Temple of the Tooth Relic
News
-
Three member panel appointed to probe findings of former war commissions
A three-member panel has been appointed to probe the findings of former war commissions.
The panel has been appointed as the Human Rights Council prepares to discuss human rights in Sri Lanka at its next session in February-March 2021.
President …
-
UNHRC sends report on Sri Lanka to Government
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet is expected to table a damning report on Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva next month.
An advanced copy of the report is expected to be published …
-
Indian Americans abound in Biden-Harris Administration
Daya Gamage
Vice President Kamala Devi Harris is not the only high-ranking member of Biden administration who has Indian connection, and a Tamil who has Sri Lankan connection holding a very senior position under Harris: President Biden’s top policy-makers – …
-
US prompts new “human rights” resolution to push Sri Lanka to line up against China
Pradeep Ramanayake, K. Ratnayake
(Courtesy of www.wsws.org)
According to Colombo media reports, a “Core Group on Sri Lanka” is planning to present a new resolution to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on human rights issues. This group includes …
-
Sri Lankans Expats Welcome Incoming President Jo Biden and VP Kamala Harris
The Sri Lankan American Community in the USA, and Sri Lankans expats community worldwide join to express their good wishes to the incoming President of the United States, Jo Biden and incoming Vice President Kamala Harris on January 20, 2021 …
-
Two Kilinochchi Buddha statues desecrated
Buddhist society suspects Jaffna monument retaliation
IUSF suspects act ‘organised’ to fuel racial tension
Four police teams to probe
Two Buddha statues at the Kilinochchi Campus of the University of Jaffna were damaged by unknown persons on the night of …
-
UK Foreign Office Covers Its War Crimes – yet need to corner Sri Lanka
The files requested relate to the extent of UK’s support for mercenaries training Sri Lanka’s security forces. Photograph: Chamila Karunarathne/EPA
The Foreign Office is resisting publishing files relating to its diplomatic support for British mercenaries in Sri Lanka in the …
-
Expat Sri Lankans Written to UK PM about pro-LTTE Demands
A group of pro-LTTE Tamil terrorist organizations has written to Prime Minister of UK demanding to take international actions against Sri Lanka and commence internationally backed investigation against alleged war crimes and genocides from the following letter;
In response …
Articles
-
Question of Indian Tamils & Ceylon Tamils & Disenfranchisement
There is much hue and cry over allegations of post-independent Sri Lanka disenfranchising Indian Tamils. Let us therefore address this question directly.
Sri Lanka was illegally invaded and occupied by 3 western European countries from 1505 – the Portuguese, the …
-
Wartime FM calls for tangible measures to counter Geneva threat
“How come those who voted for Fonseka still push for an int’l war crime probe?’
Wartime Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama (2007-2010) yesterday (17) said that those who had been tainted by their association with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam …
-
The political economy of accusation, guilt and punishment
Whenever predictions are made about repercussions from the international community for things said or left unsaid or else things done or left undone, I am reminded of Libya. Muammar Gaddafi was for decades the bad boy. He decided at one …
-
In Sri Lanka’s own interests
(Courtesy of The Island)
India’s External Affairs Minister, Dr. S. Jaishankar during his recently concluded visit to Sri Lanka is reported to have stated at a Joint Press Conference that ‘It was in Sri Lanka’s own interest that expectations of …
-
The President’s Problems
(Courtesy of The Island)
The newspapers have been full recently of arguments regarding Provincial Councils. Unfortunately, most writers seem to approach the problem from their own long entrenched perspectives, both those in favour of Councils who have been plugging their …
-
Proposed Amendment to Antiquities Ordinance – a boost to destruction of antiquities
(Courtesy of The Island)
It has been reported that the Ministry of Justice is moving to amend the Antiquities Ordinance, repealing the provisions therein preventing the courts from releasing persons charged with or accused of offences under the Antiquities Ordinance …
-
Indian external affairs minister visits Sri Lanka to counteract growing Chinese influence – A Mission of US Contract
Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar visited Sri Lanka last week to voice New Delhi’s displeasure over delays in investment projects it considers important to its geo-strategic moves against China.
During his three-day tour, which ended on January 7, Jaishankar …
-
Jaffna STATE University cannot allow proscribed LTTE terrorist monuments
The University of Jaffna is a State university. It is funded by the Government of Sri Lanka and Faculty are paid salaries by the GoS. Therefore, all staff are bound by rules & regulations applicable to the Public Sector. Jaffna …
සිංහල Articles
යුද අපරාධවලට සම්බන්ධ හිටපු කොටි නායකයෝ 27 ක් බි්රතාන්යයේ හැංගිලා - ශ්රී ලංකාවට යුත්තිය සදහා ආයතනය
යුධ අපරාධවලට සම්බන්ධව කොටි හමුදා නායකයන් 27 ක් බි්රතාන්යයේ සිටින බව ලන්ඩන් නුවර සොලිසිටර් ජනරාල් පලිහවඩන සහ....... Read more
කළගුණ නොදත් මිනිසුන්ගෙන් බැහැර වූ නිදහස් අධ්යාපනයේ පියා!
ජාතියේ නුවනැස පෑදූ නිදහස් අධ්යාපණයේ පියාණන්ට ජාතියක් ලෙස අප කළගුණ සැලකුවේද යන්න සලකා බැලිය යුතුය....... Read more
සිංහල News
“කුරුන්ද” පුරාවිද්යා භූමිය ලංකාවේ උතුරු ප්රදේශයේ පිහිටි ඉපැරණි පුද බිමකි.
මුලතිව් තන්නිමුරුක්කු නාගචෝලෙයි රක්ෂිත ප්රදේශයේ පිහිටා ඇති අට්ඨකතාවන්හි හා වංශකතාවන්හි සඳහන් “කුරුන්දක”, “කුරුන්ද”....... Read more
ප්රංශයේ දෙමළ වෛද්ය සිසුවියන් දෙදෙනෙක්ව මරා දමලා.
ප්රංශයේ වෛද්ය උපාධිය හදාරමින් සිටියදී දින පහක් ඇතුළත යාපනයේ ශිෂ්යාවන් දෙදෙනකුම ප්රේම සම්බන්ධතා මත ශ්රී...... Read more
Photo News
LTTE Terrorists Attack of the Month
January 25th 1998 LTTE terrorist attack on the Sri Dalada Maligawa in Kandy.
Cartoon
Numbers Game
13th Amendment
