DHARSHAN WEERASEKERA

To my knowledge, the Government has to date not commissioned an official assessment of the OHCHR report (also called the OISL report) or at any rate if it has, such report is not available to the public.[1]…

Malwatte, Asgiriya oppose laws to control monks

Passing legislation by Parliament to control the members of the Sangha was an unwarranted move by the government, Most Venerable Anunayake of Malwatte Chapter Dr. Niyangoda Sri Vijithasiri Thera said yesterday afternoon.…

By Shenali D Waduge

 Buddhism came to Sri Lanka by royal invitation. Buddhism was followed by Sinhala Buddhists and respected by Tamil Hindus. 180 rulers of the Sinhale nation ruled following the Dasa-Raja-Dhamma: The ‘Ten Royal Virtues’. No politician (local …

One-time Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka, Gopalkrishna Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, declared, in Colombo, on January 8, that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa would be remembered for eradicating the LTTE.

Former President Rajapaksa brought the war to a …

The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS), the Bodu Jana Peramuna (BJP) and the Eksath Sinhale Mahajana Peramuna (ESMP) called on provisions to be included in the new Constitution changing the name of the country from Sri Lanka to Sinhale.
Chief Executive …

By Daya Gamage 

(Courtesy of Asian Tribune)

President of Sri Lanka Maitripala Sirisena addressing the parliamentary on January 9 session that moved a resolution to transform the legislature into a constitutional assembly to draft a new constitution declared that there …

(Courtesy of The Island)

The Buddha Sasana Karya Sadhaka Mandalaya (SKSM) has told the government that the proposed Constitution should ensure the supremacy of Parliament. The organisation has stressed that there shouldn’t be restrictions or impediments placed on the legislative …

The Global Sri Lankan Forum, a groups of patriotic Sri Lankans living in Australia, New Zealand, America, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Middle East, Italy and Japan has issued a press release on the recent arrest of dozen of security forces …

By Kanthar Balanathan

Over the last few years we are able to observe the influence of the Catholic Bishops utterances in strengthening the racial abomination in SriLanka. Perhaps these Bishops have forgotten their responsibility in the theological standpoint to promote …

Former Indian High Commissioner to Colombo Gopalkrishna Gandhi accused the previous government of having executed LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran’s son during the final phase of the Vanni offensive in May 2009.

Gandhi alleged that the Sri Lankan military had executed …