Shenali D Waduge If international law prohibits violations of human rights and humanitarian law by states against their own citizens why has it not been applied to those applying self-appointed humanitarian intervention and committing the same if not worse violations? Is international laws and their applications selective and the current international laws, regulations, rules are […]

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By Charles.S.Perera  So much is being said about Casinos these days that one begins to wander whether Casinos are the only thing that will mar the peace and serenity of the well disciplined, very Buddhist Sri Lanka, where every thing is being happening according to the teachings of the Buddha.    One is made to come […]

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Courtesy The Asian Mirror Interpol has warned local intelligence agencies that the Taliban is operating within Sri Lanka. Interpol, which is now in touch with Sri Lankan authorities on this matter, is of the belief that the international terrorist organization is using Sri Lanka as an easy transit point to Middle East and other Asian […]

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Courtesy:  The Nation The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) charged that some members of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) were being manipulated by anti-Buddhist elements. Responding to allegations leveled by the BASL that the BBS was engaged in acts that were in violation of the law, the organization’s Secretary, Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera […]

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Disna Mudalige Courtesy The Daily News Political parties which dodge the proposed motion against the international investigation on Sri Lanka are clearly indicating their alignment with the forces inimical to the country, leading political analyst and scholar Prof. Gamini Samaranayake told the Daily News yesterday. He said the two day parliamentary debate on the UNHRC […]

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Dr. Mareena Thaha Reffai, Now and then Municipality sends laborers to clean the drains of the  lanes and they toil the whole day in rain and hot sun, and clean the drains and heap the dirt on top of the road. When inquired they always say the dirt will be cleared the same day. But […]

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Dr. Mareena Thaha Reffai, The Galle Road from Wellewathe to Bambalapitiya is being painstakingly repaired at snail’s pace with no proper planning – bits and pieces being done up ad hoc – or so it seems. At least part of the road in Wellewathe seems to have been completed and looks grand – but only […]

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siri Bandara මහින්දාගමනය සිදුවූ පින්බර පොසොන් මංගල්යය එක්සත් රාජධානියේ වෙසෙන ශ්රී ලාංකිකයන්ට ඉතාම ඉහලින් සැමරීමට “මිහිඳු සඳ” නමින් පොසොන් කළාපයක් මේ වනවිට ලහි ලහියේ සූදානම්වෙමින් පවතී. බොහෝ බෞද්ධාගමික කටයුතු මෙරට බෞද්ධ විහාරස්ථාන කේන්ද්ර කර ගනිමින් සිදුවූවත්, “මිහිඳු සඳ” පොසොන් කළාපය විහාරස්ථානයක අනුග්රහයක් නොමැතිව සංවිධානය වීමවිශේෂත්වයකි. සාමාන්යයෙන් ශ්රී ලංකාවේදී පොසොන් උත්සවය සැමරීමේදී විවිධාකාර අංගගණනාවක් එහි අලංකාරත්වය […]

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