Prof. Hudson McLean Easter Sunday Massacre has almost totally destroyed the Tourism Industry and all the peripheral revenues generated by Tourism. Crying over this horrid tragic human disaster, is natural, specially for those who lost their beloved families, and suffered grief & pain. Not only Sri Lankans, but the entire civilised world shared the Pain […]

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සේනක වීරරත්න ත්‍රස්තවාදය අපරට වෙලාගත් අඳුරු යුගයකදී සිය උපන් බිම වෙනුවෙන් සටන් කර දිවි පිදූ ඔව්හු සැබෑ දේශප්‍රේමින් වූහ. ඒ මියගිය විරුවන් කෙරෙහි දක්වන ප්‍රණාමය සහ ඔවුන් වෙනුවෙන් නැගී සිටීමේ යුතුකමින් අපට කිසි ලෙසකින් වත් ඉවත්විය නොහැක. ඔවුන් පිලිබඳ මතකය අප තුල සදහටම තිබිය යුතුවා පමණක් නොව ඔවුන්ගේ ප්‍රතිරූපය විනාශ වීමටද ඉඩ තැබිය නොහැක. නුදුරු […]

Dr. Daya Hewapathirane May 16th 2009 – People’s Spontaneous Post-Terrorism Reaction                                                 The historic victory over Tamil terrorism, with the elimination of the savage terrorist leader Prabakaran on 16 May 2009, led to a spontaneous elated reaction on the part of all  patriotic citizens of Sri Lanka. There was countrywide lighting of fire-crackers and ringing of […]

Sunil Wimalawansa (Professor of Medicine)  Please find the following two URLs that leads to three connected articles:   1st  –  Hearing and Defective Hearing;” 2nd – Listening is an Art and a Skill that Should be Developed;” 3rd –  Mindful listening – A Key to Success;” https://www.facebook.com/sunil.jayalath.9    or via, https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mindful-listening-key-success-wimalawansa-md-phd-dsc-executive-mba/?published=t Planning to upload the last one in […]

Dr. Chula Rajapakse MNZM  Spokesperson United Sri Lanka Association To. Ms.Marama Davidson MP Leader, Green Party, NZ Parliament. Dear Ms Davidson, I write to respectfully request that, you withdraw your sponsorship of the above event and so prevent yourself and the New Zealand parliamentary premises being misused to disseminate misinformation that is detrimental to the […]

Dinesh Perera J M Keynes on IndiaThe available statistics appear to show that, whether the phenomena are connected or not, the rise of prices has nearly been proportional to the increase of currency”[1]Apart from the fluctuations of the seasons the Indian level of prices is most influenced at the present time by the extent to […]

Dr Sarath OBEYSEKERA Today I listened to TV program where Intiaz B M ,Kabir Hashim and another Muslim person explaining to all of us about the fact that all the Muslims are not terrible and the importance of living together as Sri Lankan’s. When such a statement is made By a person like  Imtiaz ,it […]

by A. Patabendige Courtesy The Island Katuwapitiya Church by A. Patabendige ‘The Prince of Paris has lost his shirt and number two has it’. ‘No sir, not I Sir, number three has it” and so it goes on in SL. Sri Lanka is on auto pilot. It has been so for nearly four years. The […]

by Whitney Webb  Courtesy MPN News New evidence suggests that the government of Saudi Arabia not only had foreknowledge of the brutal bombings (and did nothing to stop them) but may have played a more active and direct role in the bloodshed COLOMBO, SRI LANKA — A leaked Saudi diplomatic memo obtained by Lebanese outlet […]

Courtesy Ada Derana The United States has offered to continue to expand counter-terrorism and maritime and border security cooperation with Sri Lanka. Issuing a joint statement with the government of Sri Lanka on the occasion of the third US-Sri Lanka Partnership Dialogue held on Thursday (16), the United States reiterated President Trump’s statement that America […]

Courtesy Ada Derana Former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, accused by rights groups of war crimes during the final months of Sri Lanka’s long-running civil war a decade ago, has confirmed he plans to run for the presidency in the wake of the Easter Sunday attacks that have shattered the country’s uneasy peace. Rajapaksa, the brother […]

Courtesy Daily Mirror Daylight in Wayamba gives its residents the opportunity to assess the situation of their neighbourhood, following a grim and fearful start to the holy Vesak week. The Police curfew enforced early Monday (May 13) evening in the North Western  Province however, prevents them from setting about their daily work. Mob violence broke […]

By Piyumi Fonseka Courtesy Daily Mirror Inside factory where terrorists plotted the Easter Sunday attacks Wellampitiya Police OIC Gamini Senarath Hewawithana had complained to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) early this week demanding an inquiry against Colombo Magistrate Court Judge Priyantha Liyanage over the release on bail of nine employees of the copper factory in […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A decade of peace, which was an occasion worthy of celebration, has been marred by the resurgence of terrorism in Sri Lanka which has impacted all of us once again, former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa said. In a message on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the victory over terrorism, […]