Shenali D Waduge This is alarming news. Can a UN Secretary General be ‘coerced’ by a country? Can the coercion be of monetary nature that leaves the UNSG no choice but to succumb? Can the UN & its Secretary General be bought over for money? Has money being so powerful that the UN even removes […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera I watch TV and read daily papers ,regarding many statements and promises issued by the Prime Minister ,obviously in good faith and he places the trust in executing the tasks given in  his promises on  the state officials . It is regrettable to note that all chairmen of corporations or Accounting officers […]

චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ විසිනි මේ වනවිට මෙරට තුල සිංහල මුස්ලිම් ජන අරගලයකට සියල්ල සූදානම්ව පවතී. පවතින රජය හමුදාවන් සතු ආයුධ ප්රමාණය විකුණා දමා හෝ විනාශ කිරීමෙන් පසු හමුදාව දුබල තත්වයකට පත්කල විගස මේ මුස්ලිම් ගැටුම ආරම්භ වීමට ප්රමාණාට්මකව පසුබිමක් සකස්ව ඇත. සිංහල මුස්ලිම් ජනතා ගැටුමක අවශ්යතාවය තේරුම් ගත් බටහිර ප්රජාව ඒ සම්බන්ධව සූදානම්වීම ආරම්භ කලේ, කොටි […]

KAMALIKA  PIERIS The LTTE  knew that it could not face the Sri Lanka army in regular conflict.  They were not a trained army. On the two occasions when the state army was allowed to fight them properly, they were soundly defeated.( Vadamarachchi,1987 and  Eelam war IV 2009). Clashes with the LTTE had shown the Sri […]

Shenali D Waduge A gay nightclub became the latest attack in Orlando, USA resulting in the deaths of 50 people and injuring scores of others. President Obama called it ‘an act of terror and an act of hate’. The gunman was a Muslim and ISIL has claimed responsibility. Not many seem to question the roots […]

V.Anandasangaree Secretary General- TULF Your Excellency, War victims need Financial Assistance Urgently On behalf of the Tamil United Liberation Front  I express  my  deepest sympathies to the victims of the Kosgama Salawa Army camp incident, who virtually  lost all their possessions unexpectedly in a short while. Immense damage had been caused to their houses and other […]

The British High Commission in Colombo is looking for a Tamil speaking political officer

By Dr. Tilak S Fernando 2016-06-13  Ceylon Today Gayathri lives in Dehiwala at her sister’s house, occupying the upper floor, since her husband deserted her. Her own personal story is long and tragic, but she has been leading an independent life ever since by sharing her sister’s accommodative house with her brother Prasanna. Prasanna suffered […]

KAMALIKA  PIERIS The first three Presidents of Sri Lanka made no effort to win the war, though victory was possible.  J.R. Jayewardene halted the Vadamarachchi operation (1987) which would have permanently ended the LTTE offensive. .Premadasa handed over arms, ammunition, cement and cash to the LTTE. The LTTE used the ammunition and arms to kill […]

ධර්මසිරි සෙනෙවිරත්න  අවුරුදු  එක ලක්ෂ විසිපන්දාහක් තරම්  ඈතට  මගේ ජීවිත කතාව කියන්න තරම් දැන් නම් මට මතකයක් නැහැ මගෙම  දරුවෝ පරයන් එක්ක එකතුවෙලාමට දුන්නු වැඩ වේදනා නිසා හුඟක් දේවල් අමතකව ගිහින් උන් කැමතිවුනේ නැහැ මගේ අතීත විභූතිය සාඩම්බරකම  විදහා පෙන්වනවාට. ඉතින් උනේ අතීතය වල දැම්මා. ඒවා මගේ දරුවන්ටවත් කියාදෙන එකට තහංචි දැම්මා.  අතීතයේ හිටිය මගේ […]