(Courtesy of Lanka Web)

In his capacity as President of the Congress of Buddhist Associations of State Corporations & President of the Foundation for the Restoration & Protection of Buddhist Shrines in Sri Lanka as well as being the Minister …

By Sena Thoradeniya
(Courtesy of The Island)

The diplomatic note simultaneously released recently by the Embassy of Switzerland in Sri Lanka on Garnier Banister Francis’ alleged abduction raises more issues than what it attempts to resolve.

The note says “excellent …

Dr Upul Wijewardane
(Courtesy of  The Island)

Yahapalana government’s decision to sing a Tamil version of the National Anthem , as well, during Independence Celebrations was the next controversy. This, apparently, was an attempt at ‘reconciliation’. Did this controversial decision …

(Courtesy of The Island)

United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNDP Representative, Una McCauley, 54, died on her way to the Bandaranaike International Airport, on Feb 24th, 2018. Cancer patient McCauley passed away in an ambulance taking her to the BIA …

The Vadukoddai Resolution was written by the best of Tamil political theoreticians / activists who encapsulated their version of the history to justify their political claim for Eelam, a separate state. In it the history of an imagined past was …

The primordial national identities of the overwhelming majority of people (75%) in Sri Lanka are Sinhala and Buddhism. These two historical identities are rooted in the national identity of the people whose ancestors, being Sinhala Buddhists, built the unique Buddhist …

(Courtesy of Daily News)

There have been seven plots by the LTTE Tamil terrorists in Sri Lanka to conduct terrorist attacks since its military defeat in 2009, terrorism expert Dr. Rohan Gunaratne said.

He said de-listing the LTTE Tamil terrorists …

By Sena Thoradeniya
(Courtesy of The Island)

On December 26, 2019, at least two people were injured and several buried in snow when an avalanche hit Andermatt, a ski resort in the Swiss Alps, 68 miles South of Zurich. …

Faced with the monumental achievements of the Sinhala-Buddhist civilisation the Tamils have been struggling constantly to pose as if they were the Gullivers who were the founding architects of the nation, from “the dawn of  history”,  and the rest were …

(Courtesy of  The Island)

One-time Sri Lankan Ambassador in Qatar, A.S.P. Liyanage, was among those who contested the 2019 presidential election. Of the 35 contestants, Liyanage polled 6,447 votes (0.05 per cent). The Sri Lanka Labour Party leader secured the …