The manifesto of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has a section titled “OUR STAND ON A POLITICAL SOLUTION”.  Of the 7 claims addressed by the TNA in this section the focus of this article is on the first 4 claims.  …

August 17, 2015 will be a turning point in Lankan history. It will either make or break the nation and its economy. This time voters, not soldiers will have to do their work. Although much downplayed, the May 2009 war …

Time to re – write our history books

August 15 is the day Japan commemorates the war’s end. Soon it will be 70 years after that day in 1945 when two Atomic Bombs dropped from American planes on Hiroshima and …

Sunday Times 2

By Lt Col (Retd) Anil Amarasekera

The general elections on 17th of August will decide which political party will rule this country for the next five years. The two main contending political parties are the UPFA and …

It was on 8^th of August, 1992 – 22 years ago- the Lt Gen Denzil Kobbekaduwa;was lost to the Nation as result of a remote controlled land mine at Arali in Jaffna while planning for Operation Countdown to wrest …

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take steps to expedite decentralization of power in Sri Lanka — for the cause of Tamil Eelam.

Jayalalithaa presented a memorandum listing various demands to Modi …

It was the time when terror enveloped the whole of Sri Lanka. The JVP’s second insurgency was raging. Many were the sacrifices made to appease the demons in human form. They were celebrating and enjoying life while murder squads under …

Ira de Silva London

“It is imperative that the UNP, SLFP and all other parties clearly state their intentions and attitudes regarding the TNA manifesto without confusion, obfuscation and half truths and include them in their manifestos and  public speeches. …