– by Shenali Waduge – Winning hearts and minds of terrorists, mentality of surrender, advocating theory of “unwinnable war” and policy of appeasing, reducing the country to a pariah state, knowingly giving a terrorist organization status on par with a sovereign state and a democratic government were the characteristics of those led by Ranil Wickremasinghe […]
A file photo of Yangalmodara accident The driver and conductor of a private bus, which was driven through a closed level crossing, at Yangalmodera in Alawwa and was hit by a moving train, causing the death of 41 passengers and injuring 35 others, were yesterday sentence to death by Puttalam High Court Judge Priyantha Fernando. […]
– by Walter Jayawardhana – Professor Bharat Karnad at the Center for Policy Research has said in an op-ed piece written in the New Indian Express that the foolish attitudes of New Delhi based on the Tamil Nadu politics has fuelled the Sri Lankan policy in the last decade of actively courting China which, beyond […]
(Thailand) Chonburi Immigration police arrested another group of Sri Lankans using Thailand as a transit point in a human trafficking ring. Officers raided the Prima Place Hotel and an unnamed restaurant across the street from the inn, arresting Sankha Mihiruk Kumarasinghe, 31; Pradeep Chaminda Kumara Kuruppu Arachchilage, 30; Gayan Tharanga Wijerathne Rsaekanayake Wijerathne Mudiyanselage, 31; […]
by Shenali Waduge Some facts: · Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are now in over 30,000 food products · 92.5% of arable land around the world is GMO free · The first genetically modified food item, a tomato, appeared in the United States in 1994 and in Britain in 1996 […]
Sri Lanka has entered the ‘high human development category’ according to a report released yesterday by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on the human development of more than 40 countries.According to the Human Development Index (HDI) monitored annually by the Human Development Report (HDR), […]
Eleven pro-Eelam students were taken into custody by the police on Wednesday, as they barged into the Mihin Lanka airline’s corporate office at Trichy, Tamil Nadu. They charged that the Sri Lankan airline was owned by the brother of Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa. […]
– by Shenali Waduge – The UNHRC has concluded. 2 Resolutions have been passed both sponsored by US and backed by India. Many continue to ask what went wrong. Many wonder inspite of defeating a terrorist organization why the nation has been turned into and treated as a pariah state. Never has Sri Lanka had […]
Cuddalore MP K S Azhagiri raised doubts over Prabhakaran’s son Balachandran’s death and claimed that there was no video evidence on the killing by the Sri Lankan armed forces. The Congress MP made the statement while addressing a public meeting arranged by the youth Congress at Cuddalore Old Town on Sunday night. […]
– by Shenali Waduge – Abrahamic religions and the violence, expansionism and advocacy of conversion are nothing that can be kept hidden or denied. “Spreading the Good” has led to purging of territories and their wealth and excommunicating natives and their unique cultures. Current fears associated with the repetition of past colonial crimes needs to […]