Mario Perera, Kadawata The act of self immolation of the venerable monk and the immediate motive ascribed to it are only the tip of an iceberg. The immediate motive brings up the specter of Muslim ambitions. They are even attempting to subvert history to suit their hegemonic purposes (see Dilrook Kannangara: Jilani Never Visited Lanka, […]

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Asada M Erpini ƒ”š‚ Media reports on 27 May quote R. Sampanthan as having said, “Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse “ƒ”š‚¦ is not the government”ƒ”š‚. What the gentleman has ignored is that although media correspondents keep on referring to the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) as the major Tamil party, the group cannot claim to represent even 4% […]

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Insight By Sunil Kumar May 26th 2013 ƒ”š‚  Inƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ a world full of connivers, blinkered idealogues and a plethora of personalities who express opinions and draw wrong conclusions to suit agendas, in response to offered incentives as well as aimlessly becoming partisan on the urging of others at times without a smidgen of evidence linked to […]

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Shenali D Waduge The cold blooded killing of an Englishman in British army uniform in broad day light in Woolwich, London by two black men a few days ago was a heinous crime that shocked the public in both England and overseas, but it has nevertheless opened a Pandora’s box related to accountability for crimes […]

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Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha, MP Courtesy The Daily Newsƒ”š‚  One of the sadder aspects of Tissa Jayatilaka’s celebration of American values and conduct with regard to Sri Lanka is his suppression of the change that took place in American policy with the change of government at the beginning of 2009. While many of us thought that, […]

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Statement by H.E. Mr. Ravinatha P. Aryasinha Ambassador / Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka & Leader of the Sri Lanka Delegation to the 23rd Session of the Human Rights Council, 27 May 2013 At the outset, Sri Lanka wishes to associate itself with the statement made on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement. ƒ”š‚ My delegation takes […]

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By A. Abdul Aziz Press Secretary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” Sri Lanka. ƒ”š‚ May 27 “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” is being observed as “ƒ”¹…”Khilafat Day’ by Ahmadi Muslim throughout the world. After the demise of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in May 26, 1908, the system of Khilafat (the Spiritual Leadership in […]

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Dr. Mareena Thaha Reffai, With the recent immolation of ƒ”š‚ the bhikku demanding cattle slaughter to be banned from Srilanka and advocacy for vegetarian food to be staple diet of Srilanka is gaining attention. We can safely predict this will never come to pass. The first and foremost reason being that the politicians will never allow […]

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