By Nirmala Kannangara Startling revelations have come to the fore as to how certain Buddhist monks make money from leasing out the elephants they have obtained from the Pinnawala Elephants Orphanage. Eyebrows have been raised as to how these elephants have been leased out for rigorous labour work by the Buddhist monks although it is [...]
K. Prashanthie Picture by Pubudu Weerarathne Lately there have been many reports of Crocodile sightings, attacks on humans, in areas which have not been hitherto, known to be frequented by Crocodiles. There have been attacks on humans on a level which have not been heard of before. Children and adults had Crocodiles before. Reports have [...]
By Indika Sri Aravinda Parts of the historic Galle Fort, a world heritage site, are to be sold via an open tender, to private companies to set up malls and other commercial outlets. As an initial step the Galle Kachcheri will be leased out to four establishments including a clothes shop, food outlet and a [...]
By Ravi Perera The Roman emperors walked a tightrope, pretending to be merely first among peers when dealing with the aristocracy, commander-in-chief when dealing with the army, and godlike when dealing with parts of the empire that expected their rulers to be numinous. They substituted a god-when- I’m-dead strategy for the old god –for-a-day compromise: [...]
By Nirmala Kannangara in Nuwara Eliya Hakgala Strict Nature Reserve (HSNR) which is one of the most significant protected areas in the country due to its unique and endangered bio-diversity, is under continuous threat due to political interference. Rampant illegal encroachment encouraged by powerful politicians in respective governments over the past three decades is the [...]
By D.B.S. Jeyaraj The enforced disappearances phenomenon is but one in a long list of problems plaguing the Tamil people of Sri Lanka in recent times. People suddenly disappear or go missing. There have been some incidents where Muslims and Sinhala people have gone “missing” too but the overwhelming cases of “Missing” or “Disappearances” pertain [...]
By Watchdog Twenty nine disappearances (including an attempted abduction) have been reported in the Sri Lankan media between February and March 2012. There have been 15 in March and 14 in February. This brings the total number of disappearances reported in the last six months to 56. 19 cases were reported while the sessions of [...]
By Charles Haviland I’d been in Sri Lanka just three weeks when I first heard of someone disappearing. It was May 2009 and I got an anonymous email telling me that Stephen Sunthararaj, a human rights worker from northern Sri Lanka, had been abducted at gunpoint and taken away in a white van in the [...]
A demonstration held in London has called on the Sri Lanka government to stop abductions and disappearances. Protesters who gathered in front of the Sri Lankan High commission in London on Tuesday blamed the government for not being able to stop abductions that are increasing at an alarming rate in Sri Lanka, as they claimed. [...]
By Uvindu Kurukulasuriya Like many pundits, even Wickremesinghe, who brokered the Ceasefire Agreement with the LTTE and probably has the most direct experience dealing with the Tigers of any national leader, was surprised by the Tigers’ decision to enforce a boycott on the election.” US Ambassador to Colombo Jeffrey Lunstead informed Washington in November 22, [...]
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