Home Archives for May 2011

How Offshoring Has Destroyed the Economy

Nobel Laureate: Globalism Has Been Ruinous for Americans US President Barack Obama (L) signs the guest book under the look of his wife Michelle (C) after participating...

An impartial body of advisers is urgently required

The complaint of ordinary people, however, is that these persons and organizations fail to play their expected role satisfactorily. The general public who are...

We need to build mutual confidence with the UN

We need to build mutual confidence between the office of the Special Rapporteur and the Government of Sri Lanka which share a common objective of ensuring of...

CHR condemns the police attack on Katunayake FTZ protesters

Guarantee the constitutional right to peaceful protest by Surangi Ariyawansa (May 31, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The Centre for Human Rights (CHR) condemns the...

Jaya & India’s Lanka Policy

The tragic fallout is that the rich fishing grounds on the Sri Lankan side of the Palk Bay has become a bone of contention between Tamil Nadu fishermen and...

Et Bhullar die in ignominy, not in Gallows

File Photo They are without influence, without following, but not without lingering traces of the anger which initially gave rise to the movement. by B.Raman (May...

The Sambuddhatva Jayanthi and the New World Order

The first step is to make a commitment toward ending poverty. This could be done nationally, regionally or globally. To start with, the national dimension...

Rating Sri Lanka’s investment prospects

by FS (May 31, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) How does Sri Lanka rate internationally as an investment centre? Have we put the war behind us? Are foreign investors,...

Development of former war zones neglects reconciliation

by Jehan Perera (May 31, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) President Mahinda Rajapaksa replied to his government’s detractors at the second anniversary celebration...

The fine line between LTTE terrorism and state terrorism

How the West rocked the cradle and pinched the baby What distinct elements were there between state terror and rebel militancy? This war was not without witnesses...