Jon Snow of Channel 4 Let me begin with a big thank you to the Channel 4 TV for coming strongly on the side of fair journalism to reveal the facts about the war fought behind the iron curtain in Sri Lanka. I write as a Tamil and am a multi facet victim of the [...]
The recent demonstrations by FTZ workers in Katunayaka and the overzealous response by the Police, with at least the tacit approval of the political leadership and probably direct sanction, took me to the early eighties. The then Government, elected in a landslide in 1977, cracked down hard on striking workers in July 1980. It broke [...]
There are gross and ugly similarities, and commendable differences, between the behaviour of Americans and Sri Lankans after killing OBL and VP. It is good to ponder the issues, whichever country one’s provenance. First the ugly; I have often in these pages decried the madness and fanaticism which takes possession when past hatreds or a [...]
Sri Lankan dancers perform in the backdrop of a huge portrait of president Mahinda Rajapaksa during a May Day rally in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, May 1, 2011. Thousands of flag-waving Sri Lankans used a May Day rally Sunday to protest a U.N. report on alleged crimes committed during the country’s civil war.The government earlier [...]
Well-known Russian astrologists, shamans and parapsychologists gathered to discuss forecasts for near and distant future. “The phenomenon that they call the world financial crisis, and which, as they believe, is now ending, was not the financial crisis per se. It was just an omen of the imminent crisis. The real financial crisis is going to [...]
UNP MP Kabir Hashim in Parliament yesterday warned that the hedging issue could become a worse crisis than the UN advisory panel report if not properly handled. Speaking during an adjournment debate on the issue in the House yesterday Mr. Hashim said the country will have to suffer dire consequences if the government fails to [...]
It was May 2009, the Sri Lanka Army was advancing fast under heavy fire. The LTTE, or what remained of them were giving no quarter as the battles intensified. Things got ugly, and civilians died. After the dust settled, no one knew quite what happened. The winners rejoiced, while the losers were eliminated. But unbeknownst [...]
Sri Lanka is plunging headlong to stage a super colossal sporting event which is considered to be the second biggest sporting carnival in the world after the Olympic Games. Last week the Chief executive of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) was in Sri Lanka to discuss with President Mahinda Rajapaksa the application made by Sri Lanka [...]
Middle East, Japan crises: Situation may not be all that bad for Lanka, but govt will have to rethink its plans – Harsha A leading economist in Sri Lanka Dr. Harsha De Silva says the situation in Sri Lanka may not be all that bad from an accounting perspective as the crises in the Middle [...]
Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne, it appears, has ended up with a lot of egg on his face following his ill-judged remark in Parliament last week about an LTTE rump training in Tamilnadu. Once the damage was done, the prime minister got into reverse gear, tamely pleading that his assertion was based on some local news [...]
For anyone familiar with ITN’s Vimasuma programme, the storm of controversy it raised this week with a thinly veiled allegation of match fixing against Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera in the World Cup ODI against Pakistan should come as no surprise. Vimasuma is a five minute post-news segment scripted by a party hack by the name [...]
The latest development that has the effect of exerting considerable pressure, not only on the government of Sri Lanka but also the US, comes in the form of a US Senate Resolution (S. Res. 84), dated 1 March, 2011. It is broadly aimed at ‘Expressing support for internal rebuilding, resettlement, and reconciliation within Sri Lanka [...]
Cricket was a gentleman’s game in the past. Cricket is a businessman’s game in the present. Cricket could be politics of the fundamentalists in the future. Cricket is what’s spooned now into such racist campaigns here in Sri Lanka, with the 2011 Cricket World Cup just getting its pads on, for big time matches to [...]
Almost three years after the military defeat of Tiger guerrillas, President Mahinda Rajapaksa, remains defiant against his critics both in Sri Lanka and abroad. “We will not sell out the Humanitarian Operation. I proudly say we will not allow this victory to be forgotten. I will not allow it to be wiped out of history [...]
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