Category: Local News

Chief Minister of the Northern Province, C.V. Wigneswaran, in a bold statement, said the Tamil speaking people in the North were not against the Sinhalese per se, but were against the ‘Sinhalization’ of the island’s North and East. […]

Indian Journalist B. Murali Reddy – by Shenali D Waduge – Firstly Sri Lanka’s war did have witnesses. The witnesses were however NOT – Gordon Weiss, Francis Harrison, Channel 4, the Darusman Panel, Charles Petrie and a whole list of others who have promoted themselves as witnesses when they are not because they were never […]

Dr. Prathiba Mahanamahewa – Chairman of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL), Dr. Prathiba Mahanamahewa, said revisions to the existing Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka Act, which contains five recommendations, had been submitted to the President as well as the Minister of Justice for their perusal, two weeks ago. […]

The British Sri Lankan Forum – UK has accused Britain’s Prime Minister, David Cameron of becoming a ‘virtual representative for the Tamil Diaspora at the Colombo CHOGM conference”. […]

– by Shenali D Waduge – We are told enough times about the terrible crimes committed by Germans but why is there stoic silence on the crimes committed by the Allied forces (UK, US, FRANCE and SOVIET UNION) on Germans? Germany was defeated in May 1945 with that ended World War 2. What gets conveniently […]

FILE PHOTO – President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday told Parliament that the need of the hour was to form a broad alliance comprising both, the government and opposition to develop the country for the sake of people. […]

 – by Shenali D Waduge – Its all fine to be issuing statements about being a martyr for the Sri Lankan Tamils. However, Chief Minister Wigneswaran and the TNA has failed the test of putting their actions where the mouths claim to say they represent Sri Lanka’s Tamils. With not a hum coming from him […]

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, J. Jayalalithaa, made her prime ministerial ambitions clear on Thursday (19). […]

Results of the GCE Advance Level examination- 2013 have been released by the examinations department a short while ago.The results could be accessed through www.doenets.lk […]

A man was arrested while six others have been asked to surrender after a non-governmental organisation (NGO) they were said to belong to held a ceremony to mark Tamil Tigers chief V. Prabhakaran’s birthday in Kulim, Kedah. […]

Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena said the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination will probably be scrapped from 2016 as a result of the secondary school development project, which is in progress. The minister addressing the media at the Education Ministry yesterday said however the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination will be replaced by an evaluation test. “The knowledge […]

– by Shenali D Waduge – Robert Mugabe has to be one of the West’s worst nightmares. He is certainly one  amongst the handful remaining Africans that is open against white oppression. Africa needs African leaders rooted in Africa not African leaders that the West hero worships because they are ready to continue white supremacy. […]

Thalangama OIC Upul Perera and three others were released on personal bail of one hundred thousand each. The Thalangama Magistrate also banned them from entering the Thalangama Police Division. […]

Weightlifting prodigy Shashika Ekanayake who won a gold medal at the recently held Commonwealth Youth Weightlifting Championships has been ranked second in the world in his weight class according to latest rankings issued by the International Weightlifting Federation. […]

– by Shenali D Waduge – There is little point in pointing fingers at Ban Ki Moon – he is only a figure head reading out scripts prepared for him. An organization that is mandated to secure peace and ensure fair and equal justice we have to question how far the UN and its Secretary […]

Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Susantha Punchinilame, was acquitted and exonerated of all charges in connection with the murder of parliamentarian Nalanda Ellawala, by the Ratnapura High Court Judge, Achala Vengappuli, yesterday. […]