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The comments presented below are in response to an edited and abbreviated version of a legal opinion by Sir Desmond de Silva on “Permissible parameters of collateral damage” carried by The Island of April 10, 2015. …

When a Chinese submarine docked in Colombo for supplies, India was needlessly worried. In retaliation India regime changed the Rajapaksa administration installing a puppet regime. This follows India applying the Monroe Doctrine to dominate the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). To …

British opposition leader, Pro-LTTE Tamil sympathizer  Ed Miliband singling out only Tamils to extend his good wishes for Sinhala and Tamil New Year has run into criticism from Sinhalese domiciled in the UK.

“Miliband showed political immaturity by wishing one …

The World Bank Group’s Worldwide Governance Indicators are: voice and accountability, political stability and absence of violence, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, rule of law and control of corruption. The defeat of Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Sri Lankan Presidential elections on …

The Consortium of Patriotic Organizations, is appealing to His Excellency President Maithreepala Sirisena, to call immediate explanation from the US Ambassador and take necessary action on the matter that US unwarranted interference in Internal affairs of Sri Lanka.

The full …

Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka

“In the face of such blatant external tilting by the US-UK and our gargantuan neighbor, to one community on this island, who is there to speak for the majority community? Certainly not our new government which …

Unconfirmed reports state that president  Sirisena has told the party leaders of the Peoples’ Alliance at the very high level meeting that he has no choice but to appoint Ranil Wickramasinghe, who is widely considered as anti-Sinhala and Pro LTTE …

Senaka Weeraratna, Attorney – at – Law

Sri Lanka’s Constitution must be connected to its heritage and history.   It is a national shame for a country that proudly boasts of a 2, 500 year old history and had won the …

It was none other—and no less—than Prime Minister Wickremesinghe, who in an interesting article in the world press, provides us with the key phrase in understanding what’s going on in this country, how we came to be at this point, …