The nation has now been purged of the terrorism which affected it for thirty years. The way is clear for resuming development, democracy and normalcy in civilian life. The present situation provides a rare opportunity for prosperity through correct planning and implementation of such plans. It is in this way that the freedom won by [...]
Modesty is apparently not a strong point for Namal Rajapaksa, the 23-year-old son of the Sri Lankan President – and scion of Asia’s newest political dynasty.
His web site says: “A future leader with a friendly spirit and possessing good values is what comes to mind when meeting the dashing and smashing, young Namal Rajapaksa.”
No matter [...]
With the dissolution of the Sri Lankan Parliament expected on Tuesday and the general election scheduled for the first half of April, the arrest of the former Army Chief and consensus Opposition presidential candidate, General Sarath Fonseka, could be one of the main poll issues.
Though nearly two weeks have passed since the January 26 presidential [...]
Here in the political platforms of Sri Lanka, General Fonseka is claiming that he is the man who wiped out LTTE and all its leaders. He is asking us to vote him on that account. Our people are not uninformed any more. Moreover, we have a literacy rate of 93% for entire country, and 97% [...]
Randomly placed landmines, contaminated wells and a lack of information are the main problems facing de-miners in Sri Lanka as they try to clear areas before thousands of civilians return home after a 25-year-old civil war, the country head of the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) said.
Towards the end of the war between the Sri Lankan [...]
After defeating the LTTE, we thought that Sri Lanka will be heading in the right direction. Unfortunately, it was only for 6 months. Last weeks incident, resignation of General Sarath Fonseka, no doubtly, shocked not only all Sri Lankan patriots, but also te whole world.
Undoubtely, Mahinda Adminitration is far better than the Ranil Adminidtration, [...]
Dear Chief of Staff,
I watched your yesterday’s (Thursday 15 October 2009) 6:30 pm News coverage of the Sri Lankan asylum seekers who are now detained in Indonesia. I urge you to take the following comments into consideration in any future coverage of similar issues:
1. You gave extensive coverage to what the asylum seekers wanted to [...]
A Lankan kitchen boss who claims he was fired from Boston Pizza in Richmond, Canadalast month for not speaking English well enough has filed a complaint with the BC Human Rights Tribunal.
Ramesh Thangarajah, a 35-year-old immigrant from Sri Lanka, has also hired a lawyer and plans to sue Boston Pizza for wrongful dismissal.
“My client is [...]
The Sri Lanka government deeply regrets the baseless comments and is perturbed by such statements being made by the Norwegian Minister against a friendly government, said a release by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs protesting against a statement by Eric Solheim published in the Norwegian language Aften Posten.
Eric Solheim had been commenting about the Channel [...]
The Criminal Investigations Department, the Terrorist Investigation Division and intelligence sleuths investigating suicide blasts by the LTTE targeting politicians and other VIPs, which remained a mystery for years, are in the process of completing the investigations with revelations by Tiger cadres arrested after the defeat of the LTTE three months back.
CID and TID sources [...]
