Jayalalitha: India court rejects bail appeal

A court in India has rejected a plea for bail by the imprisoned former chief minister of the southern state of Tamil Nadu, Jayaram Jayalalitha. The Karnataka High Court said it found no reason to suspend her conviction. […]




GOSL Names and Bans LTTE Fronts: Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO)

What emerges from correlating and connecting the various fronts of the LTTE, how they have formed and who controls and runs them it is clear and shocking to acknowledge how Tamils would set up a cozy network for themselves and their families overseas and brainwash innocent Tamil youth to take up arms while ordinary Tamils […]



Changing the political culture of Sri Lanka : Advice for the Voters and the Voted

Democracy is meant to enable the citizens of the country to elect representatives of their choice and have the country led according to their choice. Supreme power is meant to be vested in the people and those elected to power are merely agents of the people. These fancy notions are good for the books. In […]





Quran helps Muslims to live in harmony – President

The teachings of the Holy Quran have helped the Muslims of Sri Lanka to live in harmony with other communities in our country through many centuries as they continue to do so today. This spirit of harmony nurtured by their religious teaching has enabled them to make a significant contribution to the progress of our […]



Rethinking Superstition: Should Hajj celebration end up with 20million animals slaughtered?

It is both unfortunate that 4th October was the Animal Rights Day and two days later 20million animals lost their rights and are subject to a violent and terrifying death while 1.3billion Muslims celebrate. Is a God so bloodthirsty and will our sins be forgiven by slaughtering an animal who had nothing to do with […]



Sajith unstoppable leader in the wings – Tissa

While noting that party should groom its second layer of leaders by the next Presidential Election, UNP General Secretary, Tissa Attanayake, stressed that none will be able to stop Sajith Premadasa being recognized as the next party leader. […]



Rudrakumaran: What is the US stand on a US citizen, subject to Federal Laws being involved with the LTTE and its leader Prabakaran?

LTTE was not only composed of Prabakaran and his ground troops. LTTE had and continues to have a very large international network of people who had been throughout funding, aiding and abetting, providing tangible and intangible support directly and indirectly and these people were not only Tamils but foreign and Tamils holding foreign passports. Their […]




Sri Lanka: Public Litigation Case filed against TNA for ‘Genocide’ & ‘Colonization’ claim

Sri Lanka may not have an equivalent to Dr. Subramaniam Swamy but Sri Lanka is seeing a rise in concerned public coming to the fore to move the legal structures to say in no uncertain terms that the public has had enough of the lies, distortions and humiliations by the TNA against the Sinhalese community. […]




Sri Lanka too needs a Dr. Subramaniam Swamy!

Do we have a politician as clean as Dr. Swamy? Sadly, we do not. Have we a politician that has challenged Prime Ministers, Chief Ministers and other high ranking officials? Sadly, we do not. Do we have politicians of the calibre of Dr. Swamy who have got elected to office without coming through the backdoor […]




Fire at Mattegoda army camp

An explosion was reported inside the Mattegoda army camp ammunition storage, this morning. Two fire brigade trucks have been deployed to douse the fire. […]