Sri Lanka is still under threat - Warns Defence Secretary

LTTE rump groups and Pro-LTTE organizations are trying hard to achieve their separatist ideology in the country:

Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that there is a possibility that the re-emergence of LTTE in Sri Lanka, as LTTE sympathizers abroad still struggling to achieve the LTTE's separatist ideology in the country. He made this observation speaking at a public lecture on ‘Future Challenges to National Security in Sri Lanka’ organized by Sri Lanka Foundation Institute and Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, at the auditorium of the Institute, Tuesday

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[The lotus Heart]

Razor wheel throne

The crowd inched through the vestibule. The husband was feeling uneasy. He accepted everyone’s condolences with an expressionless face. He could not think what to do next. It was the princess’ funeral, and the prince led the procession. No one could blame him, not even his own conscience. But something disturbed him. He was lost in a train of thoughts.

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Electricity from Gliricidia - an entirely Sri Lankan concept

It was heartening to read the news item under the heading ‘Electricity from Gliricidia’ in the Daily News of January 6, 2012. The prominence given to this news item in a national newspaperwith wide circulation is indeed welcomed by all who have strived over the past several decades to bring to the notice of the authorities the viability and the national importance of making use of this indigenous,

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Al-Haj Dr T B Jayah and national unity

The system of Legislature was introduced by the British colonial rulers in Ceylon in 1833, through the Colebrooke Constitution. The Legislative Council consisted, besides the officials of the Government, a very limited number of members representing the English, Burgher, Low Country Sinhala and Tamil communities.

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