Why Sri Lanka’s soon to be ex-Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva continues to be her own worst enemy


By Dharisha Bastians



There is a reason that diplomatic missions in Colombo, especially ...
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2012-06-14 20:55:00 Hits: (484) Comments (0)

BY DHARISHA BASTIANS

Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna, the US State Department and the UN Committee Against Torture: What do they have in common? These are all victims of the Sri Lankan ...
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2012-06-07 12:04:00 Hits: (247) Comments (0)

Minister G.L. Peiris and his team are in Washington this week for crucial talks with Senior US officials, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The meeting with Clinton will be civil but critical, according to insiders, but the government delegation’s State ...
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2012-05-17 10:04:00 Hits: (293) Comments (0)

The removal of Tamara Kunanayakam as Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva highlights the fact that the forces moving against some of our political appointees in missions overseas are bigger than first imagined – and signals that the government ...
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2012-05-10 12:02:00 Hits: (841) Comments (0)

By Dharisha Bastians

India is not the only emerging power in the world. But relationships between our countries are unique. We are two strong democracies whose constitutions begin with the same ...
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2012-05-03 10:01:00 Hits: (267) Comments (0)

Why the Lankan government has to offer New Delhi something to work with – and fast

By Dharisha Bastians

A 12 member Indian parliamentary delegation led by Indian Opposition Leader Sushma ...
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2012-04-26 13:23:00 Hits: (255) Comments (0)

The trajectory of Premakumar Gunaratnam alias Noel Mudalige’s abduction, release and deportation is proof that international pressure, applied forcefully, works…

By Dharisha Bastians

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2012-04-12 16:29:00 Hits: (202) Comments (0)

After crashing and burning at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, the blame-game and the outbreak of a vicious internal conflict is distracting from what should be some serious and well thought out foreign policy strategizing to deal with the repercussions of a HRC resolution against Sri ...
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2012-04-01 11:49:00 Hits: (544) Comments (1)

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; deceitful are the kisses of an enemy. - The Bible

By Dharisha Bastians

It ...
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2012-03-29 12:25:00 Hits: (669) Comments (0)

By Dharisha Bastians

If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.

-         Sun Tzu

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The Exchange Control Department of the Central Bank, said individuals and corporates were permitted to invest funds overseas, while maintaining off-shore ...

Prassana Vithanage's seventh feature film Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka (With you, without you) will have its Russian premier at the 35th Moscow International Film ...

Eighty people were detained by the Sri Lanka Navy yesterday for attempting to illegally migrate to Australia.

The National Unity Alliance (NUA), today claimed the only reason the government took   immediate action taken against North Western Provincial ...

Inviting the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) to appear before the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) with their concerns regarding the 13th Amendment to the ...

Three persons have died, while two children are in a critical condition when a bus carrying over 70 children had fallen off a cliff along the Nuwara- Eliya ...

The student who had stabbed a female lecturer of the Law Faculty at the Open University in Nawala today has been arrested by the Mirihana Police, the Police ...

UPDATED -A female lecturer from the Law Faculty of the Open University in ...

UPFA MP Duminda Silva arrived in Parliament a short while ago, after an absence of one- and –a- half- years.

Supporters of UPFA MP Duminda Silva have gathered around Parliament roundabout to welcome the MP, who will be arriving in Parliament in a short ...

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has instructed all Ministers and MPs of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party to cancel their foreign tours and devote time for the ...

Puttalam District UPFA MP Arundika Fernando has been ordered by the Homagama Magistrate to appear before Court on 16 July to provide evidence over ...

An individual alleged to have stolen vehicle parts from a vehicle under Court custody at the Kekirawa Magistrate’s Court has been arrested by the ...

The driver of a lorry alleged to have been transporting Pesticides and food items together has been arrested, while the lorry has also been seized in the ...