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 …

By Kanthar.P.Balanathan 

1.I came across an article of you suggesting, “towards a meaningful political solution”. Well I respect your views. However, I have significant amount of reservation and concerns over your suggestions. The values and norms of someone …

Sources reported that racism would raise its head among schoolchildren due to the government’s reconciliation programme in schools launched by pro-federalist and pro-minority Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga recently issued statements under her Reconciliation Secretariats.

General public voiced that there was …

(Courtesy  of The Island )

By Sarath Weerasekera

The National War Heroes’ Front has rejected the report submitted by the Consultation Task Force on Reconciliation Mechanisms” (CTFRM) appointed by the Prime Minister’s office, as a treacherous document and has called …

‘These will be going to the world as the official recommendations and observations of a task force appointed by the Prime Minister and which functioned under the Prime Minister’s Office and which held meetings with stakeholders throughout the country.’

By …