Some birds like to chirp the same song. 13th amendment has come to be that song. The singers of course are many. They enjoy nagging about the non-implementation of the 13th amendment at every forum be it at UNHRC, UN
…(Courtesy of The Isalnd)
By SANJA DE SILVA JAYATILLEKA
“Engaging in arguments and debates in the international domain over the number of civilians who may have died at a particular time in the country will not help resolve any issues, …
(Courtesy of The Island)
By Bandula Jayasekara
It was July 1981. I still remember when our family came to Diyatalawa to see my fourth brother Rohana passing out as a 2nd Lieutenant from Sri Lanka Army’s Intake 13. It …
by Lakshman I. Keerthisinghe
On the basis of the evidence available to this Commission and the prevailing law, the suggestion that the crime of genocide was or may have been committed during the final phase of the war is without …
When UN Secretary General arrived three days after the military victory over the LTTE ground force there was no allegation of any 40,000 dead. The timelines of those that quoted dead figure estimates is important and will help deducing the …
Neville Laduwahetty, writes on the 19 April issue of The Island an article under the headline “War crimes: A comment on what experts say” … with illustrations and emphasises in the text added by Thuppahi.
The comments presented below are …
A 26-year civil war in Sri Lanka left at least 100,000 people dead on both sides of the Tamil terrorists’ war. In 1987, India sent a peacekeeping force, IPKF but it ended up getting drawn into the fighting with …
Leaders of a country must have pluck to categorically say what can and what will not be accommodated under whatever terminology it is dressed in. Thus, Sri Lanka’s leaders must say and all others must be made to understand that …
By H. L. D. Mahindapala
One of the main reasons that exacerbated the North-South relations in the post-independent era has been the total distortion of historical realities by a sizeable segment of our intellectuals who believed that history was a …
The only language that entities that survive and thrive on profits understands is when their profits dwindle and sales decrease. The Sri Lankan media has been on a very visible witch hunt against the Sinhala Buddhists & is all out …