By Rohana R. Wasala A writer by the name of Dr M. Harris Z Deen (Attacks on Islamic places of worship and properties go unabated despite assurances/The Island Features/May 22, 2017) begins his feature article with these words: The patience of the Sri Lankan Muslims is at a breaking point and can certainly boil over […]

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Shenali D Waduge No situation happens in isolation. Every aspect has a historical origin and every scene has a geopolitical purpose. Without understanding these realities it is difficult to comprehend the scale of the problem. Firstly, we need to understand that there is a systematic and calculated plan to denigrate Buddhists/Theravada Buddhism with the ultimate […]

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By :A.A.M.NIZAM – MATARA Let us find some more despicable statements made by her and her anti-national and abhorrent activities in the recent past probably due of the mental degeneration she is suffering from: During her first visit to India after this government came to power addressing Indian media she said that she found almost […]

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By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando Prof. Kolitha Sellahewa, Head of the Department of Internal Medicine at Dr. Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital elucidated in full, how to control and treat dengue affected patients through conventional methods, in my column on 3 June 2017. However, there appears to be two schools of thought in dealing with this […]

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වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග  බෞද්ධ භික්‍ෂුවකගෙන් සමාජය උවැසියන් බලාපොරොත්තු වන්නේ සංවර හැසිරීමකි. නීග්‍රෝධ සාමනේරවන්  පරමාදර්ශී භික්‍ෂු හැසිරීමක් අපේක්‍ෂා කරන බෞද්ධ සමාජය අද දකින්නේ ඉතා අවිනීත ලෙස කුණුහරප කියන , බැණ වැදීම් කරන සාමාන්‍ය මිනිසුන්ට පමණක් නොව පොලිස් නිලධාරීන්ටද පහර දෙන වල් වැදී ගිය චීවරධාරීන් පිරිසකි. සමහරක් විට සිවිල් සමාජයද මෙම ප්‍රචණ්ඩ හැසිරීම් සාධාරණීකරනය කරන්නේ සිංහලයන්ට බුද්ධාගමට […]

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RT Those slaughtering cows now face a life sentence in the Indian state of Gujarat, after lawmakers voted to pass new measures to protect the sacred animal, up from a previous punishment of seven years. The state law is the toughest in the country. Read more Indian minister slammed for taboo comments on cows Under […]

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By M D P DISSANAYAKE What has happened to Sri Lanka in many ways can be drawn as a parallel to what did happen in Indonesia.  Prez Soeharto developed the nation, cost of living was affordable, religious extremism well managed, retained East Timor in spite of Western push. What was lacking. Though he did lot […]

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