KAMALIKA PIERIS The armed forces of Sri Lanka did not commit staggering war crimes in Eelam war IV. The LTTE did. LTTE committed many serious war crimes during the Eelam wars. They violated the International Humanitarian Law. . Here are some of the war crimes committed by the LTTE LTTE violated sacred norms of war. […]

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IANS | New Delhi | Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday described Sri Lanka as India’s special and trusted friend in South Asia and the Indian Ocean region while assuring New Delhi’s continued development aid cooperation with the island nation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday described Sri Lanka as India’s special and trusted friend […]

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ආචාර්ය නාලක ගොඩහේවා  2005 දි නව ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා බාරගත්තේ කෙබඳු රටක්ද යන්න අද බොහෝ දෙනෙකුට මතක නැත. එදා රට තිබුනේ බොහෝ අර්බූදකාරී තත්වයකය ලංකාවේ නිවාස වලින් 27% කට විදුලිය තිබුනේ නැත. විදුලිය නැති නිවාස දස ලක්ෂයක් පමන තිබුනි. මසකට දෙතුන්වරක් රට පුරා විදුලිය ඇනහිටීම් අරුමයක් නොවිනි. නිවාස දස ලක්ෂයකට පානීය ජලය තිබුනේ නැත. […]

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By Udaya P Gammanpila Courtesy Ceylon Today The debate about imposing the death penalty has bounced back.  It was triggered by President Maithripala Sirisena’s announcement that he would grant approval to hang prisoners with pending capital punishment and engaged in the drugs trade, while facing a prison term. Buddhist priests vehemently opposed imposing death penalty in […]

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C.A.Chandraprema July 21, 2018, 12:00 pm In recent days, there has been much hype about the permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar that was instituted recently with the passage of amendments to the Judicature Act by the yahapalana government. The openly stated purpose of these amendments that were brought to the Judicature Act was to expedite cases […]

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