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  • Some reflections on Poson

    Some reflections on Poson

    By Madapatha Uditha

    (Courtesy of The Island)

     

    Unlike Vesak, which is celebrated on different days at different times and with different festivities in different countries throughout Asia, Poson is specific to Sri Lanka and India. Briefly, it celebrates the …


  • Pakistan’s HC meets SL Governor of Trincomalee

    Pakistan’s HC meets SL Governor of Trincomalee

    Pakistan’s High Commissioner Major General (retd) Muhammad Saad Khattak who was visiting Sri Lanka met the Governor of Eastern Province Mrs. Anuradha Yahampath in Trincomalee to discuss economic assistance to Eastern Province from Pakistan.

    Mr. Khattak was posted to Colombo …




  • A New Governor for Northern Province?

    A New Governor for Northern Province?

    The Northern Province is likely to get a new governor after Parliamentary elections. The new incumbent will be a military face. People of the region desire that the government’s final choice should win the hearts and minds of the Tamils …



  • Post War Sri Lanka: A response

    Post War Sri Lanka: A response

    Asoka Weerasinghe (Mr.) Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . K1J 6G1 Canada

    Response to the Tamil extremist paid article published in “Diplomat Magazine” in Canada

    28 May 2020

    The Editor
    DIPLOMAT Magazine
    Ottawa, Ontario

    Dear  Ms. Campbell:

    Re: …


  • තොන්ඩමන්ලා සහ තොන්ඩමන්ලා

    තොන්ඩමන්ලා සහ තොන්ඩමන්ලා

    එකම රටක්, එකම ජාතියක් සැමට සමානව ක්‍රියාත්මක වන එකම නීතියක් වෙනුවෙන් පෙනී සිටින මා ඇතුළු තවත් බොහෝ පිරිසක් ආරුමුගම් තොන්ඩමන් මහතාගේ හදිසි අභාවයෙන් කණගාටුවට පත් වුවද රජය විසින් ඔහුගේ දේහය රට පුරා ප්‍රදර්ශනය කරමින් නටන නාඩගම පිළිබඳව ඇත්තේ බලවත් පිළිකුලකි.…


  • Tamil crimes against peace – Part II

    Tamil crimes against peace – Part II

    Despite all the convoluted threads of history and politics running through the Vadukoddai Resolution there is only one simple meaning in it: it is a classic case of a crime against peace, the first crime listed in the Nuremberg Charter …