The white man landed in Africa and set up his own systems to rule and divide Africa to plunder. Ironically the same countries are now fine tuning the very laws they set into motion to facilitate a new wave of plunder. However, in most of Africa customary land laws prevail and is probably one saving […]

By Gandara John Caught with his pants down, literally selling off Sri Lanka to the Americans, a desperate Wickramasinghe has reportedly called on his thugs to get onto the Streets to prevent and intimidate law abiding citizens seeking Justice from Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court of Justice. Wickramasinghe has reportedly exhorted his goondas to enforce the […]

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By Rathindra Kuruwita Courtesy The Island The Ranil Wickremesinghe administration was attempting to create a cheap labour force needed to facilitate the implementation of neoliberal economic policies, by amending` land laws, Chinthaka Rajapakshe, Convener of the Movement for Land and Agricultural Reform (MONLAR) said commenting on the scheme to grant outright ownership of land to […]

Courtesy Adaderana Former Corporal of the Army Intelligence Unit Lalith Rajapaksa has been arrested over the assault on the former newspaper editor, Upali Tennakoon. The arrest has been carried out arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at Hanwella last night (07), stated the Police Media Spokesperson. On 23rd September 2009, the former editor of […]

Courtesy Adaderana No Sinhalese person would receive the rights to land in Sri Lanka in the future through the Land Grants (Special Provisions) Act, stated UNP MP Wijeydasa Rajapakshe. Rajapakshe expressed these views addressing an event held in Colombo. He says that if Founder of United National Party (UNP) and late Prime Minister D. S. […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Criminal Investigation Department is set to launch probes into the revelations made by Venerable Medagoda Abayatissa Thero over 20 persons being allegedly killed under the Sharia law, says Police Media Spokesperson SP Ruwan Gunasekara. Reportedly, Abeytissa Thero has made the revelations on the 4th of July.

Courtesy Adaderana A fuller Bench comprising seven judges of the Supreme Court has been appointed to hear the petitions filed against Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara and former Defense Secretary claiming that they had violated fundamental rights by failing to prevent the Easter Sunday attacks. The Judge Bench headed by Chief Justice Jayantha […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, July 8 (newsin.asia) – The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority together with the Prime Minister’s office, the Ministry of Tourism and the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka tabled a cabinet paper on Monday and received the approval for the reduction of ground handling charges, aviation fuel, and the embarkation levy for […]

BY PHILIP YIANNOPOULOS Courtesy Foreign Policy.com As large colonial-era tea plantations crumble, family-owned plots are trying to take their place and save the industry. For nearly a year now, Priyantha Gamage, the son of a Tamil tea plucker, has been documenting the scars and scabs of the tea plantation workers on the Deniyaya Estate in the […]

Courtesy The New Indian Express Over the last few years, a number of sporting events have been hijacked to propagate political messages. As India went about clinically demolishing Sri Lanka in the final group game of the cricket World Cup on Sunday, some headlines were stolen by an airplane dragging a couple of banners across […]