Dilrook Kannangara The UNP-Sirisena regime is an orphan now! All its parents are gone, dead or kaput except one who is on his last legs dragging his wretched country down with him. So where is Samantha Power – the most vicious regime change agent – and her accomplice Biswal? Gone! How about Cameron, Obama and […]

Dilrook Kannangara The Minister of Justice raised a few eye brows when he decided to sort out matters connected to Venerable Ampitiye Sumanarathana Thero outside the legal system. Tamil, Muslim and Sinhala MPs questioned his rationale behind his action. They argued that the venerable Buddhist monk should be punished for hate speech and arousing ethnic […]

Dilrook Kannangara Shameful and cowardly conduct of the Sri Lanka Navy should be roundly condemned. No less than the Navy Commander used raw filth and violence against unarmed innocent Sinhala civilians in Hambantota. His words perfectly describe his own conduct and descent. What is surprising is the meekly surrender the same navy suffered in Silawathurai […]

Dilrook Kannangara What happens in northern Sri Lanka today is very similar to the happenings in late 1970s leading to full-scale war. Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students (EROS) was the first organized terrorist group in Sri Lanka. It was formed out of intellectuals and as the name goes Tamil adult students. EROS was formed in […]

Dilrook Kannangara UNP has come up with yet another budget disaster. Its 2017 budget taxes the productive and rewards freeloaders. This will spell doom for the economy which is already reeling under fiscal mismanagement, astronomical corruption and an unstainable foreign debt. Party politics is written all over the budget. UNP regime plans to give tax […]

Dilrook Kannangara There are eerie similarities between US ethnic composition and that of Sri Lanka. Without a doubt demographics, importantly, ethnic divisions, play the most important role in elections in all multiethnic democracies. Minorities in particular tend to caste their vote as a block which gives them a voting power above their percentage weight. This […]

Dilrook Kannangara Danuna Tillakaratne’s security firm has been awarded the contract to provide security to all Central Bank buildings by none less than the Finance Minister by a letter sent recently. Danuna is the son in law of Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, UNP MP. Central Bank security must be provided by the police or the […]

Dilrook Kannangara Various investigative units have harassed former defence secretary more than anyone else. He is not even a politician but almost every month he is summoned to appear before some form of politically motivated investigative body. Even the executive president is unable to stop this malicious harassment! The truth may be even the UNP […]

Dilrook Kannangara This is not the first time UNP has proven it cannot manage law and order and economic affairs functions. President Kumaratunga came to the same realisation in November 2003 that President Sirisena is getting into now. She took a bold step to takeover defence, finance and media ministries under her. Otherwise, the UNP […]

Dilrook Kannangara The Geneva and You meeting brought out some remarkable hidden truths out into the open. We thank the organisers and hope the series will continue. Little or nothing have been discussed about these so far but they are at the heart of what the international community” demands from Sri Lanka. Understanding these is […]

Dilrook Kannangara USA surrendered at the feet of 9/11 attackers 15 years later. Despite Congress passing a bill to allow US citizens to sue Saudi Arabia for 9/11 compensation, President Obama vetoed it. A sure sign of cowardice and surrender to Saudi Arabia. Long gone are the days of Pearl Harbour when Japan paid a […]

Dilrook Kannangara This is an academic analysis of undeniable facts on a subject that is crucially important today. It is not aimed at targeting anyone or any religion but to bring to the fore less discussed forces at work against Buddhism. Sri Lankans must wake up to this threat before it is too late. Today […]

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 […]

Dilrook Kannangara What has been planned for September 4 is the funeral of the SLFP, not the anniversary of its formation. After surviving with coalition politics for 65 years, the SLFP is finally dead reminding us the Four Noble Truths including impermanence. Only its legacy is left. It is time the Joint Opposition takes the […]

Dilrook Kannangara Local Trump has spoken; again. Yet another hilariously idiotic statement was made by the Prime Minister recently when he compared the advent of Buddhism to signing ETCA agreement. He argued that both are from India and we should not favour one and oppose the other. Obviously, his understanding of history and economics is […]

Dilrook Kannangara අද ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය දෙලොවක් අතරය. ජනතාව සමග එක්වී VAT මගඩිය පරාජය කරනවාද, UNP හැතිකරය සමග එක්වී මළගම් යනවාද? ජනාධිපති සිරිසේනට ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය වැඩක් නැත. සිරිසේනට හංසයා ඇත. ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය නොදෙන දේ රවී කරුණානායක ලියාපදිංචි කල හංසයා පක්ෂයෙන් ගත හැක. මොන පක්ෂයෙන් ආවත් සිරිසේනට 2020 දී යන එන […]

Dilrook Kannangara It has been rightly pointed out that police sniffer dogs must be sent to a Cabinet meeting, not to the Millennium City or military intelligence unit, to sniff out the killers of Lasantha and Prageeth. Ironically the sham ‘Good Governance’ regime harbours mass murderers like no other previous government did except perhaps the […]

Dilrook Kannangara Already the nation is in financial, balance of payment and debt crisis. There is not enough foreign currency to pay for imports and repay loans and interest. It is unwise to enter into a trade agreement with India under these conditions as it will worsen these crises. Since signing the FTA with India […]

Dilrook Kannangara The UNP government is on the verge of yet another economically disastrous decision. Obviously, UNP leadership feels the shame of defeat in the Brexit vote as it worked hard to convince as many people to vote remain”. However, its kneejerk reaction is stupidity. Now it wants to speed up signing ETCA to overcome […]

Dilrook Kannangara Depopulation and genocide of people in Diego Garcia islands is one of the most foul acts of war crimes in modern world. It is a continuing shame on humanity. In 1966 the British government depopulated the islands to lease out the island to the US government for a military base. A diplomatic Cable […]

Dilrook Kannangara Sri Lanka follows Britain in democracy, most laws, economic policy, governance and military tradition. Doing the right thing, Britain consulted its people whether to leave the EU or remain. Rulers didn’t force their own thinking down the throat of countrymen. In a decisive vote most voted to leave. Sri Lanka must take a […]

Dilrook Kannangara After proof of athletes taking banned performance enhancing substances and allegations of state support for it, Russia has been banned from contesting in the Olympics. This is an absurd decision. Just because a few athletes used banned performance enhancing substances with possible state support, it shouldn’t result in disqualification of the entire team. […]

Dilrook Kannangara Current regime has turned Sri Lanka into a complete dictatorship. Only those who agree with it can survive doing politics. All others are hunted down, imprisoned, harassed and even threatened. Even the formal Opposition is handpicked by it. TNA and JVP that make up the formal opposition supported Sirisena at the presidential election. […]

Dilrook Kannangara The security debacle and a resultant explosion in Kosgama is the worst Sri Lanka has seen. It may have costed over $10 million (1.5 billion rupees) in destroyed stock. Damage to houses and complex also runs to a few hundred million rupees. Heads must roll over this debacle. The Defence Secretary and the […]

Dilrook Kannangara Japan and USA used the G7 summit to bash China and rope in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Vietnam by the lure of funds (loans) to disrupt China. If Sri Lanka changes its stand on South China Sea as a result, there will be dire consequences. Not even powerful nations mess with China. It […]

Dilrook Kannangara In a disgusting display of disrespect, Eastern Province Chief Minister shouted at a navy officer on stage demanding him to get out. He must be remembered that he is standing there without getting blown to pieces thanks to the navy officer and his military colleagues. There was a time when Tamil terrorists attacked […]

Dilrook Kannangara What happens in Sri Lankan political circles today resemble a South Indian low grade film. It was reported in 2015 how a former lady president barged into a hotel room of a politician while he was in bed with his paramour. Subsequently she was made the Managing Director of a state entity by […]

Dilrook Kannangara Tamils are certainly recent arrivals from the area that is part of today’s Kerala and Tamil Nadu. According to the regulation No. 18 of 1806, the law applicable to The Malabar inhabitants of the Province of Jaffna” is the law of Thesawalamai. This very clearly proves Jaffna Tamils are people that came to […]

Dilrook Kannangara Rob Peter to pay Paul with a snowballing debt burden seems to be the UNP regime’s way of managing the debt crisis. In his reply, Harsha de Silva, MP, confirmed that the present government has taken USD 6,361 million in foreign loans in its fifteen-month lifespan thus far but hadn’t even built a […]

Dilrook Kannangara This was a hot topic from 1995 to 1999 discussed mainly in pro-UNP media. UNP coined ‘always breakdown’ to refer to the unfortunate calamities during that time. However, since 2010 the UNP has come to venerate her for political gain. As the nation is once again going through bad luck, calamities and misfortune, […]