Two Australian companies are embroiled in bribery scandals that reach into the offices of the presidents of Sri Lanka and the Republic of Congo, as the firms sought to secure multi-million dollar contracts.

Coming in the wake of foreign bribery …

The Global Sri Lankan Forum, GSLF has  expressed their displeasure on the controversial Bill of Office of Missing Persons passed by Ranil and Sirisena lead government. The Expatriates Sri Lankans strongly believe that the Bill would not serve any benefit …

There are 193 member nations in the United Nations. African members account for 54 while Asia-Pacific Members account for 53 making 107 out of 193 members belonging to Africa-Asia-Pacific nations. The Latin American & Caribbean Nations too make up 33. …

In the backdrop of American military doctors giving medical care in the North, the National University Teachers’ Association (NUTA) queried today whether these foreign medical practitioners obtained ‘ethical clearance permission’ from the authorised bodies in Sri Lanka to collect blood …

(Curtesy of The island)

Wijeya Siriwardene -Kandy

Mr. Godwin Witane, (letter of 7th October) says that “Puran Appu (Franciscu Fernando) died a courageous death and that “he was the only leader of the Peoples’ Revolution in our history….’’ That he …

By Dr. T. Somasekaram

(Source: Sooriyan – March 21, 2004)
I was shocked, saddened and angered when I read the news item on 17 March 2004 in Sri Lanka Media, that a memorial is to be erected in Colombo for …

(Courtesy of The Island)

By Kanthar Balanathan from Australia

The Northern Province population of 993,741, is 31.92% of the total population of 3,113,247 Tamils in the island. The remaining 68.08% of Tamils live outside the Northern Province.

The population composition …

(Courtesy of The Sunday Times)

For the past few days I have been musing about the great Anagarika Dharmapala, whose 152nd birth anniversary falls on the 17th of next month.  Quite apart from the invaluable service Anagarika did with regard …

Score of internationally wanted Sri Lankan Tamil terrorists are living in Canada as Canadian citizen.

The CTV Toronto reported that the case raises questions about the weight of Interpol notices as well as how the Canadian government deals with people …

(Courtesy of The Island)

By Shamindra Ferdinando

The US has refrained from making its position clear on Northern Province Chief Minister C. V. Wignewaran’s request that the visiting American medical personnel examine the rehabilitated LTTE cadres to find out whether …