By C. A. Chandraprema

(Courtesy of The Island)

Under the provisions that were introduced to our present Constitution by the 13th Amendment, rights in or over land, land tenure, transfer and alienation of land, land use, land settlement and land …

(Courtesy of The Dailymirror)

The untold suffering and dedication of the war heroes, who were engaged in a thirty-year-armed-conflict, are indescribable. They were once treated as the saviours of this nation. However, this is the tragic story of a war …

I thought the best way to pay tribute to the late Lakshman Kadirgamar this year is by using his own words. These are extracts from one of the many interviews I did with him for the ‘The Island’ of 6 …

By Neville Ladduwahetty

(Courtesy of The Island)

Documents relating to a draft Constitution intended for “discussion only” are now out in the public domain. These documents are the work of a panel of 10 experts. The Resolution setting up a …

Only about 15% of the world’s countries are federal. The notion that the UN or the International Community have fixed templates for conflicts has proved an absolute sham. All of the countries the UN & international community have been involved …

• It Should Be Stopped Immediately Before It Is Too Late
• If not, this Island Gets Divided Into Pieces.
• We Do Not Want A New Constitution At All.
• The One We Have Is More Than Sufficient

It is with great pain …

(Courtesy of – Asian Tribune)

USA & Internationally, Banned Terrorists LTTE has been Heavily Involved In Fund Raising For Hilary

The U.S. Department of State’s – highly impartial and non-partisan watchdog – Office of Inspector General found fault on May …

When non-Buddhists and the Intellectual Buddhists who may have hardly stepped into a village temple lately, start quoting Buddha’s Teachings for polemic purposes, ordinary riffraff Buddhists become suspicious of their motives. For, if these ordinary Buddhists had taken the Buddha’s …

(Courtesy of The Island)
The new draft constitution prepared by a panel of experts, for the consideration of the Steering Committee of the Constitutional Assembly is now out. The panel of experts who prepared this draft comprised the following: Prof. …

(Courtesy of The Island)

May 2009, on the Vanni east front: Maj. Gen. Shavendra Silva, General Officer Commanding (GOC) of celebrated 58 Division (seated) talks to surrendered LTTE cadres. Sri Lanka implemented a highly successful rehabilitation programme which paved the …