By Dayan Jayatilleka –

“They lifted a rock against us which they will drop on their own feet”– Zhou Enlai

“There is great disorder under heavens! The situation is excellent!” – Mao Zedong

Look, there must be a reason …

Pro-elamists and federalist present Sri Lankan government indicating that it may lift a ban on several front organizations of LTTE Tamil terrorists groups and individuals/sympathizers operating in the US, UK, EU and Canada  imposed by the previous government lead by …

The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) organisation  emphasised that issuing a circular to let the National Anthem be sung in the Tamil language violates the constitution by the President Maithreepala and Prime Minister Ranil both of them are widely consiodered as …

Colombo University History Lecturer takes up JHU challenge
(Published on Thursday, 26 July 2007)Ruwanthi Kariyawasam

COLOMBO: Colombo University History Lecturer Dr. Nirmal Ranjith Devasiri has taken up the JHU challenge to prove the Tamil homeland theory and a Tamils` right …

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To comply with the post presidential election pact with pro-LTTE Tamil terrorist political party TNA, President Maithreepala Sirisena has agreed to Tamil militant political parties to send a circular to all government institutions saying that singing the Lankan national anthem …

1. The purpose of this memorandum is to provide my expert assessment regarding the widespread use of civilian human shields by LTTE forces in the final stages of the Sri Lanka civil war, which ended in May 2009. In particular, …

Constitutions are our creations; we select architects as well as contractors

“The Constitution in the making (2015), desires to perpetrate feeble  governments in perpetuity. Somebody,  somewhere, does not want Ranil or Maithripala or Mahinda to give a strong  leadership with …

H. L. D. Mahindapala

Practically every visiting Sri Lankan dignitary to UK – from the head of state downward – is honored  with an official reception accorded at the London High Commission. Following this time-tested tradition the reception for the …

The ISLAND  Editorial

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has returned home after a successful overseas tour, of which the Sri Lanka leg had been very well planned. It was a diplomatic masterstroke. He paid a floral tribute to the statue …