1989: The Eclipse of the JVP and the Perplexity of the Left – Part 3

Is Mangala the separatist doormat alluding to Ranil instigating a replay of what his uncle did? Whom does the UNP plan to catch this time?
Ranil and the UNP strategy is to market “Mahinda” to try and sieze power. Ranil …

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By Milinda Senawiratna
So finally the President has spoken.  That’s good.  He was correct when he said that he had been vilified no end during the past few weeks.  He added for good measure ‘as no other president before me …

The death of Hugo Chavez, and the trend of hi-tech assassinations in global politics

11.03.2013

by Peter Baofu

Hugo Chavez, the Socialist president of Venezuela for 14 years, died on March 05, 2013, after having courageously fought against cancer in …

Recently, continuous agitation prevailed in Kollavilankulam-Thunukkai in Mullaitivu following the rape of 56 Tamil women in rural areas allegedly by a pro-LTTE Tamil terrorist political party Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Thunukkai  Pradeshiya Sabha member.
Pornographic videos of those rape incidents …

Former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa says that India’s National Security Advisor had requested the former Sri Lankan government to stop the Chinese-funded Colombo Port City project as it would pose a threat to that country’s security.

  Gotabaya addressing the forum…

If the sovereignty of Sri Lanka is inalienable and lies in the People that a set of people are brought into Parliament given strategic portfolios is a violation of that franchise. This is one argument to do away with the …

Some new Indian imperialists, dreaming of India as a Super Power, and in the mould of Pannikar (who suggested the Lanka and Burma be a part of greater India; and had India seize Sikkim and transform Bhutan into a vassal …

By Ranjith Soysa
It was very clear from the time of the dissolution of the Parliament and end of the Government run by a minority party leader Ranil Wickramsinghe, the President Sirisena was compelled by the masses to taken various …