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The Canadian Tamil Congress joins a list of 16 organizations that have been declared proscribed by the GOSL under UNSC Resolution 1373. The scores of other organizations formed on foreign soil liaising with these banned entities are culpable for every..

(Courtesy of The Island) A two-day defence seminar, the fifth of an ongoing series, commenced at Galadari Hotel yesterday. This year’s sessions, themed on ‘National Security in the Context of Emerging Global Threats’, were segmented into a range of related issues, including..

– Kumar Moses South Asia’s strategic security situation is changing very fast. It is driven by Indian hegemonic interests. Since its creation in 1947, India has always been an invasive force. The long list of Indian invasions and grabbing others’..

(Courtesy of www.ibtl.in) Tamils in Sri Lanka keep asking for the same Federal States as India. However this is very revealing about the reality of Federalism in India. Is India a federal state? According to one view, in spite of the..

Sri Lanka occupied little thought throughout the West for much of the period since independence in 1948. In the last few years, however, Sri Lanka began to feature as a country of strategic relevance to great powers, particularly China and..

Dr Sudath Gunasekara, MAHANUWARA, the last capitol of the Sinhale Kingdom Everything on the political stage appears to be rosy. At least that is how it is displayed by the media for the consumption of the general public. Nisa Bisval..

Courtesy of The Island It is reported that the US Assistant Secretary of State, Nisha Biswal, is so ‘upbeat’ about the mechanism adopted by the Government for a Domestic Inquiry Mechanism into accountability and reconciliation issues relating to the final..

Let’s start from the beginning by answering some direct questions. No investigation can omit to investigate how armed militancy started in Sri Lanka. It was not home grown. The Vaddukoddai Resolution may have called for youth to take up arms,..

Ranil Wickremesinghe beat all odds and topped the list of preferences – a feat that was considered impossible earlier. At the base level, shorn off the rhetoric and the tinsel, it is an achievement  that reflects the combination of national,..

By Surya Valliappan Krishna The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was organizationally dismantled in 2009 during the Mahinda Rajapaksa term. The issue however continued to dominate the Sri Lankan political scene and sparked a massive debate in India, particularly..