By Shamindra Ferdinando 

(Courtesy The Island)

Had the UN acted swiftly, and decisively, Sri Lanka wouldn’t have had to experience terrorism for nearly three decades. In actual fact, the UN, and its agencies, deprived successive Sri Lankan governments of much …

The Sri Lanka Economic Forum is to be held under auspices of the Sri Lankan Prime Minister on 7 January 2015. Chief Guests at this event are George Soros and Prof. Joseph Stiglitz. The theme of the event is “steering …

One-time Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa yesterday alleged that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair had talked about accountability issues in Sri Lanka, whereas the UK was yet to release its own war crimes investigation report that dealt with alleged atrocities …

The current Parliament lead by pro-minority Ranil and Sirisena has no right to form a ‘Constitutional Council’ to formulate a new Constitution, President of the National Movement to Protect Soldiers Ven. Bengamuwe Nalaka Thero says.

The observation was made at …

OPEN LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER OF SRILANKA

6^th January 2016
Hon Mr. Ranil Wickremasinghe
Prime Minister of SriLankaNo.30,
Sir Marcus Fernando Mawatha
Colombo 7
SRILANKA

Dear Prime Minister,

As a patriotic SriLankan (SL) Australian I am compelled to …

MEN & EVENTS BY Sugeeswara Senadhira

The United Kingdom, the mother of the Westminster model of democracy functions without a written Constitution. It has successfully carried on a democratic Constitution based on traditions and conventions very smoothly without running into …

Sri Lanka United National Association of Canada better known as SLUNA was a tower of strength to me during my assignment in Toronto. There isn’t any other organisation like SLUNA in Canada which has supported Sri Lanka throughout. The organization …

DHARSHAN WEERASEKERA

A proposed Amendment to the Buddhist Temporalities Act was published in the Government Gazette on 4 December 2015.  On 21^st December 2015, the Government submitted a motion to Parliament outlining its plan to convert Parliament to a …

Kalutara District UPFA MP Jayantha Samaraweera (NFF)  warned the government of dire consequences unless it immediately stopped persecuting military officers on trumped-up charges.

Samaraweera was addressing the media at the Kottawa junction in the wake of a group of monks …