By Raj Gonsalkorale During the war, leaders of the Allied countries—the Soviet Union, United States, and Great Britain—received reports of mass shootings of Jewish civilians, including women and children. In 1942, they learned of the Nazi plan to annihilate Europe’s Jews. While leaders occasionally publicly denounced violence towards Jews, they prioritized winning the war over […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Kurundi vihara is the first monastery to be conserved in Mullaitivu district, as far as I know. This alone makes Kurundi special. The other thing that makes Kurundi special is that it is right   in the middle of Eelam. So Kurundi is political as well. Ruins like Kurundi are reminders of an earlier […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS This essay is a continuation of the previous essay which ended with the statement that Kurundi vihara had its own web site.  This website contains a booklet on Kurundi.  This booklet can be downloaded from the website. https://www.kurundi.lk/kurundi-booklet/. The text   is wide ranging, it explains what happened at Kurundi, and also comments on […]

යසස් ධර්මදාස, ලේකම්, ගෝලීය ශ්‍රී ලාංකික සංසදය. යුද්ධය මානුශික මෙහෙයුමකින් අවසන්කර වසර 15 ක් සපිරෙන මේ මොහොතේ, එම බෙදුම්වාදීන්ගේ මනදොල සපුරාලන්නට පනතක් ගෙන ඒම පිළිබඳව බලවත් පිළිකුල ප්‍රකාශ කරන බවත්, සත්‍ය සෙවීමේ කොමිසමේ අරමුණ හුදු සත්‍ය සෙවීමක්ම නොවන බවත් ගෝලීය ශ්‍රී ලාංකික සංසදයේ ලේකම් යසස් ධර්මදාස මහතා පවසයි. මේ පිළිබඳව වැඩිදුර තොරතුරු අනාවරණය කරන ඒ […]

Milinda Moragoda, Founder of the Pathfinder Foundation Milinda Moragoda, Founder of the Pathfinder Foundation, released a statement saying Sri Lanka’s present oppressive tax regime is undermining the country’s economic growth agenda. Moragoda says, furthermore, many local entrepreneurs and businesses that can afford it are relocating abroad, and new investments have decreased significantly. Full text of the […]

Dinesh Gunawardena Prime Minister Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka His Excellency Mohammed Mokhber Vice President of Islamic Republic of Iran Excellency, I am deeply saddened to learn about the demise of His Excellency President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-abdollahian in a tragic helicopter crash. The late President’s services for the people of Iran […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre It has been observed in many instances that the family members of heroic soldiers who fought and made supreme sacrifice for securing the territorial integrity of our motherland, as well as retired military personnel and their family members, are facing various difficulties in obtaining health facilities from government hospitals. […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre •           Disaster Risk Reduction is very important for building robust communities – Defence Secretary The National Disaster Management Coordinating Committee (NDMCC) serves as a crucial platform for policy formulation, strategic planning and effective coordination among stakeholders for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) activities. We facilitate communication between sub-national and national […]

Dimuthu Attanayake  Courtesy The South China Morning Post

Courtesy Adaderana The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested four ISIS terrorists, all of whom are Sri Lankan nationals, at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, Indian media reported today. The Gujarat ATS has taken the suspects to an undisclosed location for intensive questioning, reported TV9 Gujarati. The precise motive behind their presence at […]