Home Archives for July 2009

SCOPP defunct from today: APRC to find new facilitator

(July 31, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The Secretariat for Co-ordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP) which is to wind up its activities 31 July will no longer facilitate...

No community systematically destroyed in Sri Lanka - President

(July 31, New Delhi, Sri Lanka Guardian) "No community has been systematically destroyed in my country and no Sri Lankan government would stand such brutality...

Maj. Gen. Daya Rathnayake new Commissioner General of Rehabilitation

(July 31, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Major General Daya Rathnayake has been appointed as the new Commissioner General of Rehabilitation by President Mahinda...

"IMF loan : Govt. escaped capital punishment by putting the Nation to the Guillotine"

(July 31, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) It was none other than the Rajapakse Govt. which said, on the 4th of July that it will not need the IMF loan as the war...

Unified Tamil voice is the need of hour for independent Tamil Eelam

"Tamils numbering around 80 million around the world have the moral obligation to stand behind the struggle of the Eelam Tamils. The Diaspora Tamils have a golden...

A high level Chinese Buddhist delegation to visit Sri Lanka

(July 31, Beijing, Sri Lanka Guardian) The Most Venerable Shi Yie Chang, Vice President of the Buddhist Association of China who is also the Chief Abbot of the...

Sri Lank to be promoted in the eastern China

(July 31, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Mrs. Zhu Chengrong, Vice Chairman, Shanghai Municipal Tourism Bureau will lead a 10 member delegation comprising officials...

Coming to a full circle

"After decades of agonising conflict Sri Lanka needs an ambience free of fear and suspicion, where all people will have a fair share of power in decision making....

Embassy of Sri Lanka hosts " delightfull evening of Sri Lanka culture" with international club of DC

(July 31, Washington, Sri Lanka Guardian) Members of the International Club of DC were hosted by Ambassador Jaliya Wickramasuriya and Mrs. Wickramasuriya at their...

KP pins hopes on India

(July 30, Chennai, Sri Lanka Guardian) New LTTE Leader Selvarasa Pathmanathan alias KP expressed confidence that India would help Eelam Tamils achieve their aspirations...

Govt. allocates 54 buses to Jaffna

(July 30, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The Government handed over 54 reconditioned buses to the Northern Sri Lanka Transport Board on the last 23rd for strengthening...

Minister Devananda attends the Vavuniya sports festival

(July 30, Jaffna, SriLanka Guardian) At the sports festival held in Vavuniya Town Council grounds on the last 26th under “Uthuru Vasanthaya” (Northern Spring)...

Will the PM emulate Reagan?

We should have waited till this sincerity was established. What was the need for the indecent hurry shown by Dr.Manmohan Singh at Sharm-el-Sheikh for fresh talks...

The End of the War: Tips for the economic revival of Sri Lanka

By Prof. Sunil Wimalawansa(July 30, Melbourne, Sri Lanka Guardian) Sri Lanka is one of the oldest democracies in Asia. It is of historic importance that the Sri...

Sri Lanka Guardian threatened by anti democratic forces

‘The Sri Lankan government is shamefully using antiterrorism laws to silence peaceful critics in the media. This is no way for a government that claims to be a...

How Fake is the "Recovery"?

Statistical DeceptionsBy Paul Craig Roberts(July 30, Washington, Sri Lanka Guardian) Last week on NPR a professor in the Sloan School of Management at MIT explained...

CaTPaD Request the President to Implement 13th Amendment

(July 30, Toronto, Sri Lanka Guardian) The Canadian Tamils for Peace and Democracy (CaTPaD ) request The President of Sri Lanka, Mr. Mahinda Rajapakse to implement...

A Lankan lament

"No agency, including the UN, has accurate details about the total number of inmates in each camp. The government has refused to reveal details despite demands...

Twenty five years of energy management in Sri Lanka

By Dr. Tilak Siyambalapitiya(July 30, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The second oil crisis of 1979 had just ended when the Government of Sri Lanka decided in 1982...

The way forward in Sri Lanka

Territorialising rights suggests that rights are a zero-sum game: since the territory of Sri Lanka is finite, more of it for one community means less for another....