ƒ”š‚ H. L. D. Mahindapala ƒ”š‚ Beneath the serene veneer of the haunting landscape of Jaffna lurked theƒ”š‚ perennial political culture of unrelentingƒ”š‚ Tamil ƒ”š‚ violence and oppression that deprivedƒ”š‚ a segment ofƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ its disadvantaged human beingsƒ”š‚  — euphemistically labelled as “minorities” by the Vellahla overlordsƒ”š‚  –ƒ”š‚ the basic rightƒ”š‚ to walk the earth with dignity.ƒ”š‚ The denial of the basic rights to the Tamilsƒ”š‚ is […]

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Dilrook Kannangara Now it is an open secret India was behind the financing, arming, training, protection and proliferation of the LTTE. India banned the LTTE as a terrorist organization in 1991 following the bombing of the former Indian PM Gandhi. However, India still had many uses of the LTTE and didn’t hesitate to get them. […]

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Linda van Schagen Courtesy The Island June 20, 2012, 6:29 pm Plan for the airport I am writing to vehemently oppose the construction of an airport in the agriculturally rich environment of Kundasale which I understand requires over 100 acres, for the following reasons: Kundasale is a very verdant and lush area, and I believe […]

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By S Venkat Narayan Courtesy The Island NEW DELHI, June 30: India’s National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon returned home from Colombo late on Friday night after day-long confabulations with the Rajapaksa Triumvirate”ƒ¢¢”š¬‚”ƒ¢¢”š¬‚President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brothers Basil and Gotabhaya”ƒ¢¢”š¬‚-without any clear idea about their government’s future plans for political reconciliation within a specified time-frame. […]

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Senex -Courtesy The Island June 29, 2012, 7:50 pm The visit of Shiv Shankar Menon to Sri Lanka is an opportunity to emphasize our commitment to close and cordial relations with Indiaƒ”š‚ in the context of good neighbourly relations with South Asia as a whole.ƒ”š‚ This is particularly so on economic and social issues. But Shiv Shankar […]

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by Senaka Weeraratna (A Foreword to a Booklet published in year 2000 entitled ‘ The Necessity for Promoting Buddhism in Europe’ by Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi being the Keynote Address delivered at a Public Seminar held on July 2, 2000 at the Mahaweli Centre Auditorium in Colombo to commemorate the first death anniversary of Ven. Mitirigala […]

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Sri Lanka Embassy Washington DC-Press Releaseƒ”š‚  This welcoming news will take the US- Sri Lanka relations to new heights “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” Ambassador Wickramasuriya United States ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ closes GSP Worker Rights review of Sri Lanka without any change to Sri Lanka’s GSP trade benefits. United States Trade Representative Ambassador Ron Kirk revealed this afternoonƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ that USTR has closed […]

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Courtesy The Island June 29, 2012, 9:12 pm Drug Trafficking was one of the main sources of finance for the LTTE terrorists as reflected in the World Drug Report 2012, says Dr. Palitha Kohona, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations. He was addressing at the UN General Assembly Thematic Debate on “ƒ”¹…”Drug […]

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