By Shamindra Ferdinando

(Courtesy of The Island)

In a statement issued on Dec. 10 to commemorate the Human Rights Day, Foreign Minister, Mangala Samaraweera, proudly declared: “Sri Lanka’s commemorations will not only be symbolic – it will also be substantive. …

The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) today objected to the amending of the Criminal Justice Procedure Code and the Penal Code.

BBS General Secretary Ven. Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thera said it would be bad for the country and the people if …

By Udaya Gammanpila
The ships which transported goods from Eastern to Western States of the USA had to sail around Argentina spending a lot of time and money. Hence, the USA was badly in need of constructing a canal linking …

Lawyers and civil society criticize the two Anti-hate Speech Draft Bills presented in Parliament recently which seek to criminalize the instigation of communal violence and disharmony.
Chief Government Whip, Minister of Mass Media Gayantha Karunatilake presented two bills titled the …

and one of it’s kind

The marketing phrase that independence for Sri Lanka had been won without shedding a drop of blood is a fallacy. People over the years, since the advent of foreigners to our shores from around 1505 …

(Courtesy of Daily News)

All three LTTE dissident factions have started to lobby the next UNHRC session to be held in Geneva in March 2013. They are Tamil Eelam Peoples Assembly led by Perinpanayagam Sivaparan alias Nediyawan in Norway, the …

Considering current situation in Sri Lanka under which number of LTTE Tamil terrorists had  been released from the prisons and ban on Tamil terrorist organizations had been lifted and number of security forces members taking in to custody Global Sri …

By Ven. Maharagama Dhammasiri Thero – Washington Viharadhipathi/Director of Dharmayathanaya – Maharagama

(This Article was published on Asian Tribunal on 11th Dec. 2008)

The demise of the late Ven. Gangodawila Soma Thero occurred in 12th December 2003, in Russia in …

UK government under the pretext of so called reconciliation and accountability are interfering to change the current structure of the security forces for the advantage of the minorities in the Island. When asked for a clarification regarding a recent reference …