Mahinda Rajapaksa had shown himself to be a Dale Carnegie in making friends and influencing people in the Southern regions of the country. But he has not even shown an inclination of imitating this American master guru of promoting friendship and influence in his relations with the Tamils or foreign nations. His dealings with Western [...]
By Easwaran Rutnam Local authorities have censored a popular stage character ‘Pusswedilla’ saying he should not make references to Sri Lankan and local politicians. The character of Chaminda Pusswedilla, who wears a white shirt and sarong like a politician, became hugely popular in Sri Lanka after he took pun shots at local politicians. However the [...]
Sri Lanka authorities have cut off water and electricity supplies to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Poonthottam Camp in Vavuniya. The services have been terminated to punish those refusing to leave the camp to resettle in the Vanni, IDPs told our correspondent Dinasena Ratugamage. The IDPs who have resided in the camp since the [...]
By Jamila Najmuddin The United Nations wants Sri Lanka to act on the recommendations contained in the report submitted by a panel appointed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. UN Deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq, speaking to The Sunday Leader, said that Sri Lanka has yet to officially respond to the report, also known as the [...]
The government is preparing to virtually cage between 5500 – 6000 wild elephants to prevent the escalating human-elephant conflict. Minister of Agrarian Services and Wildlife S. M. Chandrasena told The Sunday Leader that the beasts will be shifted to selected locations and have electric fences around them. He said that so far around 5500 to [...]
By Easwaran Rutnam More than two years after the war in Sri Lanka came to an end the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says hospitals did come under attack in the north killing several patients. In a report titled “Health Care in Danger: Making the Case” made public in Geneva last week, the [...]
By Easwaran Rutnam Several Indian groups are threatening to invade the Kachchateevu island and hoist the Indian national flag. The main opposition political party in India, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said it is making preparations to go by force to Kachchateevu off the Jaffna peninsula, which belongs to Sri Lanka. President of the Tamil [...]
Ratnajeevan Hoole was once forced to leave Sri Lanka because of the LTTE. Now he’s been forced to leave because of the EPDP. Shouldn’t that tell us something? Professor Hoole wrote, “Some of us did not oppose corrupt Tamil totalitarianism then, only to support corrupt Sinhalese totalitarianism now, even if fronted by a Tamil.” Indeed, [...]
By S. Ratnajeevan H. Hoole As I enjoy a well-deserved rest in London, having fled there because of harassment and threat of arrest, TamilNet has issued a description of my travails with inaccuracies and the claim that I have fallen out with the President. This is not surprising that when I was a candidate for [...]
By Indika Sri Aravinda Over 20 semi-government schools in the western province demand between Rs 100,000 and Rs 350,000 as ‘donations’ from students, The Sunday Leader has learnt. Some semi-government schools even ask for money each term despite being partly funded by the government and other institutions. Officials told The Sunday Leader that the Education [...]
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