by Padraig Colman Courtesy Ceylon Today Sri Lankans have grown cynical about the number of public commissions and inquiries which have failed to shed any light or improve anything. Perhaps Sri Lankan politicians have learned from their former colonial masters that a good way to defuse a controversy is to set up an inquiry to delay […]

with Ravi Ladduwahetty Courtesy Ceylon Today Indeed, Russia and the U.S. were allies during the two tragic conflicts of the two World Wars, which allows us to think there’s something objectively bringing us together in difficult times, and I think – I believe – it has to do with geopolitical interests and also has a moral […]

by SANJA DE SILVA JAYATILLEKA Courtesy The Island   [The writer is author of ‘MISSION IMPOSSIBLE-GENEVA: Sri Lanka’s Counter-Hegemonic Asymmetric Diplomacy at the UN Human Rights Council’, published by Vijitha Yapa and now available at the International Book Fair, BMICH.] September 14, 2017, 9:21 pm The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance […]

Editorial Courtesy The Island September 14, 2017, 9:20 pm The central expressway project is riddled with corruption, the JVP tells us. We don’t intend to question the veracity of the Rathu Sahodarayas’ claim because they are quite au fait with the affairs of the present government as one of the yahapalana allies. It may be recalled […]

By Shyam Nuwan Ganewatta and Sarath Dharmasena Senior Additional Solicitor General Dappula de Livera PC the chief counsel of the Attorney General’s Department before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry probing the treasury bond scam yesterday said that he could not agree with the Commission’s decision not to compel the owner of Perpetual Treasuries Ltd Arjuna […]

 lanka C news අර්ජුන් ඇලෝසියස් දන්නා සියල්ල හෙලි කලොත් බැදුම්කරය සම්බන්ධයෙන් බොහෝ දේ එලියට එනු ඇති බවත් මෙම වංචාවේ මහ මොලකරු පමණක් නොව පොදු අපේක්‍ෂකයා දිනවීම සදහා කටයුතු කල අය ගැනද තොරතුරැ හෙලිවනු ඇති බව ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණු නායක විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා පවසයි. තමන්ගෙන් ප‍්‍රශ්න කරන්න ගත්තොත් තමන් ඒවා හෙලි කරන බවට අර්ජුන් ඇලෝසියස් තර්ජනය […]

අනුරුද්ධ බණ්ඩාර රණවාරණ මාධ්‍ය ලේකම් ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණ මැතිවරණ සිතියම හකුළන 20 වැනි ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයට පක්‍ෂව අත ඔසවා පසුව මැතිවරණයක් ළං වී විපක්‍ෂයේ අසුන් ගැනීම කිසිදු ඵලක් නැති බවත් හැකි නම් එම සංශෝධනයට විරුද්ධව ඡන්දය ප්‍රකාශ කර පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ විපක්‍ෂයේ අසුන් ගන්නා ලෙසත් බුලත් කොළය ලකුණින් තරඟ වැද ජයගත් ශ්‍රීලනිපයේ මන්ත්‍රීවරුන්, නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යවරුන්, රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යවරුන් […]

ජනිත සෙනෙවිරත්න උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින ආණ්‌ඩුව මේ වන විට විවිධ පාර්ශව ගණනාවක්‌ සමඟ ගැටලු නිර්මාණය කරගෙන ඇති අතර තවදුරටත් දිනෙන් දින එය වර්ධනය වෙමින් පවතී. විශේෂයෙන්ම මහා සංඝරත්නය ඉලක්‌ක කරගෙන මහා සංඝරත්නයට අපහාස කරමින් ප්‍රසිද්ධියේ ප්‍රකාශ නිකුත් කරන්නට ඇතැම් ඇමැතිවරු කටයුතු කිරීම රට තුළ මහත් ආන්දෝලනයට හේතුවී තිබේ. මුලින්ම මහා සංඝරත්නය වෙත ආණ්‌ඩුවේ ප්‍රබලයකු වන සරත් […]

H. L. D. Mahindapala In a drama never seen in the Westminster tradition, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had brazenly escorted his closest partner in cut-throat politics, Ravi Karunanayake, to the front benches of the House on the day the latter was forced to announce his resignation because of his involvement in the biggest financial scandal […]

By : A.A..NIZAM – MATARA Sirisena-Ranil western and Indian slavish Junta claims that they have gained friendship with all countries in the world but openly displays their slavery to the western countries especially to the International thug the United States. This foolish government has issued a statement, clearly on the behest of the United States […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera  I can see that JVP is so bankrupt because they have already lost the grass root level of support from youngsters ,hence they are trying their best to catch the audience by uttering nonsense . That may be the reason why they talk utter nonsense about fishery harbours being sold .Mutwal/Modera fishery […]

By Dr.Dayan Jayatilleka Courtesy The Daily Mirror Chandrika faction fails to understand MR is the biggest brand the SLFP has I had been requested by Mr. Bandaranaike to meet him every Wednesday with Mervyn de Silva.”  – Elmo Gooneratne, Reminiscences, CT,September 8, 2017. When the British uncovered Soviet spies in the Establishment, they often looked the […]

Gomin Dayasri Courtesy The Daily Mirror Bemoan the non-availability of fresh material in the upper tiers of politics to replace the decrepit. For survival, the decayed leadership is ready to reach alliance with a devilish opponent. Unsuitable descendants await, both kinsmen and sycophants, located craftily in the wings of the second tier. TNA, the official minuscule […]

Dharshan Weerasekera, Attorney-at-law D. B. S. Jeyaraj, the LTTE propagandist sometimes also known to masquerade as a ‘journalist,’ has written a lengthy commentary on the judgment in H. K. D. Chandrasoma’s case, published in the Daily Mirror of 19th August 2017 and titled, ‘Federalism is not Separatism, rules the Supreme Court.’ As far as I […]

Dharshan Weerasekera, Attorney-at-Law [Author’s note:  The present paper is intended to be read with a previous paper of mine titled, ‘H. K. D. Chandrasoma’s Case:  A Response to D. B. S. Jeyaraj,’ published in lankaweb.  For the convenience of readers that article is republished along with this one] On 21st August 2017, I published an […]

by Dr. Sudath Gunasekara (SLAS) A pre-publication copy of the monograph titled Sri Lanka: Land Policy for Sustainable Development, authored by Gerald Peiris (Professor Emeritus of the University of Peradeniya) which is due to be released on 15 September 2015, has been sent to me with an invitation to evaluate it. In undertaking this task […]

Champa Fernando Secretary, KACPAW (Kandy Association for Community Protection through Animal Welfare) A worldwide petition protesting to Minister Faiszer Musthapha, Hon. Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government, to not to legalize killing of dogs in Sri Lanka has gained close to 30,000 signatures within a week from across the world and within Sri Lanka. […]

Dr Hector Perera       London Takeaways are often cheap, convenient and satisfying but, unfortunately, they’re not always very healthy. Some takeaway meals can push you over your recommended daily maximum amount of salt and fat, which can lead to a variety of health problems, such as heart disease and diabetes. Takeaway food are plenty but which one to choose? A meal cooked and bought at a shop or restaurant but taken somewhere else, […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island September 12, 2017, 8:04 pm The high profile launch of Eliya (light) by wartime Defence Secretary, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa underscored Sri Lanka’s PATHETIC failure to counter unsubstantiated war crimes allegations, directed by a section of the international community, since the conclusion of the war, in May 2009. Sri Lanka paid a […]

Editorial Courtesy The Island September 12, 2017, 8:06 pm US Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Alice Wells is reported to have told a Congressional subcommittee that non-concessional Chinese loans have placed unsustainable debt burdens on Sri Lanka. ‘They are now of concern to the Sri Lankan people in the government,’ […]

 Courtesy Mail on Line Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena’s party has been the junior partner in the country’s coalition since August 2015 Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena Tuesday sacked a minister who had threatened to split his coalition government, three weeks after another was fired for publicly criticising a government decision. Sirisena’s office said Arundika […]

Courtesy ANI Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], Sep 12 (ANI): 12 Indian fishermen, who were apprehended by the Sri Lankan Navy from Delft Island were produced in Oorkavalthurai court on Tuesday. The Sri Lankan court has remanded the fishermen in Jaffna jail up to September 26. Yesterday, 12 Indian fishermen, along with two boats were caught by the Sri Lankan navy […]

CONSTANTINO XAVIER Courtesy The Hindu India is reaching out to Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Nepal. But these smaller countries are keeping options open China’s inroads into South Asia since the mid-2000s have eroded India’s traditional primacy in the region, from Afghanistan to Myanmar and also in the Indian Ocean. As Beijing deploys its formidable financial […]

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Shenali D Waduge We cannot ignore global geopolitics and corporate warfare together with neocolonial aspirations in trying to come to terms with the situation unfolding in Myanmar. The stage is now being set to transfer the geopolitical focus to Asia and Myanmar has been placed centre stage. If groups of people are receiving armed training […]

තේජා ගොඩකන්දෙආරච්චි මහවැසි, ගංවතුර හා නායයාම් මෙන්ම නියඟය හා දුර්භික්ෂයද අපේ රට ගිල ගන්නේ මාරුවෙන් මාරුවටය. එක නිමේෂයකදී ලක්ෂ ගණන් ජනතාව බීමට වතුර පොදක් නැතිව, ඉරි තැලුන බිම්කඩක අතරමං කරන සොබා දහම, ඊලඟ නිමේෂයේදී මහා සැඩ පහරක වෙසින් පැමින ජනතාව ගිලගනී. කලට වැසි ලැබ, කෘෂිකර්මාන්තයෙන් ස්වයංපෝෂිතව තිබූ රටක් මෙවන් තත්වයකට ඇද වැටුනේ කෙසේද? ඒ අතර […]

Senaka Weeraratna Attorney at Law On June 4, 1921, the legal doctrine of superior orders was invoked during the German Military Trials that took place after World War I: One of the most famous of these trials was the case of Lieutenant Karl Neumann, who was a U-boat captain accused of the sinking of the […]

මාධ්‍ය ඒකකය ශ්‍රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්‍රය කෙරවලපිටිය LNG විදුලි බලාගාර ඉදි කිරීම ටෙන්ඩරය සම්බන්ධයෙන් රාජ්‍ය නිලධාරීන් හා දේශපාලන නායකත්වය අතර ඇතිවී ඇති ගැටුම හේතුවෙන් විදුලි බිල ඉහළ අනිවාර්යයෙන්ම සිදුවනු ඇතැයි ශ්‍රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්‍ර‍යේ විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂ කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් මහතා නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් පවසයි. කෙරවලපිටිය විදුලි බලාගාරයට අදාළ ටෙන්ඩරය තාක්ෂණික කමිටු නිර්දේශ මත තෝරාගත් […]

Thilanka Kanakarathna Courtesy Ceylon Daily Mirror MP Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe has demanded Rs.500 million as compensation from Centre for Human Rights (CHR) Executive Director Keerthi Tennakoon for defaming him by making false statements during a news conference on August 5. In his letter of demand the MP said Mr. Tennakoon had made a false statement alleging that […]

Random Notes with Ravi Ladduwahetty Courtesy Ceylon Today “In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” ― – Principal author of the US declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson Today, this columnist debates the role of the public servant in […]