Even before Sri Lanka gained independence, the country drew a certain amount of disapprobation from the US and the West due mainly to the Leftist political leaders and their adherence to theoretical political systems that were shunned in those ...
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2013-05-22 02:00:00 Hits: (201) Comments (0)

The UK High Commissioner was asked to comment on accusations that 'divide and rule' policies of the British colonial administration precipitated the present ethnic crisis in Sri Lanka.

"When the British came to Ceylon in 1796, there were three distinct ...
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2013-05-15 02:00:00 Hits: (252) Comments (0)

It is no secret that the assurance the government received that Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) will definitely be held in Sri Lanka as scheduled carried India's imprimatur. Speculation as to who in the Indian polity pulled it off for President Mahinda Rajapaksa gained ...
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2013-05-08 02:00:00 Hits: (472) Comments (0)

Just a few days before the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) was scheduled to meet for business, President Mahinda Rajapaksa made a special announcement regarding the much touted election for the Northern Provincial Council. He categorically stated that the election will be held in ...
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2013-05-01 03:05:00 Hits: (367) Comments (0)

"Although it is not known yet who is responsible for Monday's heinous bombings at the Boston Marathon that killed three and injured more than 100 people, a source within the Iranian Intelligence Services told WND, the Islamic regime was behind them, and to look for trails through Sri Lanka and ...
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2013-04-24 02:00:00 Hits: (140) Comments (0)

India entertains misgivings about Mahinda Rajapaksa's promised election to the Northern Provincial Council in September this year. At the same time, it is also pinning its hopes on a possible Tamil National Alliance (TNA) victory, if the elections are held, hopeful that such a victory would ...
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2013-04-17 02:00:00 Hits: (185) Comments (0)

Just after the US resolution at the UNHRC in Geneva was successfully carried through with India’s backing, President Mahinda Rajapaksa made a telling remark, pregnant with futuristic meaning. In essence, what he revealed was a conspiracy by the US and Western interests using the Tamil ...
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2013-04-10 12:18:00 Hits: (265) Comments (0)

When the resolution against Sri Lanka was being tabled in Geneva, it was the Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Hina Rabbani Khar, who appeared to be the busiest person, perhaps, even more so than our own Minister of External Affairs. She took special pains to instruct to the Pakistan High ...
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2013-04-03 02:00:00 Hits: (478) Comments (0)

The Madurai Nayaks dynasty was of a very strong pedigree in the bygone days. The last King of Sri Lanka, King Sri Wickrema Rajasinghe, was from the Nayak dynasty. It was the Udarata Sinhala leaders who betrayed King Rajasinghe to the British colonial rulers of Sri ...
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2013-03-27 02:45:00 Hits: (234) Comments (0)

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in his speech made in Parliament pertaining to the US resolution to be tabled at the UN Human Rights Council, made no mention of the photograph of Prabhakaran's son or the war crimes allegations against Sri Lanka. He only stated his government was committed ...
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2013-03-20 02:00:00 Hits: (357) Comments (0)

The resumption of operations at the Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery, which was shut down after the crude oil stocks in the country ran dry, has been further ...

The three Leftist ministers in the government, Prof. Tissa Vitarana, D.E.W. Gunasekera and Vasudeva Nanayakkara have expressed solidarity with the Tamil ...

The Monk who was transferred to the Colombo National Hospital after he sustained sever but injuries due to setting himself on fire close to the Sri Dalada ...

Animal welfare activists voice concern over the killing of 38 stray dogs in Buttala, just hours before the dawn of Vesak.

A vehicle belonging to Anuradhapura Acting Magistrate M.M.N.W. Kumarasinghe was destroyed by fire on 24 May at his empty residence.

An explosion on a school bus in eastern Pakistan Saturday has killed 16 children and one teacher.

Investigations have commenced into the unexplained death of a woman at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka (NHSL), who had passed away while under ...

SOCIAL workers have welcomed the opening of the first Sri Lankan embassy in Bahrain, which will help its 25,000 nationals working in the kingdom.

The Samurdhi Authority has failed to remit the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) deductions of 2,700 Samurdhi officers to their individual accounts for one ...

Badulla Police have arrested a court peon (arachchi) attached to the Badulla Magistrate's chamber for allegedly stealing an ATM card from the Magistrate ...

Five Australia-bound Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka left stranded at a hotel in Coimbatore were rescued by the police late Wednesday (22) evening. The ...

Sri Lankan Airlines has signed a provisional deal with Airbus worth $ 1.3 billion to buy six A330-300 and four A350-900 aircraft between 2014 and 2023 to ...

The controversial right wing Sinhala Buddhist association, Ravana Balaya, has warned that steps will be taken to address the issue concerning a Japanese ...

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) expects nothing less than complete devolution of financial, police and land powers through the 13th Amendment to the ...