Reconciliation in Sri Lanka – Some significant issues

  – by Shenali D. Waduge – Unless and until anyone can prove that ethnic animosities between the Sinhalese Buddhists and Tamil Hindus had prevailed throughout Sri Lanka’s history there is no compelling need to use uncritically western concepts such as ‘reconciliation’. […]



President travels to Kilinochchi by Yal Devi with the message of goodwill

The train service on the reconstructed Northern railway line began operations from Omanthai to Kilinochchi, after 23 years Saturday (14). Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa launched the ‘Yal Devi’ train service  that departed from Omanthai, travelling as the first passenger   and arrived in  the former LTTE strong-hold, Kilinochchi. […]




DIASPORA SENDS KIDS TO WAR EXCEPT THEIR OWN – Defence Secretary

The Diaspora Tamils want the poor people of Sri Lanka to take up arms to further their (the diaspora’s) ideology, while sending their own children to universities in developed countries to enter lucrative professions, Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa told Greg Sheridan in an interview with The Australian newspaper. […]





Govt. will take action against TNA manifesto

Government Spokesman and the Minister for Media and Information, Keheliya Rambukwella, said the government will take action against the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) election manifesto, as it contravenes the Constitution of Sri Lanka. […]



Sri Lanka approves Crown’s $350 million deal with casino

(Reuters) – The government of Sri Lanka has approved a hotel and leisure resort deal with Australian gambling tycoon James Packer’s Crown Ltd, but the investment is likely to increase from the original $350 million, the country’s investment promotion minister told Reuters on Thursday. The finalisation of the deal was delayed because the Sri Lankan […]



Tamil National Alliance – LTTE separatist manifestos – 2001, 2004, 2010 and now 2013

– by Shenali D Waduge – Separatism and TNA go hand in hand. Its election manifestos of 2001, 2004, 2010 and now 2013 see no major difference. There is no major difference in the fact that Tamils have kept on voting for the TNA despite its allegiance to the LTTE. What must be also reiterated […]



DCD in four varieties of NZ milk powder- ITI

A recent report issued by the Industrial Technology Institute (ITI) reveals that four brands of milk powder imported from New Zealand were contaminated with DCD. One brand, Milgro Infant Full Cream Milk Powder, had contained a sufficient quantity of the contaminant for ITI to quantify its DCD content. The other three varieties were manufactured by […]




LTTE flag removed from British Police web site

– by R. Madduma Bandara – The Metropolitan Police of London were embarrassed today (11 September) by mistakenly publishing Tamil Tiger flag in its web site in section under ‘Information about contact points’ (http://www.met.police.uk/contact_points). This particular web page contains the key information about the new Met contact points translated into few languages such as Bengali […]