Sri Lanka is a small island nation in the Indian Ocean made up of two races; in it are communities that follow different religions. Accepting these facts, when the colonial power the United Kingdom left […]
Author: Northern Breeze
Monument at Jaffna Uni demolished by Night!
A well executed plan by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Jaffna at the request of the authorities. What took place at the campus of the University of Jaffna is considered as part of […]
Indo-Lanka Accord and unlucky number 13!
Regretably, the Indo-Lanka Accord was a failure from Day One. Not because it was translated as the 13th Amendment to the Constitution with unlucky 13 the number of Rahu. For initially, there were 12 immortal […]
The 2004 Tsunami that hit the Indian Ocean.
On 2020 December 26 a two minutes silence was observed across the country in Sri Lanka at 9:25 AM in remembrance of the lives lost in the 2004 tsunami on that Boxing Day that hit […]
Country of 2 Nations
For the past seven decades, the Sri Lankan Tamils have been demanding that they be governed by a federal constitution. So that they could rule themselves in their territories, which is still commonly referred to […]
Vulnerable NE Tamils issues need resolution!
The Tamils in Sri Lanka are today highly vulnerable as ever. At present Tamils continue to live with conditions in North and East causing poverty, where as places like Jaffna and Trinco must become global […]
PROPOSITIONs for Tamils in North-East Sri Lanka
These are propositions for Tamils in Northeast region of Sri Lanka as part of their preparation for the 2020 General Election due on August 5, middle of COVID-19 pandemic prevailing in the country. The Tamil […]
SriLanka is smashing away COVID-19 Virus!
Past week Sri Lankan authorities had quarantined hundreds of persons who had come into contact with staff and volunteers including military personnel who worked at a drug rehabilitation centre in Kandakadu where inmates were infected […]
Com bank move to access finance for women!
A member of the World Bank Group will support the Commercial Bank, to develop more specially-designed products and services for women, as part of a move to help boost access to finance for women, especially […]
Sri Lankan preferential voting to push same party candidates into a battle!
Sri Lanka has a proportional system at the district level and a proportional system at the national level based on the same poll. Prior to 1978 there was the first-past-the-post system based on constituencies with […]