Buddhists in Neeraviyadiya erected a Buddha statue with the support of security forces. During the pro-minority Yahapalana government constructions and developments of Buddhist Vihara was suspended to comply with the agreement sign with TNA in Singapore.

The Buddha statue covered …

(Courtesy of The Lanka Lead News)
ආරාජිකත්වය කරා සීඝ්‍රනය් රට රැනගන ගිය ගමනින් රට බේරා ගැනීමට අගනා අවස්ථාවක් ශ්‍රී ලංකා වාසී ජනතාවට අද ලැබී ඇතිබවත්, පාර්ලිමේන්තුව තුළ නියෝජිතයින් එහා මෙහා කීරීමෙන් නොව ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ලෙස තමාගේ ජන්ද අයිතිය භාවිතා කර ජනතාවගේ …

The pro-LTTE local legislator,  Vijay Thanigasalam, Conservative MPP for Scarborough-Rouge Park’s, hub of Tamil terrorists in North America alleged that previous government of Mahinda Rajapaksa is responsible for killing and raping of Tamil women in Jaffna, when addressing the local …

(By Courtesy of The Island)
By Tamara Kunnayakam
Tamara Kunanayakam, Economist, Expert on international affairs, Former Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the UN at Geneva, Former Chairperson/Rapporteur of the UN Intergovernmental Working Group on the Right to Development yesterday …

on 21st Jan 2015

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Fresh evidence has emerged pointing to a concerted international effort behind the defeat of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse in the country’s presidential election on January 8. Reuters reported on Sunday that …

Commenting on the political situation in Sri Lanka, British Parliamentarian Lord Naseby has said he was unhappy that former British junior minister put down a question suggesting what happened in Sri Lanka was unconstitutional.
“That is not the law, I …

by Dr Palitha Kohona

Ambassador Dr Palitha Kohona, Former Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations.

(Courtesy of www.indepthnews.net)

The change of Government in Sri Lanka, following the unceremonious sacking of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasingha by President …

(Courtesy of The Island)

It is with a sense of gratitude that I read the ‘Opinion’ titled ‘A Flawed Argument’ by Savitri Goonesekere in last Friday’s issue of The Island, in which she has explained that it is not the …

President of the “Yuthukama Sanwaada Kavaya” (Responsibility Discussion Circle) Gevindu Kumaratunga says Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe failed to fulfil pledges given on 8 January 2015.“The new government came into being to halt the huge destruction that was taking place under …

The Buddhist nationalist organization; Bodhu Bala Sena, BBS handed over a strongly worded letter to UK Prime Minister via British High Commissioner requesting not to interfere with internal matter of Sri Lanka to promote Tamil separatism.

Letter stated that, studying …