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By Daya Gamage (Courtesy of Asian Tribune) In early 2012, under the auspices of the Office of the Under Secretary-General of the United Nations (Political Affairs) B. Lynn Pascoe, attended by many professionals that included President Obama’s close confidante and information czar..

There is no denying that people died in the final phase of the conflict. That both LTTE and the Sri Lankan Armed Forces were both armed is also true. They were both not sending each other roses. That there were..

By Senaka Weeraratna Buddhism has shaped the lives of our people, the identity, and the direction of our society in a way unmatched by any other religion. Buddhism has been the national faith for over two millennia and the bedrock of..

(Courtesy of The Island) By Shamindra Ferdinando Sri Lanka lacked a strategy to counter lies, propagated by Western powers, bent on undermining the war effort. Successive governments, particularly the war-winning Rajapaksa administration, had been overwhelmed by high profile relentless propaganda..

Can you really divide a country and tell a group of people to live on one side and declare the other side newly ‘independent’? What a preposterous suggestion. Prey tell us how this can be an ideal situation when majority..

(Courtesy of The Ceylon Today) BY PANCHAMEE HEWAVISSENTI Although, Sri Lanka’s Constitution declares that the country is a ‘Unitary State’ some are of the view that the country should be a ‘United State’. Legal experts say that 13th Amendment would..

By Hassina Leelarathna (Sri Lanka Express) When it comes to US foreign policy, there’s no difference between the Democrats and Republicans: both believe in American Exceptionalism and, consequently, both parties believe that the United States is predestined and entitled to..

By Lt Col. (retd) Anil Amarasekera There was a regime change in Sri Lanka on January 8, 2015 and the Yahapalanaya government was voted to power due to two reasons. Firstly President Mahinda Rajapaksa who gave political leadership that resulted in..

Some birds like to chirp the same song. 13th amendment has come to be that song. The singers of course are many. They enjoy nagging about the non-implementation of the 13th amendment at every forum be it at UNHRC, UN..

(Courtesy of The Isalnd) By SANJA DE SILVA JAYATILLEKA “Engaging in arguments and debates in the international domain over the number of civilians who may have died at a particular time in the country will not help resolve any issues, in..