Courtesy of The Island

February 17, 2014, 8:08 pm

LLRC report being handed over to President (File Photo)

As I myself have stated many a time in my past essays published in The Island newspaper, the all-important question today is …

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The Constitution of the United States of America has afforded its citizens a plethora of freedoms and rights.

However, successive American Governments have brought in legislation that is denying the American people their

fundamental freedoms and rights. The excuse given …

Appointed Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara from the national list, who could not face for a general election to elect to the parliament due to his pro-eelam stance against the majority of Sri Lankans  are planning on campaign to the government to …

Courtesy of Daily News 14^th Feb. 2014

David Cameron, the Prime Minister of England has a second job. It is not a part time spring job as he is supposed to be active in the second job as well …

China on Thursday said that it wants Sri Lanka to be a close partner in building a new maritime route to bring the two countries closer and promote marine activities, including cooperating in rescue operations in the Indian Ocean region …

People rush member of parliament K. Narayana Rao to a hospital after he suffered a heart attack during clashes in the lower house of parliament in New Delhi on Thursday. — AP

Parliamentary democracy in India came under severe threat …

[Sri Lanka has had elections since 1931.  We got ‘monitors’ only recently.  The need was produced by palpable election malpractices, many but not all eliminated by the introduction of new laws and adoption of fraud-resistant techniques.  With the need to …

India’s External Affairs Minister Salman Kurshid today urged the Sri Lankan leadership to look at “possible ways to avoid an hostile attitude towards people and countries that matter,” in the light of a likely US-sponsored resolution on Sri Lanka at …