Global Sri Lankan Forum, GSLF has commenced an “On-line Petition” requesting Sri Lankan Government not to re-appoint the current Central Bank Governor, Mr. Arjun Mahendran due to his various malpractices and his alleged links with the LTTE Tamil …
Shenali D Waduge
First they came for Our Soldiers, and I did not speak out
Because I was not a Soldier
Then they came for the Buddhist priests, and I did not speak out
Because I was not a Buddhist
…“I stopped learning Sinhala as I disliked the implementation of the Sinhala Only Act. Hence, …
Whither Sri Lanka: Calculated witch-hunt against Sri Lanka’s Armed Forces
By Shenali Waduge
Some events cannot be taken as coincidental especially when it comes from party’s and individuals that previously sneered at the military. Coming into power are people who …
By Neville Ladduwahetty
The fact that the Government did not exploit these internationally accepted provisions to restrict the impact of the OHCHR report, but instead, co-sponsored the resolution on Sri Lanka is to be deeply regretted. Since the findings in …
Thamilini’s revelations reverberates
By Shamindra Ferdinando
Subramanium Sivagami, alias ‘Colonel’ Thamilini’s book Oru Koorvaalin Nizhalil translated into Sinhala as Thiyunu Asipathaka Sevana Yata (In the Shadow of a Sharp Sword), discussed an issue hitherto conveniently ignored by those who had …
by Shamindra Ferdinando
Former External Affairs Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris on Monday (June 6) alleged that the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe government’s policies were meant to appease western powers, the LTTE rump as well as Diaspora groups still promoting separatist sentiments.
Prof. …
Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Yi Xianliang is of the opinion that it would be ill advised for Sri Lanka to give priority to reconciliation before development because only the all-round equitable development will prevent social, political and economic conflicts.…
(By Courtesy of Asian Tribune)
The U.S. Department of State’s – highly impartial and non-partisan watchdog – Office of Inspector General found fault on May 25 with Hillary Clinton for the use of a private e-mail server which contained sensitive …
Jeyakumar Mahadevan, the husband of the former Head of the Women’s Political Wing of the LTTE Subramaniam Sivakami alias Thamilini, whose book gives a strong insight into the final war between the Government forces and the LTTE in 2009, said …