Sudath Gunasekara 22.8.2016. I have been closely watching the ongoing quarrels, debates, allegations and counter allegations,by the two adversary camps of the SLFP led by Chandrika and Sirisena on one side and Mahinda Rajapaksa on the other. Looking at the overall political mess in the country neither of these camps will be able to capture […]

Dilrook Kannangara There is no shortage of labour in Sri Lanka as a whole. What is being experienced is shortage of labour in certain business sectors while excess labour in other sectors. This shifting of labour between industries should happen and the government must facilitate it. Importing more labour will worsen the situation with rising […]

DHARSHAN WEERASEKERA According to the newspapers, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon is scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka on the 31st August 2016.  It is important for the citizens of this country to take a moment and reflect on the type of man that is about to visit the country. I won’t pretend to be […]

Shenali D Waduge Isnt this baffling? Sri Lanka is accused of committing genocide, plenty of propaganda is being paid for to showcase this but no one seems to be bothered to look at the statistics and ask ‘how can genocide take place while Tamil population is increasing?” A lot of people have landed in a […]

Anura Seneviratna. Above is the famous statement made by the investigative journalist Paul Harris in Colombo about 12 years ago, in response to the current back-door PM when he was then PM too about his giveaway deal with the invasive Tamil terrorists, who were trying to convert SL into a second Tamil Nadu (Tamil country). […]

 If we cant handle errant Indian fishermen stealing our fish, poaching on our waters, ruining our marine bed ….. Do you seriously think our policy makers can handle a country with 1.3billion people  This is an agreement that will affect all Sri Lankans – Sinhalese, Tamil, Muslim, Burghers… It is one thing to do business with […]

Diannah Paramour Tasmania, 7117. Email Message to The Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation. Please send me the correct email address to contact you in regards to the Sri Lankan President ( Maithripala Sirisena) requesting a bribe from your company in 2009. I believe you are now two merged companies originating from The Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation. This corrupt […]

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge    The concept of nirvana is a product of Buddhist systematic thought which is more than 2500 years old. Throughout the centuries various scholars and philosophers tried to explain the Nirvanic concept using their limited knowledge. Nevertheless the concept of Nirvana is often misunderstood and sometimes misused (e.g. – Nirvana Rock […]

Editorial Courtesy The Island  August 30, 2016, 7:31 pm Hackers are like snakes. When one realises one has been attacked it is often too late; damage is irreversible in most cases. They haven’t even spared institutions which boast of having best cyber security in the world. The Pentagon, too, is fighting quite a battle to keep […]

by Neville Ladduwahetty Courtesy The Island August 30, 2016, 7:31 pm The mandate of the Geneva based 47 Member Human Rights Council installed in 2006 is to promote, protect and prevent Human Rights violations. Given below are instances where the UN has admitted that it failed to live up to its mandate,together with instances where the […]

 By Kusal Perera Courtesy The Daily Mirror An elderly Tamil gentleman, who in his retired secluded life in a rural village seems eager for company, surprised me with his perfect Sinhala. Curious about his background, I asked how he learned Sinhala so well. He said he had worked in a private company as an area sales […]

 By  Ranga Jayasuriya Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga says her father the late Prime Minister SWRD Bandaranaike brought the Sinhala Only Act to ‘give the country back to its people’ after centuries of colonial rule. She should sincerely be believing so, so do a sizeable portion of the Sinhalese majority who think […]

By The Nation – Aug 27, 2016 Around 85 treasury officials are supposed to have decided to leave the boards of state enterprises to which they have been nominated, to represent the shareholdings of the government. The issue has come up because some of the officials who had served on such boards are disturbed as […]

Courtesy The Island August 28, 2016, 10:12 pm  Both President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe have failed to honour their promise of ensuring democratic rights of the public by depriving Kumar Gunaratnam of his, say political parties, trade unionists, artistes and civil society activists. “Depriving Gunaratnam of his rights to engage in political […]

UK News Some interesting news about the JFK assassination…only a handful of people will know what really happened and all other witnesses have been got rid of in what can only be called a classic cover up. Then they propagate many theories so that no one is able to work out what actually happened. This […]

Prepared by Dr Sarath Obeysekera ( Ex-Chairman SLLRCDC ) I have proposed the most effective and fastest solution to the garbage issue and wrote many opinions .But none of the decision makers are willing to listen Quote CONCEPT PAPER INTERMEDIATE SOLUTION FOR SOLVING CRISIS IN MEETHOTAMULLE COLOMBO  MUNICIPAL DIPSOSAL SITE 1.    Purpose Meethotamulle in Kollonawa […]