Shenali D Waduge South Africa’s Truth & Reconciliation Commission was NOT a tribunal & therefore had no powers to prosecute individuals as there were no judges, no lawyers & no intention to declare who was guilty & who was innocent. It was nothing but Restorative Justice created in 1995 by the Nelson Mandela govt claiming […]

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By Palitha Ariyarathna The characterization of Theravāda Buddhism, particularly in Sri Lanka, as militant is a distortion of its historical trajectory and core philosophy. Charles Keyes, in his article Political Crisis and Militant Buddhism in Contemporary Thailand (rev 1999), projects a generalized narrative of “militant Buddhism” that fails to account for the unique cultural, ethical, and […]

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L.K.N. PERERA (LL.B Cey) Attorney at law, Labour Consultant, Ex-Senior Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court, Ex Judicial Officer,Ex-President. Lanka Academic Association, Ex Director Waste Management Authority, Co -Chairman- Seruvila Mangala Maha Chaityawardena Samitiya . Advisory Committee Member of All Ceylon Buddhist Congress. Commissioner of Aragalaya Inquiry Commission L.K.N. PERERA (LL.B Cey) Attorney at law 1) Appeal […]

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නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) සමායෝජක, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යයන වැඩසටහන. 1948 සිට 2024 දක්වා ලංකාව පාලනය කළේ රට බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය කිරීටයට අර්ධව යටත්ව සිටි අවධියේ ස්ව චින්තනය නිර්මාණය වූ අගමැතිවරු සහ ජනාධිපවරුය. ඒ ගැන විවාදයක් තිබිය නොහැකිය. ඒ අතරින් ගරු සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක මැතිණිය එහි අපගමනයකි. ඒ අපගමනයේ ප්‍රතිඵලය වූයේ එතුමියගේ ප්‍රජා […]

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By William D. Hartung Courtesy TomDispatch Alex Karp, the CEO of the controversial military tech firm Palantir, is the coauthor of a new book, The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West. In it, he calls for a renewed sense of national purpose and even greater cooperation between government and […]

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By David Herast 20/03/2025 Benjamin Netanyahu’s horrific resumption of the war on Gaza shows that no US-backed ceasefire deal is worth the paper it is printed on At 2:20am on Tuesday local time in the Gaza Strip, Washington inaugurated a new era in world politics. This was the moment Israel timed its attacks on dozens […]

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Courtesy Adaderana The Election Commission has announced that the upcoming Local Government (LG) Elections in Sri Lanka will be held on May 06.  The acceptance of nominations for the LG Elections concluded at 12.00 noon today (20). The nomination process for 336 Local Government institutions commenced on March 17, and the election date was confirmed […]

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Courtesy Adaderana The Sri Lanka Police Media Spokesman SSP Buddhika Manatunga has reportedly tendered his resignation from the position. He has already handed over his letter of resignation to the Acting IGP Priyantha Weerasooriya, according to sources. 

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Hiru News Former IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon has been remanded until April 3 after being produced before the Matara Magistrate’s Court today. Tennakoon, who had an open warrant issued for his arrest, surrendered to the court yesterday morning accompanied by a group of lawyers after being in hiding for 20 days. On February 27, the court […]

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