A presidential swearing in ceremony, in a polity with an executive presidency, is a moment of tremendous solemn national pride. In the case of a presidential inauguration (investiture) in France, for example, a common pattern is followed, with limited scope …

The pro-LTTE Tamil terrorist political party Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has assured Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that it is for a “United Sri Lanka” than a Unitary Sri Lanka. This statement had been given to Ranil Wickramasinghe who is a …

(Courtesy of  The Island)

by Gomin Dayasri

 Initials S.L surpassed surname Gunasekera. Branded to blend with the land of his birth – his name attracted shades of love and despair. Reciprocally, he loved those who made the country proud and …

By   Dayan Jayatilleka

(Courtesy of The Hindu)

Sri Lanka elected a new President yesterday. Having argued for years that (a) Sri Lanka under Mahinda Rajapaksa was no dictatorship but a unipolar democracy because of the meltdown of the centre-right …

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The Sri Lanka President-Elect Maithireepala Sirisena
who won in a thin margin was sworn in as the 6th Executive President of Sri
Lanka on Friday at the Independence Square in Colombo on Friday evening around
6.20 p.m.  Later, Ranil Wickremesinghe, …

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Leading attorney-at-law, patriot who fought for the country and former parliamentarian S. L. Gunasekera passed away yesterday. He was 71. An old boy of S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia, he completed his tertiary education at the Sri Lanka Law College. …

Ananthi Sasitharan has become a enemy of her own clan of TNA now  because of the call for Election boycott which is widely considered as right move by over 60 Tamil Pro-LTTE diaspora organizations and Tamil people.

Now other Tamil …

The Bishop of Mannar pro-LTTE Tamil terrorist Rev. Rayappu Joseph expressed confidence that the Tamil community would be able to win their rights from the common Opposition Candidate Maithripala Sirisena. After a discussion with Maithripala Sirisena, Rayappu said he was …