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By Lt Col (Retd.)  Anil Amarasekera A country is governed by convention or by adhering to a Constitution. When our colonial masters namely the British granted independence to Ceylon they introduced a Constitution better known as the Soulbury Constitution to..

(Courtesy of www.cepaepa.com) Talk of a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with India is heard again louder than a whisper in both professional and business circles. When it surfaced last time, the local professionals in the services sector joined hands with..

We are watching a miscarriage of justice unfold if we remain silent to the irregularities, illegalities, irreversible and irreparable damage likely to take place. Sri Lanka must not agree to any Tribunal that only covers 3 months or the last phase..

By Barbara O’Brien Buddhism Expert buddhism.about.com Buddhism has been practiced on the Korean peninsula for more than 16 centuries (see “Buddhism in Korea“). It survived long centuries of repression under a Confucian dynasty and also challenges to monastic rules during the..

Carlo’s cockeyed logic By Gunadasa Amarasekera My friend Carlo either lacks the common sense to understand simple statements or distorts them to his advantage, resorting to cunning, obfuscating it with illogical quibbling in the name of logic. His reply is..

(Courtesy of The Island) By Shamindra Ferdinando Skills Development and Vocational Training Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe yesterday stressed that foreign participation in a judicial inquiry into alleged accountability issues during eelam war IV would be contrary to the Constitution. Therefore, there..

By Senaka Weeraratna  As the symbolic head of the UN, the Secretary-General serves as both its top diplomat and its chief administrative officer. The UN Charter postulates, that he / she is responsible for performing various functions entrusted to him/her..

Prior to January 2015 the propaganda was directed at ‘white van kidnappings’ but names of the kidnapped kept conveniently omitted. Fear psychosis propaganda sufficed. Lack of a police commission became the reason for all ills. Now even after the establishment..

H. L. D. Mahindapala After enduring the indignities and humiliations of oppression and persecution of the Vellahla supremacists, the “Minority Tamils” – a euphemism for the untouchables — launched their first organised revolt in 1968 at Maviddipuram Temple. Earlier attempts..

Kanthar Balanathan, Australia For readers to understand the line of action by the Tamils, it would be appropriate to identify certain actions by the Tamil politicians since independence in 1948. SJV Chelvanayagam (SJVC) started his blindfold demand of federalism with..