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Courtesy by The Island By Shamindra Ferdinando Close on the heels of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination on the night of May 21, 1991, in Tamil Nadu, the then government of India sought Sri Lanka’s assistance to verify..

Norway has a population of 5.1 million (July 2014). Norway’s Constitution is the oldest still in force in Europe dating back to 1814 but rights of national minorities are not even included in its constitution. Norway has oil and is..

Prabakaran may have been leader of the LTTE but he was not the man collecting funds abroad to procure arms/ammunition, carry out propaganda and induce foreign players to promote Eelam ideology. That job was done by the LTTE fronts who..

Govt claim even higher than NGO’s (Courtesy of The Island) by Shamindra Ferdinando Retired High Court Judge Maxwell Paranagama, Chairman, Presidential Commission to Investigate Complaints Regarding Missing Persons yesterday told The Island that the Commission had received approximately 19,000 complaints in respect..

The forgotten sacrificial police officers (Courtesy of The SundayTimes) Six hundred and thirty brave police officers who were offered as live sacrifices to the LTTE on 11th June 1990 have become a forgotten lot.  On representations made to the Lessons..

Global Sri Lankan Forum, GSLF has commenced an “On-line Petition” requesting Sri Lankan Government not to re-appoint the current Central Bank Governor, Mr. Arjun Mahendran due to his various malpractices and his alleged links with the LTTE Tamil terrorists in Sri Lanka..

I boycotted Sinhala language as I hated the Sinhala Only Act, said Pro-LTTE TNA NPC Chief Minister, C.V Wigneswaran to Tamil school children in Jaffna. “I stopped learning Sinhala as I disliked the implementation of the Sinhala Only Act. Hence,..

Whither Sri Lanka: Calculated witch-hunt against Sri Lanka’s Armed Forces  By Shenali Waduge Some events cannot be taken as coincidental especially when it comes from party’s and individuals that previously sneered at the military. Coming into power are people who..

Thamilini’s revelations reverberates By Shamindra Ferdinando Subramanium Sivagami, alias ‘Colonel’ Thamilini’s book Oru Koorvaalin Nizhalil  translated into Sinhala as Thiyunu Asipathaka Sevana Yata (In the Shadow of a Sharp Sword), discussed an issue hitherto conveniently ignored by those who had..

by Shamindra Ferdinando  Former External Affairs Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris on Monday (June 6) alleged that the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe government’s policies were meant to appease western powers, the LTTE rump as well as Diaspora groups still promoting separatist sentiments. Prof…