on 21st Jan 2015

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Fresh evidence has emerged pointing to a concerted international effort behind the defeat of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse in the country’s presidential election on January 8. Reuters reported on Sunday that …

by Dr Palitha Kohona

Ambassador Dr Palitha Kohona, Former Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations.

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The change of Government in Sri Lanka, following the unceremonious sacking of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasingha by President …

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It is with a sense of gratitude that I read the ‘Opinion’ titled ‘A Flawed Argument’ by Savitri Goonesekere in last Friday’s issue of The Island, in which she has explained that it is not the …

President of the “Yuthukama Sanwaada Kavaya” (Responsibility Discussion Circle) Gevindu Kumaratunga says Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe failed to fulfil pledges given on 8 January 2015.“The new government came into being to halt the huge destruction that was taking place under …

Tamara Kunanayakam:    her Eliya Briefing: entitled “On the current political crisis in Sri Lanka”, Colombo, 30 October 2018

I will express myself on the international aspects of the political crisis in which the country finds itself today and their far-reaching …

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Tamara Kunanayakam, Economist, Expert on international affairs, Former Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the UN at Geneva, Former Chairperson/Rapporteur of the UN Intergovernmental Working Group on the Right to Development yesterday asked why West had …

The Global Sri Lankan Forum, GSLF a group expatriates in all over the world written former Prime Minister who worked tirelessly to create a Federal State in Sri Lanka for North and Eastern two provinces, Ranil Wickremesinghe and has requested …

The so called yahapalana government formed after the 8th of January 2015 had to end, and end soon. The yahapalana government was not just a government but a complete yahapalana hegemony over the political system contrary to the very ideals …

Right now Ranil Wickremesinghe, the ex-Prime Minister holding the exceptional record of being sacked twice by the presidency, is in a dilemma: he does not know whether to leave or not to leave “Temple Trees,” the official residence of the …

The island nation has made significant strides after the LTTE’s reign of terror ended in 2009. And for that, the country is obliged to former Lieutenant Colonel in Sri Lankan Army, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, also the younger brother of former President …