By Randima Attygalle November 26 marked the Moneravila Keppetipola Disava commemoration day The faded frescoes in the shrine room of Veluwanaramaya The Chief continued to repeat some Pali verses and while he was so employed, the executioners struck him on the back of his neck with a short sword....
By Neville De Silva In ancient Greece there was this fussy old philosopher who went around the market place in broad daylight with a lantern in hand looking for an honest man. Diogenes was either a cynic or just crazy. Who would ever go to the market place in search...
“‘Wilpattu’ in the sense the term is used here is not a forest reserve located in the North Western Province. Wilpattu is every forest under threat of encroachment; Wilpattu is every tree that is marked for felling; Wilpattu is every creature whose habitat has been threatened by deforestation, development and...
By Kamalika Pieris The Commission examined the many allegations made against the Sri Lanka army (SLA) during its final Eelam campaign. Some of these allegations have been of executions and deliberate or indiscriminate shellfire, acts which are totally inconsistent with what is expected of a responsible army discharging its duties...
