( The Daily News )
The US embassy in Colombo has been uncharacteristically quiet the last week, especially for a foreign mission preoccupied with issuing media statements, press releases and tweets on intensely domestic Sri Lankan issues – who can
…War crimes: The relevance of a secret US missive from Geneva
(Courtesy of The island)
Maj Gen. Shavendra Silva, commanded the much celebrated 58 Division on the Vanni front. Currently functions as Sri Lanka’s No 02 in New York.
Pawns …
By Malinda Senewirathne
I am a noun. Check your online dictionary and you’ll find that I am a useful noun. Indeed, I am a necessary noun in these times of arrogance and aggression and not just originating from verbal (meaning …
The Hindu BJP leader Subramaniam Swamy with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo
India will be far more supportive of Sri Lanka’s position at the United Nations Human
By S Akurugoda
It is learnt from media reports that the Deputy President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, arrived in Sri Lanka with a delegation of officials. According to the reports, Ramaphosa has been appointed South African President Jacob Zuma’s …
By Daya Gamage –
Sri Lanka parliamentarian and President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s coordinating Secretary Sajin de Vass Gunawardena, in a Washington interview with Bloomberg Media Network, conveyed Sri Lanka’s current sentiments very clearly to Washington policymakers and lawmakers: The United States …
History is written by the winners, this is well known. In other words, chronicling is an exercise that is framed by power realities. Those who win and those who wield power frequently bend the story in ways that glorify them. …
Foreign government and INGO funded anti-Sri Lankan activists in Colombo protest a government order limiting their activities which is threatening to security and defence of the Inland and morale value of the society. So called civil society groups and activists …
(Courtesy of Asian Tribune)
Sri Lanka has taken numerous measures in the interest of its national security as much as the United States has taken or intend to take in the form of scrutinizing and vetting non-governmental organizations operating within
Over 200 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces over the past ten days. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue ‘Operation Protective Edge’. The UN’s top human rights official, Navi Pillay says that the Israeli action ‘may …