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Analysis
UN Move Unjustifiable, Ban Ki Moon Comes Under Colonial Pressure
By Professor Laksiri Fernando A few days after the British Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, addressed the World Tamil Forum in London and the British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, talked to the same Forum delegates, on Friday March 5th, the Secretary General of the UN, Ban Ki Moon, telephoned Sri Lanka’s President, Mahinda Rajapaksa to tell... »
Blake’s Sri Lanka Fixation
By Sugeeswara Senadhira Not a week passes without some absurdly critical comment by Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Robert Blake, on Sri Lanka. One could understand when Blake, as Ambassador to Sri Lanka, makes statement after statement on Sri Lankan issues, but there too, he has made more comments on local... »
US Ambassador Butenis Wants Sri Lanka To Muffle Media
By Hela Puwath Ambassador Butenis had met Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Bogollagama on February 18th to express the US’ displeasure about unfavorable media reports about the US, saying that these reports in Sri Lankan media is damaging US-Sri Lanka bilateral relations. The report says, “The United States maintains that no room should be left... »
An Open Letter to Gordon Weiss
By Dr. Levins T. C. Rajaratnam Dear Mr. Gordon Weiss, You could have consulted a good psychiatrist before you left the shores of Sri Lanka. Perhaps, you need to vent your frustrations elsewhere, but do not tarnish the image and reputation of President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his government. Perhaps, you needed to say something extra... »
Sri Lanka’s Fight To Protect National Security Information
By Daya Gamage The U.S. State Department seems to be in an attempt to project the arrest of former Sri Lanka army commander and defeated presidential candidate, Sarath Fonseka, at the last January 26 election as a political maneuver to demoralize the opposition, curb dissent, harass the media, undermine the rule of law, and subvert... »
National Harmony in Sri Lanka – Catalysts and Solutions
By Ananda Ariyarathne When Mr. Alagaratnam wakes up in the morning, he does not miss his tea made in the traditional manner it is normally made in Jaffna, and his wife, who was sharing the burdens in life together bringing up their children has not changed simply because they have now been living in... »
US Interference In Affairs Of Sri Lanka
By Sunil Kumar The sudden concerns by the US Authorities for former General Sarath Fonseka’s personal safety does not appear to be a mere aftermath of the recently concluded presidential election. There appears to have been a very complex and intricate plan by the US in lending support towards the Fonseka cause to unseat... »
Sri Lanka Ranks In As World’s Eighth Fastest-Growing Economy
Sri Lanka has been ranked among the Top Ten Fastest Economies, being eighth in the world according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) of the United States. As the global economy emerges from the global recession, it is envisaged that Sri Lanka will record a 6.3 percent GDP growth rate that is second only... »