Reconciliation process started by present government is running into a challenging position following the Government partner, pro-LTTE Tamil Terrorist political party TNA opposing to any housing project in the North and East for Sinhalese or Security forces.

Tamil extremist TNA …

Asitha G Punchihewa

Prior to European colonial rule over Sri Lanka governance, administration and judicial procedures are said to have been operated under the direction of the ruler upon which near unlimited power vested. Although that is the common notion …

One Kathiravel Thayapararaja was said to have been tortured and killed by the Sri Lankan Security forces on 13^th September 2009. The first to publicize the ‘death’ was a pro-LTTE website ‘Vanni Tech Director Thayaparan was killed by Sinhala …

Dilrook Kannangara

“The Joint Opposition is also maintaining a deafening silence about the true plight of Buddhism! The Joint Opposition must do much more than what it currently does for the protection of Buddhism. They cannot have a free ride …

 Senaka Weeraratna

The issues raised by the London-based World Animal Protection (WAP) and like organisations towards stopping tourists from traveling to Sri Lanka because of elephant rides and shows in Sri Lanka to the exclusion of compassion towards other …

The conviction of Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic shows that no one is above the law, says the UN Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein.

Karadzic was just sentenced to forty years in jail for genocide, war crimes …

Although the 2016 presidential election is still in the primaries phase, contenders have already brought up America’s failed foreign wars. Hillary Clinton is taking flak over Libya, and Donald Trump has irked the GOP by bringing up Iraq. But what …

Izeth Hussain

I have come to share the view of the Sinhalese hard-liners that the Tamil ethnic problem cannot be solved through devolution. I now share their view that going beyond 13 A in its presently truncated form – that …

Dear Brussels,

I am sad to hear of the tragic incident that you went through. Hope you have the strength and courage to get through this difficult time.I was subjected to similar horrendous atrocities not once but for 30 years …

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Global Sri Lankans Forum, (GSLF), a group of expatriate Sri Lankans in Europe, North America, Australia and West Asia submitted their proposals to the proposed amendments to the Sri Lankan Constitution to the Chairman of the Committee of …