By Imaad Majeed Since the end of the conflict in 2009, a new phenomena has emerged. That of Buddha statues being erected along the A9 route that leads to Jaffna. Over 28 Buddha statues have been counted along this route since the war concluded in May 2009. The comedy of this charade (what else can [...]
Russian Embassy maintains deafening silence Foreign Ministry alleges land owned By Russian Embassy Land Registry documents show M. Thahir as owner Strange but true: Diplomatic immunity gone astray By Faraz Shauketaly The heiress of a murdered turfing contractor has instituted legal action against the Russian Federation, the Ministry of External Affairs in Sri Lanka and [...]
Increased Militarization Creates Problems in resettlement By Gazala Anver As of the second of January 2012, 6,660 people still remain in IDP camps, yet to be resettled, stated a report complied by the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) looking into the resettlement of war-IDPs during the period October – December 2011. Based on the figures provided [...]
By Uvindu Kurukulasuriya It is important for us to brief them about measures we have taken, and plans for the future,” President Mahinda Rajapaksa told the Cabinet at a meeting on Wednesday. As a daily English newspaper reported, President Mahinda Rajapaksa has stressed the need to send a delegation to the United States of America [...]
Why leopard meat consumption is on the rise By Raisa Wickrematunge On January 26, police burst into the Maeliya wildlife reservation to discover Palaniyandi Anandakumara, surrounded by 11 bags. Each bag contained a kilogram of leopard meat, police spokesman SP Ajith Rohana said. The coveted leopard skin was nearby. It was reported that Anandakumara had [...]
By Captain Elmo Jayawardena Our island was called Lanka in pre King Vijaya times. Valmiki’s immortal Ramayanaya had King Ravana ruling the land from the city of Lankapura. That was almost four thousand years ago. The Arab traders termed it Jaziratul-Yaqut, island of rubies. Some called it Serandip, some Ceilan, from which the Portuguese picked [...]
“He added that it ‘looked like’ EPDP cadres, along with the SLN, had perpetrated the mid-August burning of the pro-LTTE Uthayan newspaper office in Jaffna”, the US Embassy Colombo informed Washington. The Colombo Telegraph found the related leaked cable from the WikiLeaks database. The cable is classified as “CONFIDENTIAL” and recounts details of a meeting [...]
By Nirmala Kannangara in Payagala Pictures by Asoka Fernando In an astonishing twist, the families of the two dead in the Payagala road accident now claim that the nephew of Deputy Ports Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardena was not involved in the accident although they confirmed to The Sunday Leader a day earlier, that there are eye [...]
By Ranee Mohamed It was the stirring of her little sons that woke her on the night of January 20. When Jayasinghe ArachchigeGeetha opened her eyes, and looked at her sons aged four and five years of age, they were both cuddled up to her from both sides. She had been tempted to turn towards [...]
By Uvindu Kurukulasuriya The King is naked!” shouted the boy. An awkward hush fell across the crowd as excited murmurings ceased. Faces turned first to the youth sitting on his father’s shoulders and then to the Monarch. The child was triumphant. He had been the first to see, or at least to say, the remarkable [...]
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