Asoka Bandarage
There are innumerable accounts in the international media and academia on aggression against religious minorities, especially the Muslims, in the Buddhist majority countries in South and Southeast Asia. They report incitement of violence by ‘militant’ Buddhist monks of
…Following recent extremist’s attack on the Asirimalaya Buddhist temple in Pulmudaya in Trincomalee District of Eastern Province of Sri Lanka on 12th August 2016, Civil Society group has demanded security for all such Buddhist temples where threats had been …
By Wade Shepard
The story goes that in 2011 Sri Lanka’s then-president Mahinda Rajapaksa looked out from the land reclamation site of Colombo’s emerging South Container Terminal and had an epiphany: why not just keep going and build …
The Buddhist Groups are actively working to promote the supremacy of the country’s majority Sinhala Buddhist population and sentiments among the Buddhists who have been marginalized since the independent and noticeably following new Yahapalana government led by pro-minority mind set …
(Interview with Daily Mirror)
Rear Admiral Sarath Weeraekera had been the Chief of Staff of the Sri lanka Navy and the first Director General of the Civil Defence Force. He was one of the five Heads felicitated by the nation …
The Joint Opposition, Patriotic Organizations, War Heroes and General Public held a protest campaign close to Sri Lankan parliament premises where the monument for war heroes situated.
The widely unpopular Bill which is considered as anti-Sri Lankans and anti-War-heroes was …
Shouting coarse expressions in protest against the government seems to be the main task of the joint opposition led by former President, MP Mahinda Rajapaksa. A new constitution for the country was among the key promises of the Yahapalana government …
It is reported that pro-minority government is working to bring the most dangerous Act to parliament today to let down all our war heroes and patriots by ratifying the so called Missing Persons Office, MPO to satisfy their political partners, …
Courtesy of The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando
Against the backdrop of President Maithripala Sirisena’s repeated declarations that the government of Sri Lanka hadn’t accepted foreign judges to inquire into accountability issues, it would be pertinent to examine the stand taken-up …
*Wants to partner military
Atul Keshap
by Zacki Jabbar
The United States of America says it wants to partner with the Sri Lankan military while assisting the government in drafting a new constitution and meeting commitments it had made to …