(Courtesy of Asian Tribune)
Sri Lanka has taken numerous measures in the interest of its national security as much as the United States has taken or intend to take in the form of scrutinizing and vetting non-governmental organizations operating within
Over 200 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces over the past ten days. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue ‘Operation Protective Edge’. The UN’s top human rights official, Navi Pillay says that the Israeli action ‘may …
When the West was in the stoneage, a civilization was flourishing in India and a Buddhist university prevailed in Nalanda, India. Just two examples of life before Christian colonials and Islamic invaders arrived to take over nations following a common …
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American military and corporate power have triumphed over all rivals—so why does the United States still struggle to impose its will on the world?
For America’s national security state, this is the age of impunity. Nothing it does—torture, …
Contrary to what is erroneously being promoted the Sinhela race did not descend from banished King Vijaya of India. The discovery of the Balangoda man depicts a rich civilization going back 38000 years. Undoubtedly what distinguishes the Sinhala people is …
“I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
Let’s ask ourselves a few questions. If media is an employable entity, where from editor down to journalists and columnists are paid and the media outlet publishes …
According to a news item appeared in Daily Mirror dated 9th July 2014, under the subject ‘NGO’s to defy Defence Ministry ban‘ J.C. Weliamuna of the Lawyers Collective said the government is misguided in its thinking that NGOs …
(Courtesy of The Island)
The government has drawn heavy flak for a host of restrictions imposed on the NGO sector. The UNP has condemned them as part of a sinister campaign to stifle democracy. The US has also frowned on …
There is light at the end of the tunnel they say and liars will eventually get exposed. Not bad news at all. The position taken by the Tony Abbot Government is commendable. ‘Increasingly shrill’ was what Scott Morrison Australia’s Immigration
…A renowned investment banking and equity markets specialist has described Sri Lanka as the new island of growth for Asia and tips the post-war rebounding nation to be the next Singapore and even do better than the region’s city state.…