Even to dance the tango the two have to dance to not only the same tune but to the same steps. What is clear from the very statements by Tamil leaders and their representative parties over the years is that …

It is high time that someone invited the London Mayor to Sri Lanka and detailed him of the British atrocities here as we observe the 200th anniversary of the Uva Wellassa massacre. It is high time that someone demanded an …

(Courtesy of The Island)

by SANJA DE SILVA JAYATILLEKA

The Island has to be congratulated on its ‘scoop’ of a statement by Lord Naseby in response to the summary dismissal by the British High Commission in Colombo of his views …

(By Courtesy of The Island)

By Neville Ladduwahetty

In the wake of the most recent challenge by Lord Naseby in the House of Lords to the oft touted claim of 40,000 civilian deaths, the former Secretary to the Consultative Task …

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Lord Naseby has expressed disappointment over the British High Commission, in Colombo, callously dismissing wartime dispatches from its own Defence Attache, Colonel Anton Gash.

Apropos a response from the British High Commission in Colombo to …

By Shenali D Waduge

How many are aware that Prabakaran was cornered in Vadamarachchi in June 1987? How many are aware that India actually threatened Sri Lankan Government to order its troops to set him free? How many are aware …

(Courtesy of Asian Tribune)

Who is Alice Wells who just visited Sri Lanka, met officials including the country’s president Maitripala Sirisena?

Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian affairs Alice Wells

Does she represent Trump administration’s foreign …

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Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Asia invited war-winning Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa for dinner on the night of Nov 17, the day after the opening of its Colombo hotel by President Maithripala Sirisena.

Shangri-La Chairperson, Kuok Hui Kwong, …

(The Editorial The Island -November 29, 2017)

Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana would have us believe the government is planning to make use of Lord Naseby’s statement contradicting UN figures as regards the number of people killed in the Vanni, when …

In a shocking turn of events unabashed commemoration of terrorists & mass murderers are taking place – dead silence by the Government & nod of approval by the very countries who are still hounding senile men in their 90s accusing …