Gotabhaya Rajapaksa: Sri Lanka north ‘not just for Tamils’ President Mahinda Rajapaksa hopes to be re-elected to a third term in Sri Lanka’s election on Thursday. But what sort of a country has Sri Lanka […]
There have been concerns over the idea of troops withdrawal from the North if the opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena comes to power. Some claimed that the Tamil parties extended their support to the common opposition […]
By Megara Tegal British High Commissioner, John Rankin, visited Jaffna on Friday (Jan 02) six days ahead of the presidential elections. The High Commission said that meetings were scheduled with the Jaffna Security Forces Commander, […]
Sri Lanka is four days away from it seventh presidential election and it is clear that it would be the closest and tightest presidential contest in the country’s electoral history. Both candidates, namely President Mahinda […]
Interviewed by the “Sunday Island” and other weekend newspapers at “Temple Trees” last Wednesday shows that the President Mahinda is Confused and not telling the truth He has no idea of what’s in HIS Manifesto He […]
Major parties and civic action groups rally behind Maithripala, while crossovers continue MR confident of victory, says good governance means good results Opposition expresses concern over ‘computer jilmart’ and police powers being given to armed […]
(The writer is a political columnist, a lapsed historian and a committed conservative.)There is a section of the ubiquitous “international community” that has thrived on the misfortunes of Sri Lanka. At the risk of sounding […]
By Ratnajeevan H. Hoole – Bad News for the UPFA. The TNA has decided to support the Common Candidate, Mr. Maithripala Sirisena. It is good news indeed for all of us who are excited about […]
The Tamil Nadu Government has extended the ban on the LTTE following the opinion of a Tribunal which found that the LTTE is still active overseas. According to the Tamil Nadu media, the Tribunal had found […]
By Bishop Kumara Illangasinghe – We believe that the Presidential Election in January 2015 is an opportunity given to all people in Sri Lanka to make an important, significant and a creative decision, in respect […]
Presidential Candidate Siritunga Jayasuriya has urged the Elections Commissioner to ensure that the military remains in the barracks, at least from midnight tomorrow till the election is over. Jayasuriya said that during a visit he […]
by Nilantha Ilangamuwa ( December 31, 2014, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) We were all ‘happy’ when the long term civil war which nearly destroyed the country, came to end in 2009. We all applauded […]
