Nigerian military leaders have been meeting with their counterparts from Sri Lanka (an island nation off the southern coast of India) to discuss how the Sri Lankan security forces defeated the LTTE Tamil terrorists there. The destruction of the LTTE …
In the fifties the UNP was called Unge Nedeyange Pakshaya (The party of their relatives). J R Jayewardene in the seventies did not change it but replaced the Senanayake – Kotelawala family with Jayewardene – Wickremesinghe – Wijewardhane family. However, …
(Courtesy of The Island)
Recent incidents in Alutgama and Beruwala have highlighted once again the need to address issues relating to Law and Order in Sri Lanka. The strongly held belief is that the Law and Order situation could be …
Australia based Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights for Sri Lanka Inc, SPUR had written an opened letter to the UNHCR with regards to its unfair dealing with Sri Lanka. The full text of the letter is as follows;…
Shocking Norwegian link with Dalit Panthers
by Shamindra Ferdinando
(With Courtesy of The Island)
Two pairs of Inshore Patrol Craft (IPCs) intercepted two LTTE craft north of Talaimannar on the evening of July 28, 2007. The confrontation took place well …
The UN was having irrefutable evidence that would contradict the much touted allegation that indiscriminate military action had caused the deaths of 40,000 civilians during the last phase of the war on the Vanni east front, Chief of Defence Staff …
A mural, depicting five Cuban agents held in prison in the U.S. for over ten years, in Havana (Reuters / Enrique de la Osa)
The five officers were monitoring Cuban exile groups based in Miami with an established track record …
By Rahul Singh
(by Courtesy of Khaleej Times)
INDIA’S PRIME Minister, Narendra Modi, is clearly a man in a hurry. In no time at all he has made his priorities evident. At the swearing-in ceremony of himself and his ministers, …
Evo Morales. Archive
Bolivian President Evo Morales has urged the world community to bring an end to the UN Security Council as it is not meeting its goal of securing peace between states, the Bolivian ABI agency reports.
Saturday evening, …
by Upul Joseph Fernando
(Courtesy of Sri Lanka Guardian)
President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited Jordan on a special official tour early this year. He was not seeking the support of Jordan to vote in favour of Sri Lanka at the UN …