RANJITH SOYSA With reference to the reports published in many news sources  and Sunday Island, The US ambassador had met a senior Army Officer and discussed “the need to build trust with the minorities to ensure lasting peace”. US ambassador’s blatant interference in domestic issues and her audacity to convey her proposal how to ensure lasting […]

RANJITH SOYSA The nation was deprived of its most versatile military leader with a gentle heart on 8th August 1992 at Araly Pont. Jaffna when Lt Gen Denzil Kobbekaduwa was killed by a remote-controlled bomb of the LTTE terrorists. If he survived, the threat paused by the separatists to the unitary Sri Lanka and her […]

MEDIA RELEASE GLOBAL SRI LANKAN FORUM – LONDON INITIATIVE. The Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights for Sri Lanka (SPUR), Victoria Australia, along with like-minded organizations in Australia, England and the Middle East, write to register our protest with regards to the decision of President Ranil Wickramasinghe of Sri Lanka, to offer pardon to the former LTTE cadres […]

RANJITH SOYSA Mr Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India says the dignity and respect for Tamils should be given priority and to achieve his objective  the 13 amendment of Sri Lanka’s constitution should be implemented as agreed under the infamous Indo-Sri Lankan agreement imposed on Sri Lanka by India. Mr Mody and others who share the views […]

RANJITH SOYSA Indian PM Narendra Mody has advised Sri Lankan PM following many other Prime Ministers of India such as Indira Gandhi and her son Raji Gandhi. He said that India expects Sri Lanka to implement the 13th to ensure a life of dignity and respect for Tamil population” It is frivolous to believe that […]

RANJITH SOYSA Bar association’ should be shamed for their one-sided stance with regard to the ongoing debate about the speech done by MP Sarath Weerasekara in the Parliament on 7th July 2023. It is very clear that BA stands for what and aligned with whom. Sure it is not the general opinion of all the […]

RANJITH SOYSA  The President Ranil Wickremasinghe, recently at an interview boldly made a statement which is of historical significance. He said that Thiriyaya, Muhudu Maha Vihraya and one Aloka Viharya in the south were light houses and the Ven monks who lived in these temples were the light house keepers. Many Sri Lankan Buddhists believe […]

RANJITH SOYSA  Recently , resettled Sinhala people in Navakkuliya, Jaffna held a procession to celebrate the opening of a pagoda constructed for them to attend to their religious activities which is a basic human right for any given community. We should not forget the fact that the people of Navakkuliya are not strangers to Jaffna, They were living in […]

RANJITH SOYSA  We have heard from reliable foreign sources and the Minister of Justice, Wijedasa Raajpakse that there is either a  sum of dollars 32 billion or 52 billion dollars which is legally due to Sri Lankaas export earnings held in overseas accounts of Sri Lankan exporters.While the country is heading from bad to worse and the people […]

RANJITH SOYSA Yesterday’s Island reported the Minister Bandula Gunawardana claiming that only way to stop the crippling shortages is by selling state assets. And, he was endorsing the remarks of Ranil Wickramasinghe who also was canvassing to sell Telcom, Insurance Corp etc to enable to build a reserve of $3 billion! But, according to a […]

RANJITH SOYSA We wish to refer to Sri Lanka government’s  decision to de-list some of the banned designated persons, groups and entities which were proscribed  under paragraph 4 (2) of the United Nations Regulations no 1 of 2012. The main reason for the proscription was their direct assistance and funding of  the Liberation Tamil Tiger […]

RANJITH SOYSA The president Gotabaya should pick up his phone and call President Putin and request urgently the long term assistance  from Russia to stabilize the fuel and gas supply. Sending of junior minister will not achieve the desired results as the  dealing with a super power should follow the accepted method of diplomacy  through […]

RANJITH SOYSA Fund collection and maintenance by the expatriate Tamil groups were essentially to promote Anti Sri Lanka propaganda to undermine the sovereign Sri Lankan state. Hardly any funds from this source were spent on developing or repairing the damages caused to the houses or the infra structure by the war initiated by the LTTE. […]

RANJITH SOYSA Yet again, after the comprehensive defeat of the armed struggle in Nandikadal, in 2009    to create a separate racist enclave, seven Tamil leaders and their political parties have written to the Prime Minister of India that the Tamils do not enjoy equal rights , they are discriminated and marginalized and therefore India should […]

RANJITH SOYSA In the month of December 2021. the President Biden invited 112 countries for the first summit on Democracy including the UK. The President in his welcome address said   Well, hello everyone, and welcome to the first Summit for Democracy. This gathering has been on my mind for a long time for a […]

RANJITH SOYSA We were  pleased to read the recent speech delivered at 72nd anniversary of Gajaba Regiment by the President Gotabaya Rajapakasa in which he admitted about the voter disillusionment of his government. We are aware of the fact that the government had to contend with the unprecedented issues on account of the covid epidemic […]

RANJITH SOYSA Indian Foreign Secretary who was visiting Sri Lanka played the role of Devil’s Advocate perfectly, when he told the delegation of Tamil political leaders that they must ALL demand from the Sri Lankan government to restore the Provincial councils. He knows that the PCs were forced on Sri Lanka under the infamous Indo […]

RANJITH SOYSA Dear Mr President I  have been prompted to write this letter to you subsequent to your recent reported statement that you look forward to meeting some members of the expatriate Sri Lankan Tamil groups ( you had mentioned the term ‘diaspora’ which refers to the Jewish ethnic group which was driven away by […]

RANJITH SOYSA Defence Secretary Gen (retd) Kamal Gunaratne recently made a very sensible statement urging the public not to be misled by false claims made on Easter carnage. Many fake information concerning the state of the investigations are published in some of the main media as well as the social media which are apparently attempting […]

RANJITH SOYSA It would be clear by now for the readers that a few countries including India and their agents are involved in a misinformation campaign to bring unwanted fear into the minds of the Sri Lankan public by spreading false news about food shortages. The agencies such as Gravitas, DW Germany and Al Jazeera, […]

RANJITH SOYSA  No sooner the US and Allied Forces left Afghanistan, the Taliban forces walked into the capital city and captured power. What was the mission of the US and allied forces in Afghanistan for 20 long years? The unfolding events paint a very bleak picture of the expectations of the war in Afghanistan, the […]

RANJITH SOYSA I write to thank thousands of Sri Lankan armed forces’ members for their exemplary and attentive services extended in handling efficiently the vaccination program of Sri Lankans who are waging an unenviable war against the covid epidemic and according to reports they vaccinated around 150,000-200,000 a day! The way they set off on […]

RANJITH SOYSA Of late, a few foreign diplomats have attempted to test the Sri Lanka’s response when they almost acted to interfere in purely Sri Lankan domestic issues. They should simply limit themselves to be guided by the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations, The article 41.1 of the Convention is very specific how the diplomats […]

RANJITH SOYSA On 31 ST May ,  SPUR -Vic Australia together with well wisheers in Australia   have jointly collected funds and handed over a Stella 100 CPAP machine with non-vent mask, with a leak Port to be able to deliver BiPap to the Hikkaduwa District Hospital.  Exco member Keerthi. at considerable risk to himself, drove […]

RANJITH SOYSA CHINA has released a white paper on poverty alleviation which outlines the success of policies implemented, the methods employed and her desire to share the unique social experiment with other developing countries. Sri Lanka being a friendly international partner of China should make use of this opportunity to study the program and plan […]

RANJITH SOYSA At the UNHRC meeting the true friends of Sri Lanka emerged to speak and defend the country battered mercilessly for defeating the world most brutal terrorist organization i.e., Tamil Tiger terrorists in 2009, who held 20 million Sri Lankans to ransom for well over 25 years.  The leading the Sri Lanka bashing were […]

RANJITH SOYSA Courtesy The Island I am addressing this note to you as I believe that you are man of the world with a road map for the Nation. I have listened to your pre-election speeches, delivered in Australia, and read your orations, in Sri Lanka, which outlined your vision for the country and the […]

RANJITH SOYSA. Dear Hon Ali Sabry, the Minister of Justice. I am addressing this note to you as I believe that you are man of the world with a road map for the Nation. I have listened to your pre-election speeches delivered in Australia and read your orations in Sri Lanka which outlined your vision […]

Ranjith Soysa The US Ambassador patronizingly speaks of 1955 UDHR and advise Sri Lanka to respect the dead. But, in USA the black living are subjected to ridicule and at times violence as screened to the world especially during the last 12 months Black Lives Matter demos. It was reported in December 2020 how a […]

RANJITH SOYSA The President and the government stood firm in protecting the national sovereignty and the rights of the people when dealing with the MCC issue. Despite the tempter in the form of $480 million involved in the deal the President and the government were able to compare the ultimate cost to the nation by […]