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Archaeologists in the Northern Province have affirmed that the ruins recovered from Shivanagar, Uriththirapuram in Kilinochchi, containing slates, stacks of ancient bricks, Sri Paada symbols, etc, belong to the historic Polonnaruwa era. 20 Sri Lanka Light Infantry (SLLI) troops of..

When the country given independence in July 2011 by the West declares a UN Human Rights Officer, a persona non grata and expels her from the newly independent country in 2012, it is unusual news. Her crime, South Sudan declared..

The government should do away with the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, without succumbing to the pressures exerted by India, the Asgiriya Chapter said yesterday. Committee Member of the Asgiriya Chapter, Medagama Dhammananda Thera, calling the 13th Amendment the root..

(Courtesy of  Guardian) Police to investigate after increase in intimidation of Phil Shiner, his family and law firm since Iraq cases went to The Hague. Phil Shiner said the abuse directed at his firm for ‘upholding the law in a..

No information has been received to date as to the Muslims kidnapped by the LTTE Tamil terrorists at Kurukkalmadam , Batticaloa, say the relatives of the missing Muslim individuals. Majority of these relatives who volunteered to testify before the commission ..

What happens when persons protesting against the ‘missing’ are confronted by persons protesting against those missing because of the ‘missing’? What happens when the persons protesting against the ‘missing’ number just 20 in addition to members of the ruling Northern Provincial..

 A Translation of the Article published in the Sinhala ‘Divaina’ newspaper of May 11, 2014 At a time when archeological sites and artifacts were still being discovered as evidence of Buddhist heritage in the Jaffna Peninsula, the dark omen of..

According to the news reports the Government is planning to introduce a Bill to settle the land issues pertaining displaced persons on account of the terrorist activities of the LTTE. The legislation , the Prescription (special provisions ) Bill as..

When Narendra Modi set out to campaign and become the Prime Minister of India, he did not plan to win an election to be told how he should lead by one of India’s 31 Chief Ministers. Yet, the Tamil Nadu..

Aranthalawa Massacre in Sri Lanka was the massacre of 33 Buddhist monks, most of them young novice monks, and four civilians by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam terrorist organization on June 2, 1987 close to the village of Aranthalawa, in..