In an interview with The Economic Times India (ET) Jim Rogers mentions that the present situation in Sri Lanka will be conducive to investors. Excerpt from the interview - “ET – You recently said that you would invest in China and Sri Lanka but not in India. Aren’t you betting on the new government in India? I was trying to make a point that if anyone wants to invest in this particular...

Over the past few weeks the famed battle of the great king Dutugamunu and Ellara was re lived by many. The LTTE also used Elara (Ellalan in tamil) to identify their armed wing the “Ellalan Force”. In my view the present day Sri Lankan (Tamil or Sinhala) has forgotten the greatness of both kings. King Ellara was a fair and impartial king unlike his present misleadingly claimed counterpart...

We  require a visible shift from sympathy for the IDPs to an affirmation  of  their  rights and  dignity as Sri Lankans, said Bishop of Colombo Rt.  Rev.  Duleep de Chickera in a statement issued yesterday. This  shift  should  be  accompanied  with  a  multi-task  approach  towards  recovery   and normalcy,  he  added.  “Two  priorities  of  screening  and  counselling ...

Some perspectives from the “war torn generation” A victorious day – 19th May 2009: Those words were uttered by His Excellency President Rajapakshe addressing parliament in the wake of that historic and momentous occasion, on 19th of May 2009, when our Commander-in-Chief proudly proclaimed the resounding victory of our forces over the tyrants of terror; H.E. was referring to our Tamil brethren,...

Britain and other EU countries sold military equipment worth millions of pounds to the Sri Lankan Government in the last three years of its bloody civil war with the Tamil Tigers, The Times has learnt. Britain approved commercial sales of more than £13.6 million of equipment including armoured vehicles, machinegun components and semiautomatic pistols, according to official records. Slovakia provided...

Prof. Rohan Gunaratna Singapore, 18 April, (Asiantribune.com): “Sri Lanka has become a living laboratory on how to and how not to fight terrorism. Governments from around the world have started to study the Sri Lankan case. Western and other military, law enforcement security and intelligence services are today consulting the Sri Lankan government on how they reduced the LTTE power from a formidable...