Why do Sri Lankans want elections?
Elections are far more than simply going to an election booth every 5 years and casting one’s vote, yet how many of Sri Lanka’s voters realize the importance of an election? Is it...
Category: Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka
UN/UNHRC/US & Allies hypocrisy – comparison of Sri Lanka & the Gaza Conflict
This is not to present notion that Israel is right or wrong, or that Sri Lanka is right or wrong but to question UN’s treatment of Member states & the applicability of the...
India prevented food-fuel-medicines to Nepal in 2015 – Sri Lanka doesn’t learn lessons
How many are aware of the 2015 economic embargo imposed by India on Nepal simply because Nepal was including clauses in its new constitution in September 2015 that India did not like! It...
Where did Mahinda Rajapakse go wrong for himself & the Nation?
Two stand out leaders of post-independence remains without a doubt Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike & Mahinda Rajapakse. Mrs. B was clear in her policy of non-alignment & pivotal decisions taken against western interests resulted in...
Will IMF/WB ruin rice production in Sri Lanka as it did in Haiti
There are a few things Sri Lanka & Haiti have in common – that is production of rice. Within 20 years Haiti turned from a self-sufficient rice producing country to one having to import...
India’s annexation of Sikkim & Lessons for Sri Lanka
Recently, Dr. Wasantha Bandara declared that Sri Lanka was fast on its way to becoming the 29th State of India on the lines of what happened to Sikkim. Obviously, many may be unaware of...
South African Truth & Reconciliation Commission was a waste of Tax Payers money – so will Sri Lanka’s!
Any truth & reconciliation commission that shies from exposing the true players who trained, armed and funded militancy in Sri Lanka as well as provide covert & overt support that led to the 3...
Unholy alliance: AKD – America’s newest political “sweetheart” in Sri Lanka
The JVP-plugged NPP is not the JVP that Rohana Wijeweera created. The rank & file of those that survived insurrections in 1972 and 1980s will no doubt agree. Many of these today feel...
Blinken without blinking says “Collateral damage” is to be expected in Israeli-Hamas standoff – Sri Lanka says “Oh really”!
The Israeli-Hamas standoff strangely has many bedfellows suddenly entering the scene & we cannot but highlight the hypocrisies at play on how the UN/UNHRC & international community reacted to Sri Lanka’s efforts against...
Justice for SSP Keertiratna & 3 Constables falsely accused of Rambukkana shooting in April 2022
The Parliamentary Sectoral Oversight Committee on National Security headed by Rear Admiral (Dr) Sarath Weerasekera has released an interesting report addressed to the State Defense Minister on the Rambukkana shooting that brings to...
