National University Teachers Association of Sri Lanka, NUTA has issued a strongly worded press release on the behavior of the India High Commissioner Y K Sinha about his remarks on Sri Lanka. It seems that Mr. Sinha is acting as …

Carlo’s cockeyed logic

By Gunadasa Amarasekera

My friend Carlo either lacks the common sense to understand simple statements or distorts them to his advantage, resorting to cunning, obfuscating it with illogical quibbling in the name of logic. His reply is …

By Rajeewa Jayaweera

According to recent news reports, the Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka addressing the workshop on ‘non-tariff measures increasing awareness on Indian standards and regulations under Indo – Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement ISFTA’, has criticized the …

(Courtesy of The Island)

By Shamindra Ferdinando

Skills Development and Vocational Training Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe yesterday stressed that foreign participation in a judicial inquiry into alleged accountability issues during eelam war IV would be contrary to the Constitution.

Therefore, there …

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Spokesperson of Hindu Federation Mr. Arunkāntan N said that separatism designed and feed to the innocent Tamil people by the Christian Catholics. Therefore,  Christians are directly involve to divide the country today. The Catholic fundamentalist organization such as Christian …

By Senaka Weeraratna 

As the symbolic head of the UN, the Secretary-General serves as both its top diplomat and its chief administrative officer. The UN Charter postulates, that he / she is responsible for performing various functions entrusted to him/her …

Prior to January 2015 the propaganda was directed at ‘white van kidnappings’ but names of the kidnapped kept conveniently omitted. Fear psychosis propaganda sufficed. Lack of a police commission became the reason for all ills. Now even after the establishment …

(Courtesy of The Island) 

One must understand what is meant by nationalism before one could understand the association between nationalism, the National Anthem and the Constitution. Nationalism is not racist; it is neither aggressive nor oppressive, on the contrary it …

Kanthar Balanathan, Australia

For readers to understand the line of action by the Tamils, it would be appropriate to identify certain actions by the Tamil politicians since independence in 1948.

SJV Chelvanayagam (SJVC) started his blindfold demand of federalism with …