Shenali D Waduge With US involvement in covert and overt operations, a history of overthrowing democratically elected governments and placing puppets, funding of extremist groups including Al Qaeda and other religious groups, training and even arming them it should come as no surprise that even before an isolated incident is investigated, the US is quick […]

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Insight By Sunil Kumar !7th June 2014 Just as it is suspected of being, by some critics as a worthless outfit fronting for covert trouble makers and  sowing seeds of dissent amongst world communities, this organization calling themselves  Human Rights Watch now has the nerve to suggest that Nigeria’s military should not use the example […]

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Ishara Mudugamuwa  Courtesy The Daily News Inter-religious Alliance for National Unity members urged quick action against those who try to disrupt racial and religious harmony, irrespective of their status or position. Ven. Prof. Kamburugamuwe Vajira Thera at a media briefing at the Public Library Auditorium yesterday, expressed dismay over the loss of life and property […]

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Hanna Hindstrom Asia Information Officer The Sri Lankan government must act quickly to prevent further violence against its religious minorities, Minority Rights Group International said on Tuesday. At least three people died and 78 were injured on Sunday after an anti-Muslim march organized by the hardline group Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) – or Buddhist Power […]

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The Island Editorial Life is limping back to normal in Aluthgama and Beruwala following communal clashes which left two persons dead, many injured and dozens of houses and shops destroyed. The situation had remained volatile in Aluthgama, where violence erupted on Sunday, for several weeks following a child abuse case which resulted in an arson […]

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Sandasen Marasinghe and Irangika Range Courtesy The Daily News Persons responsible for the crisis in Aluthgama will be arrested and dealt by law no sooner than the investigations by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and the Colombo Crime Division (CCD) were over, Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratne said yesterday. He said politicians should stand for […]

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Dharman Wickremaratne Ministry of Economic Development Ministry of Economic Development introduces its newly developed website www.developmentnews.lk The purpose of this website is to forge a closer tie between people and ministry. This website was first opened to the public early this year. Those who have been surfing the www.developmentnews.lk website for a while must have […]

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පෙරටුගාමී සමාජවාදී පක්ෂයේ දේශපාලන මණ්ඩල සභික දුමින්ද නාගමුව 1994 දී ‘‘දාහත් අවුරුදු සාපය පලවා හැරීම’’ඓතිහාසික කාර්යභාරය ලෙස ප‍්‍රකාශ කර ජනතාව රැුවටූ බවත් 2005 දී ‘‘ඉස්සෙල්ලා කොටියා ඉවර කරීම’’ප‍්‍රශ්නය ලෙස ගෙන ජනතාව රැවටූ බවත් මේ මොහොතේ ‘‘මහින්දව එලවීම’’ප‍්‍රධාන කාර්යය ලෙස ගෙන ජනතාව රවටමින් සිටින බවත් පාලකයන්ගේ ප‍්‍රශ්න වෙනුවට මේ රටේ පීඩිතයාගේ ප‍්‍රශ්නය වේදිකාවට කැඳවිය යුතු බවත් […]

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