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Are Sri Lanka’s govts, policy advisors & close coterie living in a delusional world thinking that a takeover of a country only happens via invasions as took place under Portuguese, Dutch, British ruling Sri Lanka from 1505-1972? Have they not..

Has it never occurred to the international media or so-called international community or even UN/UNHRC Officials to question the silence of LTTE fronts to LTTE’s recruitment of Tamil children who were turned into child soldiers forming one third of LTTE’s..

PM Modi is due in Sri Lanka on 5th April, the 54th anniversary of the JVP 1st rebellion. JVP will be celebrating its 50thanniversary which commenced against Indian expansionist agenda & unlikely to proceed to its 100th year on the..

Let’s stop pretending we don’t see what’s happening. First it was President Mahinda Rajapaksa- dragged down for defeating the separatist dream. Then it was Gotabaya- accused, cornered, humiliated. Then came the generals. Then the former militants who crossed over to..

Before I wrote this, I debated with my conscience. I knew this article would not be popular. But when truth knocks, silence is betrayal. So here it is. Who is Pillayan? Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, known as Pillayan, was recruited into the..

It needs to highlight the following: 1. The British Govt, long before 1948, gave the European Jews two options as their Homeland. One was Palestine. The other was Ceylon. Both countries were under their Empire. For religious reasons Jews chose..

Maha Nāduwa and the Return of Buddhist Jurisprudence in Sri Lanka https://www.shenaliwaduge.com/justice-under-the-dalada-maha-naduwa-and-the-return-of-buddhist-jurisprudence-in-sri-lanka/ The Maha Naduwa was also where the Sacred Tooth Relic is occasionally exhibited for public veneration, an event to take place in Sri Lanka from 18 April –..

Of the several MOUs signed by the President of Sri Lanka during Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Sri Lanka, the most consequential in respect of implications to Sri Lanka is the one associated with the Defence Cooperation. Neither the public..

අනවරාග්‍ර සංසාරයේ සැරිසරන සත්ත්වයා ඒ ඒ ආත්මවලදී තම මවුපියන් මියගිය විට හැඬූ කඳුළු මහා සාගරයටත් වැඩි බව කියැවේ. සමහරු දුකටත් හඬති, සතුටටත් හඬති. තක්කඩිකමට වංචාවට කඳුළු හෙළන්නොත් දුලභ නොවෙති. එහෙත් අද අපේ අවධානය යොමු කරන්නේ දෑසින් රූරා වැටෙන කඳුළු ගැන..

Sri Lanka’s current judicial system stems from Judicature Act 2 of 1978 influenced by English & Roman-Dutch Law a carry-forward from Dutch to British colonial rule. Unfortunately, the leaders of post-independence forgot or ignored Sri Lanka had its own distinct..