They say, the first to be killed at wars is the truth. The discovery of the US Government paying foreign firms to produce lies that have justified illegal wars and occupations leading to the suffering and displacement of so many …

A book by Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekara

A COMMENT BY PROF. G.L. PEIRIS

Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekara’s work, ‘Towards a Civilization State’, is a very timely analysis of the multiple crises in which our society is at present embroiled. The central aim …

Without a doubt the private sector plays a crucial role in steering the economy of Sri Lanka. Even in adverse times Sri Lanka managed to keep afloat. The capitalist system however is failing globally. Once rich and flourishing nations are …

We must owe a lot of gratitude to the Northern Provincial Chief Minister for his racism which has helped wake up quite a lot of Sinhalese from their slumber. We must confess that the Chief Minister has achieved what many …

Why is it that after May 2009 and before January 2015 there were virtually no attempts to commemorate LTTE dead but suddenly there are not only commemorations of LTTE dead, people are openly aligning with LTTE separatist ideology while some …

(Courtesy of The Island )

Northern Province Chief Minister C. V. Wigneswaran has apparently got setting the cat among the pigeons down to a fine art. This time around, he has drawn heavy flak for some incendiary remarks he made …

The Chief Minister of the Central Province has stated that Hindu and Muslim encroachment as well as Christianization has to end. Right now. The Chief Minister of the Western Province, not to be outdone, has echoed the same sentiments. Rev …

 So LTTE is the sole representative of the Tamil people? Can those who say so explain why LTTE and its leader have killed the following Tamil people? If the LTTE, the TNA, the LTTE Diaspora and Tamils on foreign payroll …

Reading The Island newspaper report on the Chief Minister of the Northern Province, C. V. Wigneswaran’s call to the Tamils to join the ‘Ezhuha Tamil!’ or ‘Tamils Rise’ rally in Jaffna today is disturbing, given the brazen attempt to mobilize …

By Dr Dayan Jayathilaka

You’ve heard of the “We Tamils” (who beat up High Commissioner Ansar). Now we have the “E-Tamils”–the “Eluga/Ezhuga Tamils” (or simply Eelam Tamils?). They shut down Jaffna, took over its streets, raucously demanding federalism, an international …