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Lt Gen Denzil Kobbekaduwa; was killed as a result of a remote controlled land mine at Arali in Jaffna while planning for Operation Countdown to wrest the control of peninsula. He joined the Army in May 1960 as an officer..

The Canadian government has announced that it will grant tens of millions of dollars in funding towards the construction of a ground breaking Tamil Community Centre (TCC) in Toronto. This is kind of reciprocity by the Canadian to Tamils diaspora..

As per a news item in The Island of 23rd July 2021, US Embassy officials, led by Ambassador Alaina B. Teplitz, held discussions with SLMC leader Rauff Hakeem, and earlier with TNA leader R. Sampanthan at the latter’s residence, where the focus..

I write to thank thousands of Sri Lankan armed forces’ members for their exemplary and attentive services extended in handling efficiently the vaccination program of Sri Lankans who are waging an unenviable war against the Covid-19 epidemic and according to..

A federation of Australian Sri Lankans associations has written to President of European Commission questioning the mandate given by EU to so called human right champion Yesmin Sooka. The letter sent by the media spokesman of the federation, Ranjith Soysa seeks..

A Presidential Commission of Inquiry for Appraisal of the Findings of Previous Commissions and Committees on Human Rights and the Way Forward has stated that the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) shouldn’t be repealed. The Commission has said that it..

Sri Lanka has signed a joint statement initiated by China, raising concerns on the human rights situation in the UK. The joint statement was delivered during the 47th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. “I have the..

Canada should be ashamed for several reasons. Firstly, Canada takes pride in throwing egg at other nations quoting human rights, democracy & freedoms but back home, Canada has been treating the natives of Canada inhumanely where assimilation schools have ended..

The US has imposed sanctions on 24 Chinese companies–including the builders of Colombo Port City–making it illegal for American companies to export products to these entities without a Government licence. In Colombo, the Chinese Embassy hit back at the latest..

First copies of historical sagas, ‘Vavuniya Puravidya Urumaya’ (Archaeological Heritage of Vavuniya) and ‘Lakdiva Sangrama Ithihasaya’ (History of Sri Lankan Warfare), authored by Major Sarath Jayawardene of the Army after conducting extensive researches into archaeological roots and physical visits, were..