Articles
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Mangala’s FCID Shenanigans at Los Angeles Consulate
By Hassina Leelarathna Two police officers of the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) flew all the way from Sri Lanka in the last week of January 2017 to interrogate an employee at the Consul General’s office in Los Angeles. What..
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Muslims and moderates jittery as Eluga Tamil goes east
LTTE Tamil terrorist’s atrocities against Muslims in war-time and the marginalisation of minority communities in Tamil dominated regions looms large as second Eluga Tamil rally unfolds in the eastern town of Batticaloa. By Dharisha Bastians (Courtesy of FT) Mohammed Ibrahim,..
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Stop Fake ‘Shared Values’ campaign from replacing Buddhist values that illuminated ‘Sinhale’ nation for over two millennia
Shenali Waduge Buddhism and Buddhist values were the pride of the Sinhale nation for over two millennia. Nothing that this country stood for brought international attention both from near and far than the nation’s commitment to safeguard and foster Buddhism…
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At Independence, the citizens of ‘Sri Lanka’ must remember who fought to get independence
There is little point in raising the national flag if one does not know what the flag stands for and how the national flag came into being. There is little point celebrating independence, if people do not know what it..
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Sri Lanka’s Independence – a beneficiary of Japan’s entry to the Second World War which sealed the fate of European Colonialism in Asia
Senaka Weeraratna Sri Lanka together with several other Asian countries owe much in winning their freedom, to Japan’s entry to the Second World War and the resulting chain of events that sealed the fate of European colonialism in Asia. Jawaharlal..
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Sri Lanka: Celebrating ‘Independence’ in a Mess
By Kalinga Seneviratne (Courtesy of www.independetnews.net) On February 4 each year Sri Lanka celebrates the gaining of independence from British colonial rule. 69 years since then, it is appropriate to ask: “what independence?” The country is currently in a real..
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Cultural Genocide – Sinhalese Right to Identity at stake: Sinhalese are not prepared to give up Sinhale Identity for the sake of becoming a Sri Lankan
The fundamental right to a historically held identity is being incrementally usurped. There is a plot to usurp the Sinhale Identity. It must be opposed. The Sinhale identity is in our blood and the Buddhist identity is also in our..
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International laws in armed conflict
By Neville Ladduwahetty POST-CONFLICT APPLICATION of IHRL and IHL The position originally adopted by some participating in the e-mail exchange was that IHRL and IHL concurrently apply in Armed Conflict. Since then they have conceded that the Law applicable to..
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Reply to Mr SP Vasantharajah’s “Meaningful Solution” submission
By Kanthar.P.Balanathan 1.I came across an article of you suggesting, “towards a meaningful political solution”. Well I respect your views. However, I have significant amount of reservation and concerns over your suggestions. The values and norms of someone should be respected,..
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National War Heroes’ Front calls CTFRM report a treacherous document
(Courtesy of The Island ) By Sarath Weerasekera The National War Heroes’ Front has rejected the report submitted by the Consultation Task Force on Reconciliation Mechanisms” (CTFRM) appointed by the Prime Minister’s office, as a treacherous document and has called..





