By Jay Deshabandu The 13A amendment if fully implemented definitely gives much needed space for the separatists Tamil and pro LTTE terrorists the required legitimacy and political voice to divide our small island nation into two parts: North Sri Lanka and South Sri Lanka. In the 13th amendment, there is clear provision for North and […]

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Shenali D. Waduge The most powerful single factor in the development of Sri Lanka has been Buddhism evidence of which is available through 2300 years of predominantly Buddhist ƒ”š‚ governance. The status quo changed only with the arrival of Western colonials in 1505 ruling, plundering and removing Buddhism from its foremost place among religions in the […]

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N.P.Karunadasa SLAS (Retired) Kandy. Courtesy Island May 22, 2013, 6:47 pm A BBS protest (File Photo) This refers to the news item “BBS admits Norway visit, but denies taking money” appearing in The Island of May 14, according to which Ven. Galagodawatte Gnanasara Thero, General Secretary of the BBS has conceded that a “delegation of […]

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C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D. ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  Arun Tambimuttu (AT), who is SLFP organizer in Batticaloa says the person who killed his mother is still living in Batticaloa but he does not want to harm him. One reason is that the murderer has children.ƒ”š‚  Think of what other such organizers in the south with ruling party connections […]

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Press Release: Asian Human Rights Commission Serious doubts have emerged regarding the future investigations into the mass grave at Matale where the remains of 156 persons have been found. In today’s press it was reported that the Judicial Medical Officer in charge of the investigation has been transferred (JMO in charge of Matale mass grave […]

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Asian Human Rights Commission Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Amarasinghege Priyantha Samanthilake was severely tortured by police officer P.C 51752 Jayasiri who is attached to the Negambo Police Station. On 27 April 2013, at about 9.30 am, Samanthilake was returning home after taking his daughter to her […]

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Dr. Mareena Thaha Reffai,ƒ”š‚  Whether we suffer from rise in cost of living or not, we can be thankful the ƒ”š‚ government providesƒ”š‚  some amusement for the common man at regular intervals. There was this plan to jail the beggars and without any ƒ”š‚ warning some beggars were taken into custody “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” and we had beggar free […]

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Dr. Mareena Thaha Reffai,ƒ”š‚  In response to the article “Must we eat other animals?”ƒ”š‚, in The Island ofƒ”š‚  May 21, 2013, by Dr. Upul Wijayawardhana the simple answer is that whoever wants to, let them, as the author himself says he eats fish when he feels like it. But if those preach regarding the slaughter […]

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A. Abdul Aziz, Press Secretary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” Sri Lankaƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad addresses Reception marking opening of the Baitur Rahman Mosque in Vancouver ƒ”š‚ According to our Press Department, U.K., on 18 May 2013, the Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat and Fifth Khalifa, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, addressed a Special Reception […]

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