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It was the first time India had sent its troops beyond the seas to Sri Lanka in July 1987 to engage the very militants India had trained, armed & funded. The Indian Army Chief Gen. Sundarji declared “if the LTTE does..

I was at the Naval Detachment Talaimannar attached to Special Boats Squadron as Squadron Commander in the early 1990s and carried out ambushes at sandbanks against the LTTE. That was a Sunday afternoon. The OIC of Talaimannar informed me, over the..

Citizens of Sri Lanka should be mature enough to put politics & preference for political parties aside when it comes to issues concerning the Nation. In such scenarios, citizens must be able to separate their personal preferences & evaluate if..

It is no secret that one of the key impediments to Sri Lanka’s ability to function as an ‘independent’ & ‘sovereign’ nation is no one else but India. There is not an area that India has not influenced & put..

Sri Lanka’s post-independence has been flavoured by spice & ice – all of our momentous moments were erased by a handful that chose to go crying tale tales overseas. The noteworthy aspect of these tale carriers is the selective nature..

Either we are picking at straws wondering what we did wrong since 1948 or we are pointing fingers at others but still unable to find the answers. It is indeed sad that we cannot pinpoint where we have erred &..

The United States, Britain, Canada and few other Western so-called champions of human rights will press their unreasonable demand at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) next month to initiate an international probe into alleged human rights violations in..

Vellalarism has been a unique force in Sri Lankan history. It has been the longest running political force in Sri Lankan history. It has run through three colonial empires – Portuguese, Dutch and British – without losing its grip on..

The newly appointed High Commissioner-designate of Sri Lanka to Malaysia Air Chief Marshal Sumangala Dias (retired) assumed duties at the Sri Lanka High Commission in Kuala Lumpur on 27 January, 2022. The government sent him to Malaysia after Canada and..

HC Navaratne responds to Ontario’s politico’s allegation 140,000 killed in Vanni war Sri Lanka has pointed out flaws in the process adopted by the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to pursue unsubstantiated war crimes accusations, which paved the..