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By Shenali D Waduge  Buddhism came to Sri Lanka by royal invitation. Buddhism was followed by Sinhala Buddhists and respected by Tamil Hindus. 180 rulers of the Sinhale nation ruled following the Dasa-Raja-Dhamma: The ‘Ten Royal Virtues’. No politician (local..

The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS), the Bodu Jana Peramuna (BJP) and the Eksath Sinhale Mahajana Peramuna (ESMP) called on provisions to be included in the new Constitution changing the name of the country from Sri Lanka to Sinhale. Chief Executive..

(Courtesy of The Island) The Buddha Sasana Karya Sadhaka Mandalaya (SKSM) has told the government that the proposed Constitution should ensure the supremacy of Parliament. The organisation has stressed that there shouldn’t be restrictions or impediments placed on the legislative..

The Global Sri Lankan Forum, a groups of patriotic Sri Lankans living in Australia, New Zealand, America, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Middle East, Italy and Japan has issued a press release on the recent arrest of dozen of security forces..

By Kanthar Balanathan Over the last few years we are able to observe the influence of the Catholic Bishops utterances in strengthening the racial abomination in SriLanka. Perhaps these Bishops have forgotten their responsibility in the theological standpoint to promote..

Former Indian High Commissioner to Colombo Gopalkrishna Gandhi accused the previous government of having executed LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran’s son during the final phase of the Vanni offensive in May 2009. Gandhi alleged that the Sri Lankan military had executed..

Tony Blair should stand trial on charges of war crimes if the evidence suggests he broke international law over the “illegal” Iraq war in 2003, the Labour leadership frontrunner Jeremy Corbyn has said. Corbyn called on the former prime minister to “confess”..

Stiff opposition from India who formed the LTTE Tamil terrorism has forced Sri Lanka to drop plans, at least for now, to buy JF-17 Thunder fighter aircraft from Pakistan. It has learnt that New Delhi shot off a diplomatic missive..

Joint opposition alleged that the government was planning to introduce constitutional reforms which include the scraping of the unitary state and forming Union of Federal State in North, East, Central and Rest of the Island as South.  Further new constitution..

Widely believed to be pro-minority mind set Maithripala Sirisena pardoned a LTTE Tamil terrorist Genevan who had been accused of conspiring to kill Sirisena 10 years ago. Jenivan was arrested in 2005 in a passenger bus leaving Sirisena’s hometown of..