By Rajeewa Jayaweera

According to recent news reports, the Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka addressing the workshop on ‘non-tariff measures increasing awareness on Indian standards and regulations under Indo – Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement ISFTA’, has criticized the …

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By Shamindra Ferdinando

Skills Development and Vocational Training Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe yesterday stressed that foreign participation in a judicial inquiry into alleged accountability issues during eelam war IV would be contrary to the Constitution.

Therefore, there …

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Spokesperson of Hindu Federation Mr. Arunkāntan N said that separatism designed and feed to the innocent Tamil people by the Christian Catholics. Therefore,  Christians are directly involve to divide the country today. The Catholic fundamentalist organization such as Christian …

By Senaka Weeraratna 

As the symbolic head of the UN, the Secretary-General serves as both its top diplomat and its chief administrative officer. The UN Charter postulates, that he / she is responsible for performing various functions entrusted to him/her …

Prior to January 2015 the propaganda was directed at ‘white van kidnappings’ but names of the kidnapped kept conveniently omitted. Fear psychosis propaganda sufficed. Lack of a police commission became the reason for all ills. Now even after the establishment …

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One must understand what is meant by nationalism before one could understand the association between nationalism, the National Anthem and the Constitution. Nationalism is not racist; it is neither aggressive nor oppressive, on the contrary it …

Kanthar Balanathan, Australia

For readers to understand the line of action by the Tamils, it would be appropriate to identify certain actions by the Tamil politicians since independence in 1948.

SJV Chelvanayagam (SJVC) started his blindfold demand of federalism with …

The Federation of national Organisations yesterday said the Joint Opposition should oppose the government efforts to make a new Constitution at the behest of the US and its alles to please the pro-LTTE Tamil terrorists elements.

Chairman of the Federation, …

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by Padraig Colman

In my rebellious youth, I did not have much respect for the military and was grateful that I was born just late enough to escape doing two years National Service in the …

By Shenali D Waduge

Name a country that has violated the constitution to sing the national anthem in Tamil instead of the language it is to be sung in? Those that said singing the anthem in Tamil ushered unity cannot …