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Sajith, Ranil meet to work out a common strategy Pakistan Premier’s visit runs into controversy US joins Core Group to formulate new Resolution US Ambassador Teplitz on US position post-UNHRC sessions The Covid-19 pandemic has exploded to uncontrollable proportions. The proof, escaping the secrecy on the issue, is the average …

A group of Human Rights rapporteurs slam Sri Lanka! Sri Lanka has known not only inter, but intra-communal violence for decades, with victims in every community (Picture AFP)    In 2009 the international community failed Sri Lanka A consensus has emerged on the need to broaden and to upstream prevention work …

The process set in motion by the appointment of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry to investigate alleged political victimisation  during the time of the Yahapalana Government has raised questions with regard to its impact on the Rule of Law in particular and Democracy in general. It has been a common …

Chief Minister of India’s Tripura State, Biplab Deb, sparked off a controversy over the weekend when he revealed that Indian Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah intended to establish Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Governments in Sri Lanka and Nepal. Chief Minister Kumar, addressing a political rally recently, claimed Home Affairs Minister …

Chief Minister of India’s Tripura State, Biplab Deb, sparked off a controversy over the weekend when he revealed that Indian Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah intended to establish Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Governments in Sri Lanka and Nepal. Chief Minister Kumar, addressing a political rally recently, claimed Home Affairs Minister …

The report arose from the 21/4 Easter Sunday attacks but the committee’s recommendations did not show any intelligent or logical links with the probable causes or the reasons that led to the terrorist attacks – Pic by Shehan Gunasekara    Defeated former Parliament’s report will not end but multiply extremism President …

The Horrifying / Inhuman April 21st attacks should not be seen merely attack on a specific religion at this time. Rather the attack is on the very heart of the county’s plural, multi-ethnic social fabric. There has been no history of violent animosity between Muslims and Christians. However, over a period …

Colombo (News 1st/BBC Sinhala Service);  The BBC Sinhala Service reported that detectives who investigated the 2019 April 21st Attacks maintained a position that Mohammed Zaharan Hashim was not the person who led the attacks, though many referred to him as the ‘Mastermind’ or the ‘Leader’. The BBC Sinhala Service had …

The Covid-19 pandemic has shaken the economies in countries the world over. Sri Lanka too has been shaken as the pandemic worsens and the numbers of those contracting the disease and the death rate rising rapidly. Today we are witnessing a growing dissatisfaction in the government’s failure to take necessary …

Late Ven. Matara Kitalagama Sri Seelalankara Thera in conversation with military officials Buddhist scripture condemns violence in every form. But exactly a month after Ven. Olande Jinarathana Thera’s body was found floating in the Rathgama Lagoon, the charred remains of another monk were found at the Nawana Cemetery in Kotadeniyawa earlier …