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Workers wave China’s and Sri Lanka’s national flags upon the arrival of China’s research and survey vessel, the Yuan Wang 5 at Hambantota port on Aug 16, 2022. (Photo: Reuters) BEIJING: Sri Lanka tops the list of nations that may..

The Tamil Separatist Movement has cooked up the bogus idea of a separate Tamil Buddhism in the north to prevent Sinhala claims to those ruins. The claim of a Tamil Buddhist heritage in Jaffna is to prove their right to..

There is/was no ethnic problem – There was/is a caste problem The international community has been gulping half-baked stories not because they are unaware of the true story, but because the true story does not fit into their scheme of..

The 13th amendment to Sri Lanka’s Constitution followed the signing of the Indo-Lanka Accord between Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi & Sri Lankan President J R Jayawardena. Both are now dead. LTTE was defeated in May 2009 & Prabakaran is dead. Prabakaran..

Inspite of the reconciliation mumbo-jumbo, what is being promoted is retributive justice for a National Army & restorative justice for an internationally banned terrorist movement. When foreign govts slap sanctions on those who ended decades of terror and envoys visit..

When countries with records of unprecedented mass murders feel it politically fashionable to annually commemorate an incident which took place in Sri Lanka which is miniscule to the crimes they committed, when political correctness has silenced people & prevented them..

Was the former President roped into pretend to be the “nationalist” candidate BEFORE or AFTER victory? (this should answer whether nationalists were taken for a ride from the beginning) IF BEFORE – does it explain why he ignored the Viyathmaga policies &..

Rajavarothiam Sampanthan is a Vellala MP and the oldest MP in Sri Lanka’s Parliament. There are not many nonagenarian MPs but Sampanthan is likely to take his Eelam dream to his grave & beyond coupled with the hate, racism, vengeance..

Since 2002, the present President has made 7 visits as Prime Minister to India. It was the present President who enabled Indian Oil to operate in Sri Lanka, who promoted the ferry service, road & rail connections and we are..

The slogan of the 2022 aragala activists was against “corruption” and the allegation of “collapsing the economy”. These chants were parroted by a majority of youth who were cheered by groups of elite personalities at Galle Face Green adding a..