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The General Secretary  of Sinhaladeepa Jathika Peramuna, SJP Mr. Jayantha Liyanage has issued a strongly worded press statement responding to the racist Vingeshwaram for  his racist  remarks at the parliament. The full text of the press release issued by SJP..

by Dharshan Weerasekera,-Attorney-at-Law Legend has it that when King Vijayabahu was in hiding and regrouping to fight the Cholas an old woman advised him that just as it is easy to break a single stick of firewood but much harder..

Terrorism expert Dr.Rohan Gunaratna He was commenting on former MP M.K. Shivajilingam’s commemorating the 33 rd anniversary of the fast-unto-death undertaken by Thileepan, a member of LTTE chief Prabhakaran’s inner circle. Those who commemorate terrorists should be given maximum punishment:..

Sri Lanka says the comments of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on the proposed 20th Amendment are unwarranted and pre-judgmental, based on presumption. This was highlighted in the statement delivered by Sri Lanka’s Acting Permanent Representative..

A large number of individuals and organisations, gazetted as terrorists in 2014, have been removed from the 2015 Gazette, including two terrorists whose names were removed due to the influence of former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United National..

The Proportional Electoral System should be replaced enabling the voters in the respective electorates to elect a member who is accountable for them, said Leader of the House and Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardane. He said the present government led by..

(Courtesy of the Sunday  Observer)Sinhala Maha Vidyalaya was established in 1937 with six students and by 1971, the number of students was over 1,000.The students were mostly children of Sinhala families who were living there, children of civil servants and..

(Courtesy of Daily Mirror) Ms. Yasmin Sooka of International Truth and Justice Project Sri Lanka (ITJPSL) has reportedly apologised to Brigadier Ravindra Dias of the Sri Lanka Army for wrongfully using his picture to portray the same as that of..

State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government Affairs Rear Admiral (Retd) Sarath Weerasekera says he has been against the Provincial Councils right from the beginning and there is no change of that standpoint even though he has been appointed..

The patriotic Australian Sri Lankans organsation, Society of Peace, Unity and Human Rights, SPUR has issued a strongly worded letter highlighting the adverse impact of appointing widely speculated US and Indian agent Milinda Moragoda. The full text of the letter..