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Only people with clean hands can claim right to find fault with others and question their integrity. In taking an oath of loyalty to the National Constitution and country to protect its territorial integrity and sovereignty how far the BASL..

On 18th May 2014, Sri Lanka celebrated the victory over the internationally banned terrorist movement LTTE. Sri Lanka has every right to celebrate the defeat of terrorism and the victory of peace. It came after 3 decades and the loss of..

By Dr. Roslyn Fuller. Several years ago, a British television channel ran a film entitled The Trial of Tony Blair. Not only was it pretty funny, with the former British prime minister freely sharing with all and sundry the innumerable..

Friday, 09 May 2014 International conference on Buddhist Jurisprudence 2014 at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute on May 10 and 11 International Law at present is greatly influenced by Western thinking and ideals whilst there is very little input of Buddhist..

A harbinger to the largest democratic exercise in history was the lone state of Tamil Nadu desiring to be different from the rest of India. They thought differently and voted differently. Whereas the Modi wave was consistent throughout India it..

The case of Kathiravel Thayapararaja appearing from the ‘dead’ cannot be taken lightly. If not for his arrest by the Indian police the world would have continued to believe the University Teachers for Human Rights report, continued to accept the War..

‘Dan ithin Vesak balanna yanna baya nehe; bomba pipirenne nehene (Now, after all, we can go to see the Vesak decorations without fear; there are no bombs exploding).’  This is what a neighbor who sells betel, sweets and sometimes king coconut..

By  Darshanie Ratnawalli (Courtesy of  The Nation) Once upon a time, when the International Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES), Colombo was not as respectable as they are now, they commissioned. A. ThevaRajan, currently a member of the Transnational Constituent Assembly..

We were under the impression that Sri Lanka’s unemployment was hovering at 4.4% and then we are informed by a Sunday newspaper that the Minister of Labour and Labour Relations says there are ‘enough vacancies in Sri Lanka’ – not for Sri..

By Bandu de Silva In my last article entitled “America’s Indian Ocean bases, US Geneva Resolution ,……..” published in your website  I did not discuss the significant impact that US’s Strategic Rebalancing Plan toward Asia-Pacific (SRPAP) might have on the..