Articles
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What makes Ekneligoda’s ‘disappearance’ more important than the murder of Richard de Soysa?
Richard de Soysa was a well-known journalist, actor and activist. Yet, we are still to establish if Ekneligoda is even a journalist. Daily Mirror’s News Editor Sandun Jayasekera says “I have been serving as a journalist for 30 years now. As..
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Time for Pan Asianism: Rise of Asians for Asia & Asia for Asians
We need to come to terms with reality that the Western model of world governance has failed, the West has messed up its own countries and the world. The Western adventure is coming to a close. The curtain is coming..
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Tamil Academics White Washing of University of Jaffna Attack to Sinhalese
Sinhalanet Note; The writers of the below article; Academics from University of Jaffna are trying to paint a picture that the reason for the recent racially motivated attack on Sinhala students by the extremist Tamil students seems initiated by the..
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UNHRC proceedings are a sham
By Senaka Weeraratna The inquisitorial type proceedings we are witnessing today at the UNHRC in Geneva in the name of Human Rights are nothing but a sham. In a nutshell the UNHRC sessions are full of hypocrisy and humbug. An..
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Canada: Stop vote catching hypocrisy
By Ira de Silva (Courtesy of The Island) I refer to the statement by the Canadian Prime Minister on July 25, 2016, titled “Canada Renews calls for Sri Lanka’s Reconciliation”. It states that the war and the devastation it wrought..
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Mortgaging the country’s soul
Roman Catholic Headed Tourism Ministry to Change the History of Nagadeeepa (Courtesy of The Island) By Bandu de Silva Mortgaging the country’s soul (cultural identity) is a thought that arose in my mind after reading the letter of Dr…
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Foreign Judges: A bogey?
by Gunadasa Amarasekera It is becoming apparent by the day that the Foreign Judges Issue is a bogey planted to threaten us into submission to achieve a different purpose – namely to foist a Constitution on us which will allow..
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Sri Lanka: Do we need racist Tamils like Wigneswaran and Sambanthan when Tamils don’t vote TNA?
Anyone promoting reconciliation needs to understand that it is not a one-way street solution. You cannot have any peace when there are Tamil representatives who are racists and proud about it too. Moreover it is time that the world..
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The Foreign Minister Samaraweera Must Go
(By Courtesy of Asian Tribune) By Dr Mathias Keitel, Tubingen, Germany. My recent visit to Sri Lanka, the country that I love most, fills me with dark foreboding as its vital interests are being systematically compromised by its buccaneering Foreign..
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Is this a process for reconciliation or a process for betraying our armed forces?
Courtesy of Asian Tribune By S. Akurugoda As per a Information Note Circulated by Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, Prime Minister has appointed a Secretariat to seek the views of the public on so-called process and mechanisms for reconciliation in Sri Lanka and..





