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The US embassy Colombo is repeatedly saying $480m is a gift & not a loan from the US to the People of Sri Lanka but then insists on signing an agreement & having it passed in Parliament, affording US troops,..

(Courtesy of Daily Mirror) According to Mr. Premadasa, the blame for resolution 30/1 ultimately lies with the people who were in power in 2009 and now that they are back in power they cannot arbitrarily withdraw from the resolution On..

The former Colombo Chief Magistrate Thilina Gamage has made 3 startling allegations at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on political victimization as per 6 March 2020 Island newspaper article by Shamindra Ferdinando. Mr. Gamage is alleging that UK intervened in..

When the European powers invaded Africa they brought with them their systems of private property. Laws were established based on these systems, in order to justify, entrench and facilitate the takeover of lands from local communities. But such laws were hardly ever applied..

(Courtesy of FT) Aeshea Jayasinghe (right) and Naseema Qureshi at the Sri Lanka Independence Day celebration in Los Angeles: Church of Scientology International  By Hassina Leelarathna In a message published in the Sri Lanka America Association of Southern California’s (SLAASC)..

(Courtesy of The Island) Having received the appointment as Foreign Relations Minister last November, Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (MEP) leader Dinesh Gunawardena, MP, experienced a torrid time, with his ministry under siege, following the Swiss bombshell accusations that government agents, on..

By Rajan Philips (Courtesy of The Island) Last Monday, Modi’s India ‘bowed to the divine in’ (Namaste) Trump. The namaste turned nasty even before President Trump left India after his whirlwind trip. Deadly serious Hindu-Muslim clashes broke out in New Delhi…

By Jamila Husain (Courtesy of Daily Mirror) The military carried out the world’s most intense and best humanitarian operation Atrocities committed by LTTE ‘barbaric’ We have to put our house in order Yahapalanaya has done a lot of damage I have faith..

(Courtesy of The Island) During Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa’s recent visit to India the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi standing by his side is reported to have stated: “I am confident that the Sri Lankan government will..

By Dr. Palitha Kohona First and foremost, the co-sponsorship of HRC Resolution 30/1 in 2015 was ill-considered, divisive domestically and was inimical to the national interest. Sri Lanka voluntarily slung a millstone around its own neck and has been engaged..