Sri Lanka occupied little thought throughout the West for much of the period since independence in 1948. In the last few years, however, Sri Lanka began to feature as a country of strategic relevance to great powers, particularly China and …

Silencing Nationalistic Voice in Parliament

The leaders of main parties lead by TNA, JVP, SLMC, and UNP had decided to silent the nationalistic voice in the parliament. Those anti-Sinhala elements lead by Ranil had decided that Wimal Weerawansa, …

Former UPFA Southern Provincial Council member and convenor of an organisation representing the interests of the armed forces, Maj. Ajith Prasanna yesterday said that the UNP-SLFP coalition was meant to achieve a two-thirds majority in parliament.

Maj. Prasanna described accommodating …

The SLFP leadership had conveniently forgotten that over 4.7 mn people who voted for the SLFP-led coalition never expected a section of the main constituent of the grouping to accept portfolios in the UNP led government, Dr Wasantha Bandara …

Courtesy of The Island

It is reported that the US Assistant Secretary of State, Nisha Biswal, is so ‘upbeat’ about the mechanism adopted by the Government for a Domestic Inquiry Mechanism into accountability and reconciliation issues relating to the final …

The President of Sinhala Association in the UK, Douglas Wickramaratne has urged President Maithripala Sirisena to appoint a competent career diplomat to London.

As the Sri Lankan mission in London has remained headless since the resignation of Dr. Chris Nonis …

By Surya Valliappan Krishna

“How can they have the arrogance to dictate to us where we should go or which countries should be our friends. Gaddafi is my friend. He supported us when we were alone and when those who tried to prevent my …

The Mahinda Movement hoped for, believed in and fought determinedly for a victory at the August 17th election, but beneath the rousing nationalist romanticism there was always a tougher-minded realization that what was being waged was a resistance struggle; a …

(Courtesy oif Daily Mirror)

On February 16 this year, at the request of the top United Nations rights official, the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council agreed to temporarily hold off its consideration of a long-awaited report into alleged rights violations …