Archive for June 8th, 2016

Sri Lanka Tamils do not want Reconciliation.

Wednesday, June 8th, 2016

By Charles.S.Perera There were so many players that barred Sri Lanka’s rapid growth into a rich peaceful Nation. The Tamil Community of Sri Lanka except for occasional patriots who came out of that community, was the major obstruction  on the way  to  unity and development of Sri Lanka.   They remained a Community apart waiting to […]

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“THE 13TH AMENDMENT”

Wednesday, June 8th, 2016

KAMALIKA PIERIS The 13th Amendment to the Sri Lanka Constitution owes its existence to the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord. Under the Accord the government of Sri Lanka had, inter alia,  to devolve  political powers to the   provinces. If the Accord was not signed India would intervene militarily. President J.R. Jayewardene was in no position to oppose. […]

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රණවිරුවන් සුරැකීමට අපි සූදානම් – ජාතික පෙළගැස්ම අමතන ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා

Wednesday, June 8th, 2016
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Vili lajja!

Wednesday, June 8th, 2016

The Island Editorial June 8, 2016, 7:42 pm No sooner had the exploding ordnance stopped raining on Kosgama and adjoining townships than the government chose to shower expensive gifts on its parliamentarians. People crying out for relief must have expected Parliament to get cracking to help them. Instead, a supplementary estimate to the tune of […]

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ස්වෛරීත්වය අනතුරේ.. නැගෙනහිර නාවික හමුදා මෙහෙයුම් බලය පෙන්ටගනයේ ඉත්තෙකුට..

Wednesday, June 8th, 2016

අනුරුද්ධ බණ්ඩාර රණවාරණ මාධ්‍ය ලේකම්, ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණ ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත‍්‍රි විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා කොළඹදී පැවති මාධ්‍ය හමුවකදී මෙසේ අදහස් පල කලේය. සාම්පූර් නාවික හමුදා කඳවුරේ ප‍්‍රධාන නිලධාරියාට නැගෙනහිර මහ ඇමතිවරයා විසින් බැණ වදින අවස්ථාව වන විට නැගෙනහිර නාවික ආඥාපති ධුරය දැරුවේ රියර් අද්මිරාල් නීල් රොසයිරෝ. ඔහු බර්ගර් ජාතිකයකු වුවත් නැගෙනහිර පළාතේ සිංහල, දෙමළ […]

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How can SL Parliamentarians help themselves with new cars worth billions, while economy is in dire straits, and mortgaging country to IMF for billions of Dollars…???

Wednesday, June 8th, 2016

Nihal Perera Toronto, Canada After reading the following article that appeared at Colombo Page, I was, (as many other fair-minded Sri Lankans would be..) furious the way how our politicians are milking the country and its tax payers money – or in this case perhaps burrowed money from IMF – to serve themselves, with some luxury vehicles worth […]

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Floods and Colonial powers and Angarika Dharmapala

Wednesday, June 8th, 2016

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Attached paper  is a  secret  letter written by Anagarika Dharmapala   regarding floods in October 1906 to the Chief Secretary under British rule  ,who has put  a note saying that the way I see it that these helpless villages have been enjoying the river floods !!  (See the note below the article …) […]

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MR calls for inquiry into general state of morale in armed forces

Wednesday, June 8th, 2016

Courtesy Adaderana  Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa says that several incidents since January last year have had the effect of seriously undermining the self esteem and morale of the armed forces to an extent unseen even during the years of the 2002 ceasefire. Any inquiry into the causes of the Kosgama disaster should also look into […]

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Dream World of Finance Ministry

Wednesday, June 8th, 2016

Paul Fernando Colombo 07 Courtesy The Island June 7, 2016, 7:45 pm Some days ago the Ministry of Finance (MoF) published advertisements in some English dailies trumpeting the achievements of the Yahapalanaya government relating to prices. Closer examination of these numbers shows that they need to be taken with a large pinch of salt. As students, we […]

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Utilization of civilians by LTTE Intelligence admitted Thamilini’s revelations reverberates

Wednesday, June 8th, 2016

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Subramanium Sivagami, alias ‘Colonel’ Thamilini’s book Oru Koorvaalin Nizhalil  translated into Sinhala as Thiyunu Asipathaka Sevana Yata (In the Shadow of a Sharp Sword), discussed an issue hitherto conveniently ignored by those who had been wanting the government to address the grievances of Tamil speaking people. Senior lecturer, Saminadan Wimal, […]

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