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Graveside memorial service to mark 16th anniversary of Lasantha’s assassination On Wednesday 8 January 9 a.m. at Borella Kanatte
The 16th anniversary of the assassination of The Sunday Leader founder Editor-in-Chief Lasantha Wickrematunge, which falls on 8 January, will be marked with a service at his graveside. Family, friends ...
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Life and Times of Jaffna’s Former Tiger Commander Sathasivampillai Krishnakumar alias “Col” Kittu.
The LTTE command was re-structured again in 1984, Ravindran alias Pandithar was appointed overall commander of the LTTE in Sri Lanka. Pandithar was stationed in Jaffna. Kittu functioned as commander ...
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Past and Present India -Sri Lanka Relations ; 1987 Rajiv-JR Accord and the 2024 Modi-AKD Meeting.
Sri Lanka’s newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has successfully concluded his first state visit to India from December 15 to 17. The optics of the three day visit to New Delhi has been ...
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Chabad House is a religious space belonging to the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic Movement which is deeply aligned with Israel’s ultra-right and the IDF.
The Gal Ferenbook debacle highlights another problem we have invited in, through ignorance and carelessness – the ongoing attempts to justify the setting up of a Chabad House in Arugam Bay and to ...
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The Speakers of Sri Lanka from 1931 to 2024 Served as the “Honourable ” Guardians of Parliamentary Supremacy.
Forced into exile 25 years ago and compelled to stay away in order to stay alive, journalist D.B.S. Jeyaraj always dreamt of returning to Sri Lanka. That flame of hope flickered occasionally, as the ...
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Is “ the Writing on the Wall” for the Thirteenth Constitutional Amendment?
This week’s column in this context opines that the writing is on the wall for the thirteenth amendment to the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. It is the 13th ...
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From Francis Molamure in 1931 to Asoka Ranwala in 2024 : An Overview of Sri Lanka’s Speakers.
On 17 December 2024, Idampitiyegedara Wanigasuriya Mudiyanselage Jagath Wickramaratne was elected as speaker. The election was unanimous. Dr.Jagath Wickramarathe who was elected on the NPP ticket from ...
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Sweet and Sour Election Results for Ilankai Thamil Arasuk Katchi(ITAK).: On Top in Batticaloa but Down in Jaffna.
“Mata Allanda Bariwune,Madakkalappuwa vitharai” (I was unable to capture only Batticaloa) were the words with which President Anura Kumara Dissanayake smilingly greeted “Mattakkalappu”MP Shanakiyan ...