By Praying Mantis

(Courtesy of the Island)

Many people from foreign climes and several different organisations as well as entire countries have been overtly or covertly dabbling in the affairs of our beautiful motherland. They are hell bent on destabilising …

Dr. Stephen Long, Los Angeles, California
(Courtesy of The Island)

After spending most of my adult life in Hawaii and then Southeast Asia, I returned to the US and settled in Los Angeles in 1998. About two weeks after …

H. L. D. Mahindapala

Anbarasan Ethirajan is a seasoned Correspondent of the BBC who covers Sri Lankan politics from time to time. His latest report is titled Sri Lanka’s Muslim demonised” after Easter bombings. (August 13, 2019 – BBC …

The Western World seems obsessed with the promotion of Lt. General Shavendra Silva as the Commander of the Sri Lanka Army. The US Ambassador here, Aliana Teplitz, came with the first …

By Daya Gamage
(Courtesy of Asian Tribune)

Expressing “deeply concerned by the appointment of Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva as Army Commander”, the United States Ambassador in Sri Lanka Alaina Teplitz in the embassy-released statement further noted “the allegations of gross …

A proposed Status of Forces Agreement with the the US is stirring up political controversy in Sri Lanka.

An honor guard made up of Sailors attached to the USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and a Marine attached to Fleet Antiterrorism …

By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune Political Analysis

Washington, D.C. 10 August (Asiantribune.com): The Acquisition and Cross Servicing Agreement (ACSA) signed between the Governments of Sri Lanka and the United States in March 2007 which allowed both countries to transfer …

Shenali D Waduge

When US pivots to Asia as a strategy it means Americas political, diplomatic, trade, economic, cultural focus is all shifted to Asia, it also means, its associated alliances, partners, its covert/overt teams will all come with them. …

(Re-Publication)

A peace loving Canadian citizen had written to so called international NGO who working for peace, Amnesty International who generally worked for pro-LTTE Tamil terrorists  in the world posing a valid question to them   Why Are the Tamil Tigers …

The Indian Ocean is one of the most contested regions in the world today. China, the US and India, and also Japan, Saudi Arabia and other rich and powerful states, are struggling for influence over Sri Lanka, which is in …