was afoot in this country and we suggested ways out of this trap. But astrology outweighed scientific socialism and the country is now faced with this situation. A part of the […]

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D.  Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that can occur in people who have experienced or witnessed life-threatening events such as natural disasters, serious accidents, terrorist incidents, war, or violent personal assaults. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) occurs in an estimated 8% of men and 20% […]

Dr Hector Perera     London There are a number of ways to cook our food for example, dry heat cooking, baking, steaming, grilling, roasting, boiling, stewing, frying, shallow frying, deep frying, barbequing and basting. In dry heat cooking methods, the food being cooked does not use water to cook the food. The food is left dry […]

Courtesy Adaderana A UN report published today has identified patterns of grave violations in Sri Lanka between 2002 and 2011, strongly indicating that war crimes and crimes against humanity were most likely committed by both sides to the conflict. The report recommends the establishment of a hybrid special court, integrating international judges, prosecutors, lawyers and […]

Courtesy Adaderana The long-anticipated report of the United Nations investigation into allegations of human rights violations during the war in Sri Lanka was released a short while ago. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the UN high commissioner for human rights, unveiled the report on war crimes and atrocities during a press conference at the Palais des […]

Sudath Gunasekara, Mahanuwara 15.9.2015 I for one do not blame or underestimate the attempts made by President Sirisena to appease and reconcile the so-called Tamil problem or his trying to win over the Tamil population to the SLFP as he may be doing so in good intentions as the President of the whole nation. Even […]

By Chandre Dharmawardana, Canada Let us recall that the United Nations secretary general appointed a committee of four individuals to ADVISE HIM about the human rights situation in Sri Lanka. This report, known as the Darusman report has since then assumed a role that the secretary general never intended it to have.  It has become one […]

Courtesy The Indian Express NEW DELHI: An ambitious USD 5.19 billion road project to connect India and Sri Lanka with a sea-bridge and an underwater tunnel is believed to have been discussed today by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari during his talks with visiting Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Gadkari, Minister for Road Transport, Highways […]

by Richard Gale and Gary Null Courtesy www.organicconsumers.org The year 2015 hasn’t been kind to Monsanto. In March, the World Health Organization declared that the company’s flagship product, its herbicide glyphosate or Roundup, is a probable human carcinogen. Increasingly, national health ministries are taking a hard second look at glyphosate’s health and environmental dangers and efforts are […]

උපුටාගැණීම www.mahinda.info සීපා ගිවිසුම නිසා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට වෙන හානිය හේතු කොටගෙන එය අත්සන් කිරීමෙන් වැළකීමට මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ ජනාධිපති තුමා කටයුතු කළේය. රනිල් වික‍්‍රමසිංහ මහතාගේ ඉන්දීය සංචාරයේදී ‘සීපා’ ගිවිසුම් අත්සන් කිරීමක් හෝ ඒ ගැන සාකච්ඡා කිරීමක් හෝ සිදු නොවන්නේ යයි මලික් සමරවික්‍රම මහතා පවසා තිබුණි. විස්තරය. නමුත් සීපා ගිවිසුම ගැන සාකච්ඡා සිදුවෙන බවත්, අත්සන් කිරීමට නියමිත […]

උපුටාගැණීම www.mahinda.info මහින්ද චින්තන ප්‍රතිපත්තිය යටතේ එදා පොහොර මිටිය නිකුත් කළේ රු 350 ක ටයි. රු 350 ට නිකුත් කරන පොහොර මිටියට රු 150 ක ඉන්ෂුවරන්ස් එකක් සමග මේ වන විට රු 500 ක් අය කරන බව” ගොවීහු පවසති. පහත වීඩියෝව බලන්න. යම් ලෙසකින් රු 150 ක රක්ෂණයෙන් ප්‍රතිඵලයක් අත් වූවානම් තව කමක් නැත. ගොවීන් […]

K. Godage Former Ambassador Courtesy Island September 9, 2015, 9:16 pm Year 2018 will mark the two hundredth anniversary of the first uprising against the British rule in 1818 in the Uva-Wellassa. This region was known as the granary of the Kingdom of Kandy before it was annexed by the British in 1815 under the ‘Kandyan Convention’. […]

By Ashanthi Warunasuriya Courtesy The Sunday leader Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has questioned the new position taken by some countries on the human rights issue in Sri Lanka. Rajapaksa’s spokesman Rohan Weliwitta said that the former President, feels that the new position clearly shows how political the human rights issue was. He said that the United […]

Courtesy The Sunday Leader The gigantic number of cabinet, state and deputy ministers keeps mounting with such frequency that it is quite a difficult task to keep pace with the expansion. At the time of writing the collective number is nearing a century. With nine provincial councils comprising chief ministers and ministers for various subjects, […]

By Saman Indrajith Courtesy Island September 13, 2015, 8:42 pm The administration came to power promising good governance, but the reins of government has shifted from a family to a cabal of cronies, the JVP says. Addressing the media at the JVP Headquarters in Pelawatte, Battaramulla, party Propaganda Secretary MP Vijitha Herath said those who had […]

http://i.mobypicture.com/user/cityvista/view/18463949 In 1990 one USD was LKR 40. This rate has nearly trebled to 115 by 2010. Do we see a related growth either in exports or balance of payments during this period? There can be multiple explanations why previous LKR devaluations didn’t work … The devaluation of LKR naturally increases the cost of living. Any devaluation is associated […]

Adaderana The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has introduced a circular last night (14 September) preventing the purchase of vehicles on a 100 per cent or ‘Full Lease’ or ‘Hire Purchase’ basis without any initial down payments, in a bid to reduce the number of vehicles on Sri Lanka’s roads. A senior official from […]

Adaderana The lowest ever depreciation in history of the Sri Lankan against the US Dollar was recorded today (15 September). At the close of the money market today, the Sri Lankan Rupee recorded Rs. 140.25 against the US Dollar. The historic depreciation of the Rupee against the US Dollar is due to the lack of […]

By Charles.S.Perera I think I started writing to Lankaweb somewhere in 1997. Lankaweb perhaps did not make me a writer, but helped me to express my battered thoughts about my country.  It was an outlet to my pent up feelings.  A space where I could cry out as loud as I can  against those who […]

Shenali D Waduge   It is good to always keep in mind that the well-funded campaign that dislodged Mahinda Rajapakse did so because he did not tow the line. If the next choice is a group that agrees to tow the line it is also good to remember that so long as one tows the […]

උපුටාගැණීම www.mahinda.info සීග්‍රයෙන් වැඩි වෙමින් පවතින අපරාධ රැල්ල ගැන අදහස් දක්වමින්, සිරස මාධ්‍යවේදීන් පැවසූයේ ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා සිටියානම් රටේ මීට වඩා විනයක් පවත්වාගැනීමට හැකියාව තිබූ බව” යි. සිරස මීට කළින් සමාජගත කළ දේවල් හාත්පසින්ම වෙනස් කරමින්, රටට අවශ්‍ය වන්නේ සොඳුරු ආඥාදායකයෙක් බවත් ඕනෑවට වඩා ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදය අනවශ්‍ය බවත්” පැවසීය. පසුගිය ජනාධිපතිවරණයේදී මෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතා විසින් මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ […]

K G Courtesy:  Sunday Island September 13, 2015 I had written no less than three times requesting that the road named after the butcher of Uva-Wellassa, Brownrigg, be changed and it was appropriately changed subsequently to Keppetipola Mawatha. Many Brits and other western countries at the behest of the non-resident Sri Lanka Tamils now living in their […]

By Dayan Jayatilleka  Makes me sick, motherf*****, how far we done fell.” – Detective ‘Bunk’ Moreland to Omar in ‘The Wire’ UN Human Rights High Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein, referring to the Report on Sri Lanka which he plans to release on Wednesday, made comments which are dangerous, saying: …Its findings are of the most serious nature. I welcome […]

ALI SUKHANVER In civilized societies neighbors are just like brothers but in uncivilized societies the situation is vice-versa. Since after 1965, the ever worst threat to the security and safety of Pakistan has been from its closest neighbor India. It is India which taught Pakistan that safeguarding independence is far difficult and far different from […]

By NJ Thakuria Guwahati: The Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is awarded by the United Nations ‘in recognition of Bangladesh’s far-reaching initiatives to address climate change’. Ms Hasina will receive the Champions of the Earth award in the Policy Leadership category at a ceremony scheduled for 27 September 2015 at New York. A media statement, […]

By Senaka Weeraratna Mr. Charles Haviland News BBC Dear Sir In your capacity as a media scribe I thought you might be interested in at least noting alternate points of view and be prepared to stomach opinions different to what you fancy. Large numbers of people particularly in non – European countries tolerate BBC reports and […]

General Debate of the 30th Session of the UN Human Rights Council Geneva, 14 September 2015 Mr. President High Commissioner for Human Rights Excellencies Distinguished delegates I would like to begin by thanking you, and the members of the Council for the trust reposed in Sri Lanka at the 28th Session and agreeing to defer the […]

DHARSHAN WEERASEKERA The report of the OHCHR- investigation is to be discussed by the Human Rights Council on 30th September, and also to be released to the public before that.  It is possible to predict what will be in it, because of the recent proposal by the United States, the chief-sponsor of the investigation, to introduce a […]

Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka’s terrorism was not homegrown. It was created and handled by by our neighbour India. That terror soon became surrogates in the hands of foster parents from the West who were happy to take refugees so long as they could buy time until the correct time. The collateral damage were killings […]