Global Sri Lankan Forum, GSLF raised their concerns on the recent repeated verbal threaten made by Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe in and outside the parliament.   The third grade language used by Ranil which is now being the usual practiced by …

Hundreds of supporters of the Sri Lankan opposition political parties and patriots protest outside the UN office in Colombo. They criticised a report by United Nations human rights chief Zeid Raad al-Hussein as he began discussions with the Sri Lankan …

By Neville Ladduhetti

(Courtesy of The Island)

A Cabinet appointed sub-committee is reported to have recommended that the National Anthem be sung in both Sinhala and Tamil. Apparently, a final decision is to be made jointly by the President and …

(Courtesy of The Island)

by Rear Admiral (Dr.) Sarath Weerasekera, VSV RWP USP

Independence Day is the day a country gained freedom from a foreign rule. In any country, the citizens, irrespective of their religion and race, recites the …

By Sugath Samarasinghe

(Courtesy of The Island)

This refers to the letter of Neville Ladduwahetti (NL) in the Opinion Page on the subject National Anthem in your issue of 2nd February.

NL has pointed out here that “Article 7 …

To gain cheap political advantages; to gain minorities votes and to comply with the pre-presidential pact with Pro-LTTE Tamil terrorists political party TNA, today 4th of April 2016, on the 68th Independent day, Ranil and Sirisena raped National Anthem of …

 Dr.  Daya Hewapathirane

It was in the last quarter of the 20^th century that the name Sri Lanka was inappropriately imposed upon our motherland, known historically for centuries as ‘Sinhale’, ‘Sihala-deepa’,   or ‘Heladiva’, all of which mean the land …

By Shenali D Waduge

There is no better time than now to look back and recall the traitors of Lanka. Just as a terrorist is a freedom fighter to some, even traitors are somebody’s hero. It was always a …

By Missaka Attanayake

The question always asked is ‘what have the Sinhalese given the minorities’ and what more can they give? Why is there no question asked about what have the minorities given the Sinhalese and what else are they …

By Dharshan Weerasekera

 According to the newspapers, UN Human Rights High Commissioner Rights Zeid Al Hussain is scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka on the 5^th of February.  The purported purpose of the visit is to urge the Government …