The 133rd birth anniversary of the national hero and erudite scholar Cumaratunga Munidasa falls on July 25, 2020 (July 25, 1887-March 02, 1944). Much has been said about the immeasurable contribution Cumaratunga Munidasa, the impactful personality, made to the Sinhala …
The Madras High Court on Wednesday said that Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit cannot sit on the state government’s recommendation to release all the seven life convicts in the 1991 Rajiv Gandhi assassination case for so long.
The division bench …
The Prime Minister of Canada issued a statement on 23rd July, stating that “Today, we remember the horrific events of Black July in Sri Lanka and honour the memory of its victims. “In July 1983, anti-Tamil pogroms swept across Colombo, …
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The report of the special Presidential Commission headed by Dr. Laksiri Gunaruwan to assess the proposed Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact was released to the public on 23rd June 2020. It paints a grim picture of …
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It was interesting to read Lynn Ockersz’ posting in The Island titled “UN Genocide Convention and Social Peace”. What should rise to the top of the minds of most Sri Lankan readers when the word “genocide” …
In the backdrop of pro-LTTE Tamil terrorist stance taken by the Australian Labour Party, ALP much peace loving people globally and in particularly in Australians moved away from ALP. Numbers of key figures of ALP openly associated with the world …
On Nov. 29, 2017, Indigenous socialist president Evo Morales won a legal challenge to modify the Bolivian constitution, to allow Morales to run for a fourth term as the Bolivian president.
Two years later, on Oct. 25, 2019, the winner …
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As we cross into the second half of 2020, there is little hope left that our misfortunes will end when this annus horribilis goes out. We may be entering one of the most cataclysmic and fateful periods …