By Charles.S.Perera (Is there a Universal Periodic Review for USA and the International Communityƒ”š‚  ?) International Justice Director at New York based Human Rights Watchƒ”š‚  Richard Dicker had said, “While war raged in Sri Lanka, Russia and China’s strong support of the government in Colombo thwarted almost all efforts to even discuss the known horrors […]

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Ratanapala 24 October 2012 The 13th Amendment in its various manifestations is in for consideration. It is best if the following issues too are discussed in this forum and elsewhere by patriots so that their implications for the future of Sri Lanka and for the future generations of all Sri Lankans are given due consideration. […]

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By Mario Perera, Kadawata ƒ”š‚ Shenali, I am not faulting you for entertaining your wistful hope. But in the end good sense has to prevail. You surely know, with your wide knowledge of so many issues, that your plea to the Tamil people to distance themselves from the TNA would inevitably fall on deaf ears. You […]

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Royal Asiatic Society Sri Lanka (RASSL) Lecture ƒ”š‚  on ƒ”š‚  “One Hundred Years of Education for Blind Persons in Sri Lanka”ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  by ƒ”š‚  Professor D.P.M. Weerakkody Dept.ƒ”š‚ of Classical Languages, University of Peradeniya on Tuesday 30th October 2012ƒ”š‚ at 5.00 p.m. ƒ”š‚  at the ƒ”š‚  Gamini Dissanayake Auditorium, ƒ”š‚  No. 96, Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha, Colomboƒ”š‚ 07 ƒ”š‚  […]

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Senaka Weeraratna Buddhist Economics: The Emerging Middle Path between Capitalism and Socialism- Publisher: Kodansha International Ltd. (Tokyo) Year of publication: 1997 Shinichi Inoue, a former President of the Japanese Miyazaki Bank and reputed economist, has proposed a novel approach to economic management that goes beyond socialism and capitalism. He calls his proposed economics for the […]

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S. Akurugoda At his repeated call for the repeal of 13th Amendment to the Constitution, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has said that the 13th Amendment was nothing but a springboard for those seeking to accomplish what the LTTE had failed achieve through terrorism. It is a well known fact that the 13th Amendment to the […]

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By Jay Deshabandu Every peace loving citizen who loves this country should be united to voice and express strong opposition to the implementation of the thirteenth amendment.ƒ”š‚  The thirteenth amendment was forced to us by the Indian government during the regime of JRJ who first introduced the violent political gang culture to Sri Lanka. ƒ”š‚ The […]

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