PUTTING THE CHURCH’S EASTER CLAIMS ON TRIAL
For seven years, the Catholic Church has demanded answers over the Easter Sunday attacks. Who knew? Who failed to act? Who warned whom? Who protected whom? Who was behind Zahran Hashim? Was Easter...
Category: Lessons for Sri Lanka
THILEEPAN — LTTE TERRORIST, CANCER PATIENT, USED BY THE LTTE AGAINST INDIA
A HUNGER STRIKE DOES NOT ERASE A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE A bronze statue now stands at Nallur. Flowers are being laid. Commemorations are being held. Schoolchildren in uniform and younger generations are being...
DILEEPA PEIRIS MUST RETRACT & APOLOGIZE TO THE ARMED FORCES DEPUTY MINISTER ARUNA JAYASEKERA — COMMANDER, SECURITY FORCES EAST IN APRIL 2019 — MUST SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT
SAINTHAMARUTHU: DID THE ARMED FORCES KILL 16 PEOPLE — OR DID THE TERRORISTS BLOW THEMSELVES UP? There is an allegation made in court on 15 September 2026 that cannot simply be allowed...
ඉන්දියාවට එකම ශිෂ්ටාචාරයක් තිබුණේ නැත්නම් — ශ්රී ලංකාව එහි “ශිෂ්ටාචාරික නිවුන් රට” වන්නේ කෙසේද?
ඉන්දියාව ශ්රී ලංකාව තම “ශිෂ්ටාචාරික නිවුන් රට” ලෙස හඳුන්වා දීමට දැඩි උත්සාහයක් දරමින් සිටී. ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ඉන්දීය මහ කොමසාරිස්වරයා මෙම යෙදුම අවස්ථා කිහිපයකදීම භාවිත කර ඇත. 2024 ඔක්තෝබර් මාසයේදී ඉන්දීය මහ කොමසාරිස් සන්තෝෂ්...
INDIA NEVER HAD ONE CIVILIZATION – SO HOW CAN SRI LANKA BE ITS “CIVILIZATIONAL TWIN”?
India is taking pains to feature Sri Lanka as its “civilizational twin.” India’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka has used the expression repeatedly. In October 2024, India’s High Commissioner Santosh Jha said: “We...
THE WAR INDIA EXPECTS BETWEEN US & CHINA MAY NEVER COME — SO WHY IS SRI LANKA BEING ASKED TO PREPARE FOR IT?
India increasingly presents the Indian Ocean through the prism of great-power competition. China is described as a strategic challenge; the United States is increasingly seen as India’s strategic partner; and Sri Lanka...
BEFORE INDIA ACCUSES CHINA — INDIA MUST ASK THE US: WHY US-BASED TGTE IS COLLABORATING WITH A HONG KONG UNIVERSITY ON TAMIL EELAM?
There is a remarkable irony unfolding in Colombo this week. India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is in Sri Lanka, with the visit centred on strengthening defence, maritime and security cooperation. India describes Sri...
RAJNATH SINGH IS IN SRI LANKA – BEFORE INDIA SPEAKS OF SECURITY, LET SRI LANKA SPEAK OF SOVEREIGNTY
Rajnath Singh’s visit comes 38 years after the previous official visit by an Indian Defence Minister. The visit is described in terms of defence cooperation, maritime security, connectivity and economic partnership. But...
MASTER CHEF IS A COOKING COMPETITION — NOT A RELIGIOUS KITCHEN
Every religion must be respected. But multiculturalism cannot mean that everyone else must live by restrictions based on one religion only. Sri Lanka is a majority Buddhist-nation where different faiths are free to...
මේජර් ජෙනරාල් සුරේෂ් සලේ: PTA යටතේ තවත් දින 90ක් රඳවා තබා ගැනීම පළමු දින 180 තුළ ස්ථාපිත කර ඇත්තේ කුමක්ද?
මේජර් ජෙනරාල් සුරේෂ් සලේ අත්අඩංගුවට ගනු ලැබුවේ චෝදනා සම්බන්ධයෙන් අධිකරණ තීරණයක් මත නිකුත් කළ අත්අඩංගුවට ගැනීමේ නියෝගයක් යටතේ නොව, ත්රස්තවාදය වැළැක්වීමේ පනත (PTA) යටතේ ජනාධිපතිවරයා සතු විධායක බලතල භාවිත කරමින් රඳවා තබා ගැනීමෙනි. එබැවින්...
