Pivithuru Hela Urumaya Leader and Opposition MP Udaya Gammanpila claimed that four “dangerous” proposals, namely, the sharing of intelligence information with the United States (US), setting up US’s biometric immigration control systems at Sri Lankan airports, granting access to the …
Arun Siddharth has an opinion & he has a right to his opinion. How many have listened to him or believe him? Why is his narrative different from the rest? What makes his narrative different from the rest? The UN/UNHRC/Western …
US military doctrine was such that American soldiers have been sent to war & to invade nations even for bananas! This was called America’s Banana Wars that involved US troops sent to invade Central America, Mexico & the Caribbean from …
The Maha Sangha have launched a protest march against the decision to fully implement the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.
The protest march is organized by the Bhikku Collective representing the three main Buddhist Sects.
Before the protest march, a …
Situated in Nattaramapotha (traditional craft village in Kandy) in Kundasale approximately 14 kilometers from Kandy City, Galmaduwa Viharaya is an extraordinary building of unique architecture. The Temple is an incomplete structure traditionally ascribed to King Keerthi Sri Rajasinghe’s era (1747- …
The Executive Committee of the Global Sri Lankan Forum has issued a strongly worded press release against the President’s Wickramasinghe’s attempts to fully implementation of the federal state oriented 13th Amendment of the Sri Lankan constitution.
The full text of …
The General Secretary of the Federation of National Organizarion, Dr Gunadasa Amarasekara has addressed a letter to Ven. Mahanayaka Theros stating that the President Ranil Wickramasighe stating that the President has no powers to implement the 13th Amendment which leads …
The General Secretary of the Patriotic National Front has issued an open letter against the President Ranil Wickramasighe stating that the President has no powers to implement the 13th Amendment which leads the country to Federalism.
The full text of …
In 2005, the Sri Lankan Supreme Court ruled in the seminal case Singarasa v. Attorney General (SC/SPLA/182/99) that the U.N. Human Rights Commission (the predecessor of today’s U.N. Human Rights Council) did not have jurisdiction, within Sri Lanka, to make …
When Sri Lanka’s top corporates have stashed away some $53billion in overseas accounts, it is because they are cheating the country, they don’t want to invest in Sri Lanka or they are as corrupt as the politicians. Whatever, the reason, …
It is advised that people should not be too mesmerized by the word “independent”. Who can be independent in this interlinked world. Even decisions in the halls of the UN end up determined by a simple threatening phone call. The …
A letter written by Thangathurai Thayani, wife of Arun Siddharth on her mother’s 60th birthday that fell on 4thAugust 2022 should make the human rights organizations feel ashamed and should make the international human rights & terrorism …
Ever since a regime change was choreographed in 2015 January, the US has been using its lackeys in government to exert tremendous influence in 3 areas – Sri Lanka‘s economy, Sri Lanka‘s Parliament and Sri Lanka‘s armed forces. Based on …
We explored the heritage sites and monuments in the Northern and Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka for six months. We understood that the thousands of ancient sites and monuments in these two provinces are highly vulnerable to destruction. For various …
“Some people’s terrorist is another’s freedom fighter”. What good is a justice system when the law & lawyers also twist the facts & try to manipulate clauses to the advantage of agendas. Fiorito has mixed heritage. His father is …
Historically since 1965, Sri Lanka has received IMF assistance on 16 occasions, which has been a necessity. However, the next question should be, when is Sri Lanka going to be self-sufficient?
First and foremost the primary objectives; should include effective …