S. Akurugoda According to a shocking news item appeared in the front page of The Island dated 27th June 2014, under the heading ‘Ahead of Presidential polls: Government troubled by US-funded project’, US was planning to fund those who have been opposed to SLFP-led coalition, through local NGOs to implement a project called ‘Election Support […]

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Dr. Daya Hewapathirane Sri Lanka as a nation is founded on Buddhist norms and principles. What the country clearly projects is its Buddhist imprint. The uniqueness of its cultural heritage is directly attributable to its Buddhist foundation. The impact of Buddhism is reflected both directly and indirectly, in the tangible and intangible aspects of the […]

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ධර්මසිරි සෙනෙවි රත්න හිමියනි  ජනාධිපති  ධුරය    නැති  කරන්න ඔබ  වහන්සේ  මේ තරම්  උත්සාහ කරන්නේ  කුමක් නිසාදැය්  අපට තේරුම් ගෙනීම අපහසුය් .ජනාධිපති කෙනෙක් නොසිටියානම්  අපි සේරම අද කොටින්ට යටත් . ඉස්සර නම්  ජාතික චින්තනයේ  පතාක  යෝධයෙක් ලෙස ඔබ තුමා  හිටියා . චින්තන පර්ෂදයේ  සභාපති වුනේ  ඔබ වහන්සේ . අද මෙහෙම  වී ම  කණගාටුවක් .ජනාධිපති ට  බලතල  […]

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Nalliah Thayabharan July 1st, 2014 Muslims wiped out complete civilisation in Egypt Parsees from Persia,Buddhists from Afghanistan & Maldives, Sikhs from Lahore, Sindhis from Sindh, Kashmiri pandits from Kashmir, Hindus & Buddhists in Bangladesh, Christians and Hindus from several Islands of Indonesia But the real enemies to defeat are the disturbing emotions and attitudes that […]

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Life Abroad – Part 86 By Dr. Tilak Fernando The late Jinadasa Vijayatunga was associated with his first classic, Grass for my feet, an evocation of village life seen through the eyes of his youth and adolescence in his native home Urala. He wrote on a variety of subjects and through a diversity of literary […]

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China , Russian Federation Vote against Text –Courtesy: UN Security Council Two permanent members cast negative votes in the Security Council preventing the adoption of a draft resolution that would have referred the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court. Speaking before that action — which failed to pass by a vote of 13 in […]

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Minority Rights Group International Thursday 3 July 2014 Hate crime towards minorities and indigenous peoples is a daily reality across Asia but is often ignored by the governments of the region, Minority Rights Group International (MRG) warns in its annual report. This year’s flagship report, State of the World’s Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2014, isthemed […]

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Ven. BD Dipananda Buddhistdoor International Aprominent Dalit leader andVice-President of the World Fellowship of Buddhists in India was recently elected to the Rajya Sabha, the Indian Upper House of Parliament, from the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) quota. Ramdas Athawale represents Maharashtra state as a nominee of the BJP. He was also a member of the […]

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Ali Al-Jaberi 1 July 2014  Courtesy openDemocracy.net The roots of the most recent crisis in Iraq can be traced to the US-led invasion of 2003 and western meddling in Syria. At stake, is the neoliberal blueprint of post-invasion Iraq, now defended in an effort coordinated between the Baghdad government and its western backers. Bremer and […]

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