Shenali Waduge

Buddhism and Buddhist values were the pride of the Sinhale nation for over two millennia. Nothing that this country stood for brought international attention both from near and far than the nation’s commitment to safeguard and foster Buddhism. …

(Courtesy for The Island)

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka celebrates its 69th ‘Independence Day’ on a grand scale today. We are sure to be treated to fiery oratory by glib politicians who will wax eloquent on what they may …

There is little point in raising the national flag if one does not know what the flag stands for and how the national flag came into being. There is little point celebrating independence, if people do not know what it …

Sri Lankans living in globally raised their concerns and protest to the University of Deakin for inviting Ranil Wickramasinghe as their guest speaker of the “Law 2017 Oration” of the University to be held on 16^th February at the …

Senaka Weeraratna

Sri Lanka together with several other Asian countries owe much in winning their freedom, to Japan’s entry to the Second World War and the resulting chain of events that sealed the fate of European colonialism in Asia.

Jawaharlal …

By Kalinga Seneviratne

(Courtesy of www.independetnews.net)

On February 4 each year Sri Lanka celebrates the gaining of independence from British colonial rule. 69 years since then, it is appropriate to ask: “what independence?” The country is currently in a real …

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India and Sri Lanka signed an agreement to construct a so called multi-ethnic tri-lingual school in Polonnaruwa district which is the home town of pro-minority Sri Lankan President Sirisena. The federalist mind set government leaders said that this is another …

The racists Tamil extremists and pro-LTTE Tamil terrorists ’s political party TNA members opposed to 50 housing construction scheme launched by National Housing Development Authority (NHDA) under the Ministry of Housing for the Internally Displaced Sinhala people in Nawakkuliya, Jaffna.…

By Neville Ladduwahetty

POST-CONFLICT APPLICATION of IHRL and IHL

The position originally adopted by some participating in the e-mail exchange was that IHRL and IHL concurrently apply in Armed Conflict. Since then they have conceded that the Law applicable to …