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The armed forces of Sri Lanka have received much praise for their victory in Eelam War IV. Army commander, Lieutenant General Ratnayake observed ‘Armed forces around the world are talking of our victory.’ Foreign military officers who attended …

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The on-going separatism in the Northern and  Eastern two Provinces has now aimed the Sri  Lankan armed forces by threating to security forces officers and entering to military installation by force. The most recent incident occurred in Sampura village in …

Courtesy of The Island

By Shamindra Ferdinando

The launch of ‘Thiyunu Asipathaka Sevana Yata’ (In the Shadow of a Sharp Sword), Sinhala translation of ‘Oru Koorvaalin Nizhalil’, life story of high ranking LTTE cadre, Subramaniam Sivakamy alias ‘Col’ Thamilini, took …

By Senaka Weeraratna

Buddhism has shaped the lives of our people, the identity, and the direction of our society in a way unmatched by any other religion. Buddhism has been the national faith for over two millennia and the bedrock …

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cc. Hon. Rona Ambrose. Interim Leader of the Conservative Party

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KAMALIKA  PIERIS

The  British name for the island, ‘Ceylon’ came from the Dutch   ‘Zeylan’ . ‘Zeylan’ came from the Portuguese ‘Ceilao’ .  Ceilao came  from the Arabic ‘Zailan’   which was derived from the  indigenous ‘Sinhala’. Therefore these were all versions …

(Courtesy of Sunday Times)

After 16 months of holding the post of Prime Minister, is UNP on a navigated route or on a collision course with the people?  Undoing is self-inflicted: mainly caused by the leader’s cloistered advisers living far …

By Dr Mathias Keitel

(Courtesy of Asian Tribune)

As a student of Sri Lankan politics and a commentator on South Asian affairs, I was appalled to read the open letter written by the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister, Samaraweera, to the …