By Rear Admiral (Dr.) Sarath Weerasekera Courtesy of The Daily Mirror Chief Minister C. V. Wigneswaran and the TNA are openly advocating federalism Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, has tremendous regard for Buddhism India intervened and saved Prabhakaran and LTTE in 1987 None of the SL Presidents allowed the police and land...
By Neville Ladduwahetty There is considerable speculation within Sri Lanka as regards the impact of US withdrawal from the UNHRC. While some hope for a certain degree of letting up as a consequence of the US action, others are of the view that the US would continue to maintain its...
by Tamara Kunanayakam Courtesy of The Island Economist, Chairperson – UN Working Group on the Right to Development (2011 – 2015), and former Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the UN at Geneva (Based on a Public Lecture at the University of Colombo, adapted for The Island) Sri Lankan sovereignty –...
By H.L. D. Mahindapala “And the soothsayers, when they saw the seats prepared, foretold: ‘The earth is occupied by these (bhikkus); they will be lords upon the island.’ – Mahavamsa XIV: 53. In the opening paragraph Bhikku Mahanama, the Father of Sri Lankan history, makes it clear that...
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