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Minister takes up dispute over Mullaitivu air base with President

By Shamindra Ferdinando   The military-held civilian owned land would be released wherever possible, authoritative security officials told The Island yesterday.   They were responding to ongoing protests in Mullaitivu demanding the immediate releasing of Keppapulavu land in one-time LTTE bastion.   Prisons Reforms, Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Hindu Religious Affairs...

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උතුරේ කිසිම ඉඩමක්‌ හමුදාවට දෙන්නේ නෑ

කීර්ති වර්ණකුලසූරිය උතුරේ කිසිදු ඉඩමක්‌ ආරක්‍ෂක හමුදාවට පවරා ගැනීමට ඉඩ නොදෙන බවත් පලාලි ගුවන් තොටුපළ පුළුල් කිරීම අනුමත නොකරන බවත් උතුරු මහ ඇමැති සීA. විග්නේෂ්වරන් මහතා විසින් ප්‍රකාශ කර ඇත. උතුරු පළාත් සභාවේ 84 වැනි සැසි වාරය අමතමින් හෙතෙම මේ බව පවසා තිබේ. මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් තමා දිස්‌ත්‍රික්‌ ලේකම්වරයාට උපදෙස්‌ දී...

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Demons of Batalanda: Who was behind them?

It was the time when terror enveloped the whole of Sri Lanka. The JVP’s second insurgency was raging. Many were the sacrifices made to appease the demons in human form. They were celebrating and enjoying life while murder squads under their direction were roaming the country looking for prey. Torture...

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Batalanda’s ghosts return to haunt Ranil

By Nirupama Subramanian COLOMBO, AUG. 22. “Anil’s Ghost”, the new novel by the celebrated Sri Lankan-Canadian writer, Mr. Michael Ondaatje, is based on the orgy of killings and disappearances that swept southern Sri Lanka in the late 80s when government-backed death squads put down an armed insurrection by the Janatha...