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Sunday, 26 August 2007 |
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The communists in India have strongly protested against the Indo –US nuclear deal. This deal has precipitated a political crisis in India. The communists in India fear that the Indo-US nuclear agreement can pave the way for America to exert pressure and its influence on the foreign policy of India.
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Sunday, 26 August 2007 |
 The Rajapakse family business is virtually everyone's business on this island. That's because the family's line of work is running the country -- and fighting a civil war, to boot. Between them, the four Rajapakse brothers occupy the most powerful jobs in Sri Lanka's democratically elected government, including the biggest plum of all: the presidency.
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Sunday, 26 August 2007 |
 It was 8.45 am, on Tuesday (21) and the runway at the Palaly airport was a hive of activity. Senior officers led by Jaffna Army Commander G. A Chandrasiri were at the Palaly Military Runway located in the High Security Zone, waiting to welcome Army Chief Sarath Fonseka who was to land there shortly. The visit was kept top secret and none except for a few senior officers knew who would be arriving.
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Wednesday, 22 August 2007 |
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Urgent and essential the humanitarian services in the country following the war and natural disasters such as Tsunami face crises in the country. The views expressed by John Holmes, the UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, that Sri Lanka is a precarious place for aid workers following the killings of 34 aid workers during the last on year and 6 months have angered the south.
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Wednesday, 22 August 2007 |
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In addition to the political and the economic crises faced by the people in the north-east, there are killings that are shocking. In Jaffna alone 11 persons have been killed by unidentified gunmen within the last week. So also killings continue in the east.
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Wednesday, 22 August 2007 |
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There was scepticism in the air both amongst hawks and doves when President Mahinda Rajapakse announced his proposal for the establishment of an All Party Conference to resolve the Tamil problem which had dragged on for well over half a century. Firstly, it had been attempted before and failed.
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Tuesday, 21 August 2007 |
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There are reports that the proceedings of the All Party Representative Conference which was halted abruptly and indefinitely are to be resumed.
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Tuesday, 21 August 2007 |
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Addressing the meeting of the sixth conference of the South Asian Free Media Association, Prime Ministr Ratnasiri Wicrekamanayake stated that he could categorically say that media in Sri Lanka are totally free. He added that if one reads some Sunday editions of the Sri Lankan news papers, he could realize that there is absolute media freedom.
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Tuesday, 21 August 2007 |
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The 8th International Congress on Asia and Pacific was held in Colombo to create an awareness among the people. More than 2000 representatives from 40 representatives participated in this conference.
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Tuesday, 21 August 2007 |
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Peace loving people are frustrated over the postponement of the All Party Representative Conference indefinitely. The Tamils too are frustrated over the abrupt halt of the APRC.
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Tuesday, 07 August 2007 |
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The pressure from the international community against the government for its military approach is intensifying. It will intensify further in the coming weeks and months. But the Sri Lankan government doesn’t seem to be aware or concerned over the impending trends.
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Tuesday, 07 August 2007 |
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It is appropriate to dwell on the views expressed by Ranil Wickremasinghe, the leader of the opposition, regarding Tamil, Sinhala news papers, recently at a ceremony in Colombo.
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Tuesday, 07 August 2007 |
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The religious festival seasons of the Madu church has begun. Both the government and the LTTT have agreed for ceasefire during the religious season.
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Monday, 06 August 2007 |
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Following the quitting of CWC from the government last week, there is a stir in the political arena of this country. While there are talks that efforts are made to bring back Thondaman and his colleagues into the fold of the government, it is difficult to say the course that CWC will take in the immediate future.
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Monday, 06 August 2007 |
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The guns aimed at the Tamil media men are still at work. The guns directed against the Tamil media men continue to attack them, to snatch their lives, muzzle their thinking and silence their voices.
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