Shenali D Waduge Let’s get some facts straightened out. The 13th amendment to Sri Lanka’s Constitution alongside the Provincial Council system were all offshoots of the 1987 Indo-Lanka Peace Accord which Sri Lanka had to sign under duress or face Indian invasion. Thus, neither the Accord, the 13th amendment or the PC system were anything […]

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Dilrook Kannangara Having read hundreds of articles by this diplomat, listened to his interviews and going by his personal correspondence with me, I’m aghast to admit that his hatred towards ethnic Sinhalese knows no bounds. It was a conclusion I refused to arrive at for years telling myself there may be something I don’t see […]

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Michelle Alexander July 29th marks the 26th anniversary of the Indo-Lanka peace accord.ƒ”š‚  The purpose of this accord was to end the war between the Sri Lankan armed forces and the terrorist outfit known as the LTTE. Further, this pact introduced the 13th amendment (13A) to the constitution of Sri Lanka, devolving power to Provincial […]

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Michelle Alexander It has been reported this week that the USA is close to approving lethal aid to Syrian rebels. They are also weighing the feasibility of a “less likely move”ƒ”š‚ to lend US airpower to enforce a no-fly zone. Already caught in the quagmires that are Iraq and Afghanistan, they are contemplating moves that […]

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Shenali D Waduge If the war on Iraq and Afghanistan and possibly all other military interventions using a bogey called “humanitarian intervention”ƒ”š‚ are all a sham we need to empathize with the US military personnel who are victims of the lie and sent to combat zones on a fictitious story that they are supposed to […]

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MEDIA RELEASEƒ”š‚  Embassy of Sri Lanka Paris Sri Lanka will play host to the Global Celebration of World Blood Donor Day in the 2014. The official handing over ceremony took place today (14.06.2013) at the headquarters of UNESCO in Paris. The Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Sri Lanka to UNESCO, Professor Karunaratne Hangawatte accepted the […]

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