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Anura Kumara Dissanayake ; “Leftist” Star Rises Over Sri Lanka.
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D.B.S.Jeyaraj.
Read Detailed Article by DBS Jeyaraj about the newly elected Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Disanayake .
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Ranil Wickremesinghe is the best person to lead the country on the road to economic recovery at this critical juncture. I hope he will win with 120 or more votes.
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I tweeted earlier that Ranil is the best person to lead the country on the road to economic recovery and hoped he would win with 120 Votes or more. He won with 134 Votes.I am happy. Congratulations President Wickremesinghe! Best Wishes. God Bless Sri Lanka.
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Ranil who became PM from May 12th is condemned as Rajapaksa stooge.Dullas who was Rajapaksa lackey for19 years until removed as minister in April&is yet to condemn Rajapaksas is the choice of the so called Anti-Rajapaksas.
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Chandrika Kumaratunga asks why no action has been taken so far against Galagadia Aththe Gnanasara Thero for Insulting other Religions; his words were more vicious than Comedian Natasha Edirisooriya says Former President
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Sri Lanka is clearly spiralling towards further ethnic and religious divisions further exacerbated by an economic crisis. Sadly Sri Lanka has not learnt a single lesson from its bloody history
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“Politicians who spoke truth were rejected by the people.Those who pointed out the real situation in SL&sought related remedies were hardly given a place.Yet,those who satisfied people with their lies gained greater acceptance.”- President Wickremesinghe
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Tharman Shanmugaratnam of Jaffna Ancestry becomes first Singaporean of Sri Lankan Tamil Ethnicity to be Elected as President of Singapore; Wins 70.4 % of votes in Landslide Victory.
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D.B.S. Jeyaraj
Jeyaraj’s Jottings
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Despite surface differences, Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Anura Kumara Dissanayake both seem like economic ingénues with no clear notion of how to deal with a 21st century economy.
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I salute Mangala Samaraweera for his courage.
True Buddhists must unite NOW against the Talibanization of our great philosophy of peace & love of all beings. No Buddhist can condone a statement to stone another human being to death, even if it emanates from the robed orders.
#lka
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How Interesting to see the TOTAL SILENCE by the "Patriotic Sinhala Buddhist "elements who protested and agitated against any move to allow burial. What happened to the so called "Technical Committee" that was the sole authority to decide on this issue? The Silence is deafening!
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It appears that only Ranil Wickremesinghe has a clear idea of what must be done to salvage the economy in the short run&how to lay the economic foundation for future prosperity in the long run
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Read Detailed Article by DBS Jeyaraj on how the Bodu Bala Sena led by Gnanasara Thero Instigated Anti-Muslim Violence in Aluthgama and Beruwela.
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“I had no power in P'ment. I had no MPs from my Party. I had just one strength. I knew I was capable of rebuilding my country. I accepted the challenge with the conviction that even if I failed, the country would not.”- President Ranil Wickremesinghe
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It is accepted today and proven beyond doubt that Ranil was the best man and the only man who could have pulled the country out of the abyss it had fallen into.
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Mrs. Rushira Kulasingham ,Designated as Principal of Jaffna College, Vaddukkoddai With Effect From !st January 2023, Makes History as the First Woman Principal of the Institution
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Devastated by the Demise of Mangala Samaraweera- a True Sri Lankan Patriot& Liberal Democrat.
“Few hearts like his, with virtue warm’d,
Few heads with knowledge so inform’d:
If there’s another world, he lives in bliss;
If there is none, he made the best of this." - Robert Burns
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How Gun – toting State Minister Lohan Ratwatte Terrified and Humiliated Tamil Prisoners at the Anuradhapura Jail.
Read Detailed Article By D.B.S.Jeyaraj
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Lakshman Kadirgamar departed too early, with no lasting legacy penned in his own words, and no narrative whether fact or fiction to sit on library shelves for posterity
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Kalutara District MP Kumara Welgama Wants Maithripala Sirisena to Resign Immediately Because the Supreme Court has Ruled That the President has Violated the Constitution.
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Little-known Facts About Legendary LTTE Leader Veluppillai Prabhakaran
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When a Chinese Company Does This iThere are no Public Protests.Everything Handled Diplomatically.But if an Indian Company had done this would the eaction have been the same?
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SLPP Lackeys Posing as Independents now planning to set up "interim Govt" under President Gota with Nimal, Anura or Dullas as PM. What happens to the "Gota Go Home"protest demnd then?
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Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella Allegedly Engaging in Unhealthy Practices in Procuring Medicinal Drugs Under Indian Credit Line; Bypasses President and Finance Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Directives Regarding Medical Imports.
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30 Thowheed Jamath Members Including Easter Sunday Bomber Zahran Hashim were Paid Salaries from State Accounts During Mahinda Rajapksa Govt Discloses Lakshman Kiriella in Parliament.
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Wonder how Bureaucrats will be treated if he ever becomes President?Perhaps they may be ordered to kneel when he addresses them.
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“Did you know Tamil is the oldest language of the whole world,not just of India? Shouldn’t the country be proud?We have such a big treasure, a big source of pride. Our chest should swell with pride& we must tell the world this,” – Indian PM Narendra Modi
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“I appealed to critics on Social Media to suggest a better person if there was one who could have been chosento lead the Country and Solve the Economic Crisis instead of Ranil but no one has responded to my request”- Victor Ivan
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“India is going to be the fastest growing large economy in the next decade; I think if we want to get out of the situation we are in now, if one option that is there for us, to take as a country is really latching on to what is happening in India.
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“I pray that Arrested Attorney -at-law Hejaaz Hisbullah will be treated fairly, by the justice system he has served so well and our society that he values so dearly”
Article By Amal de Chickera
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“If a deal is made,a contract is given&percentages are allocated. 5 % for the minister,so much for the ministry secretary, so much for somebody else,all that is systemised That is why the youth of the country are saying “System Change”. -MA Sumanthiran MP
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How Gun – toting State Minister Lohan Ratwatte Terrified and Humiliated Tamil Prisoners at the Anuradhapura Jail.
Read Article By D.B.S.Jeyaraj
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Read Detailed Article about the role of Gnanasara Thera&Bodu Bala Sena in the June 2014 Anti-Muslim Violence in Kalutara District by D.B.S.Jeyaraj
Gnanasara Thero , Bodu Bala Sena and the June 2014 Violence in Aluthgama -Beruwala.
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Divani Nadaraj of Sri Lankan Tamil Origin appointed judge in Nineteenth Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Virginia.USA.
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120 State-owned companies including SriLankan Airlines Lanka Electricity Company (LECO), Sri Lanka Insurance,, Litro Gas Lanka&Lanka Sathosa will be exempt from Government audit under the proposed 20th Amendment to the Constitution.
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Only a mentally unfit President would have appointed the man whom he betrayed after eating egg hoppers&then hid in a Coconut estate in fear of death as a Prime Minister again
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Unconfirmed Reports say Former Mullaitheevu District Magistrate T. Saravanarajah has fled Sri Lanka to Canada after tendering his resignation from all his posts. It is alleged that Attorney -General Pressured him to Revise his earlier rulings regarding the Kurunthoormalai case
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Who are the traitors please ?Can you identify them?Or are you referring to the seven Supreme Court Judges including Chief Justice?
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I am very proud&Happy that the premier Sri Lankan Tamil Political Formation TNA Played a Constructive Positive Role in Safeguarding the Constitution and Upholding Democracy as Equal Citizens of Ilankai.
It is noteworthy that the Tamils who live in Northern & Eastern parts alone that voted for TNA has turned out to be the kingmakers in selecting the Prime Minister and the Government in a country where the Sinhalese are the majority. Is it a good or a bad sign for reconciliation?
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@munza14
Munza, I know how you feel because I've experienced this so much in the past and even now when writing on issues concerning Tamils. Dont let them upset you. I adopt a Scottish proverb"They Say?What say They?Let Them Say!
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Are the people Demanding Gota Go Home" just to let him form new "interim Govt"with SLPP Golayas like Weerawansa&Gammanpila now posing as Independents to be re-appointed as Cabinet Ministers?
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Ranil Wickremesinghe has a choice.He can hang onto the Rajapaksas and let the Rajapaksas hang onto him. Or he can begin a serious process of reform that by its very definition will require ditching the Rajapaksas and their ilk.
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Friends told me Sarath Weerasekera MP had criticized me by name in Parliament on 17 Jan.When I checked it out I was rather disappointed. The retd rear admiral did not say anything original in his verbal tirade but only read out something someone else had written out.Aiyo!
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I May be a Doctor Fighting COVID-19 But Now I am Only a Daughter Crying in Isolation For Her Departed Father!
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Should not the LAW prevail by cracking down on those who came from Temple Trees&attacked Galle Face Protesters. Also your &Yoshitha roles in planning the attack should be investigated
Discipline cannot be established in the country unless the law is enforced against those who encouraged violence - MP
@RajapaksaNamal
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CID Chief Inspector Nishantha De Silva Who Fled Sri Lanka With Family Has Reportedly Taken Way Copies of Files With Key Data About Important Cases Concerning Pending Cases& Investigations Into Crimes&Human Rights Allegedly Committed by Military Personnel
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Maithripala Sirisena wont be getting a ministry post this time. I guess Rajapaksas are giving him "egg hoppers" now.
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Keheliya Rambukwella Submits 2 consecutive unsolicited proposals from locally unregistered Indian companies to buy drugs underIndian credit line;Goes on 3 Day trip to Chenna paid for by an Indian companies Backed by him for the Deal
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Getting Praised by Maithri is a positive thing to be proud of?Pathetic!
Surprise visit: On behalf of the 1,350 person team, thank you President
@MaithripalaS
for acknowledging our dedication to create 1990 Suwa Seriya from nothing. I appreciate the kind words on my leadership. Thank you PM
@narendramodi
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@RW_UNP
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@RajapaksaNamal
@Kassilingham
@officialunp
If you read Interim Report of Steering Committee &experts panel report with annexures the UNP stance becomes clear, What is SLPP position please?
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Justice Minister Ali Sabry has been given degrading treatment over the "One Country One Law"PTF matter by President Rajapaksa.The Dignity of the Office &self-respect of the minister ha ve been undermined.Ali Sabry should resign as minister immediately if he is to hold head high
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Southern Sinhalese establishment wary of B’caloa Tamil MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam who not only speaks to the concerns of the Sinhala majority but also does so in their own language.
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I am no fan of the IUSF but cannot accept the trio being detained for 90 days under PTA.The Tamil people bore the brunt of this draconian PTA&some are still held under it.I dont want any person to suffer under must be repealed¬ used again by this Govt
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Ranil Wickremesinghe has turned the political environment upside down.The ruling SLPP has been compelled to play ball with Wickremesinghe, who shrewdly changed the political landscape. Ranil has achieved the unthinkable.
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Read DBS Jeyaraj's narrative about his Family's Experience during the "Black July" Anti-Tamil violence.
My Family’s Experience of “Black July” Forty Years ago.
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Ex- police officer Nishantha Silva Alleges in Channel 4 Documentary that Lasantha Wickrematunge Killing Investigations by him Revealed Tripoly Platoon Members were at the Murder scene
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Actually the concern was about the well-being of the country¬ you. People were worried when positions were reportedly given to persons with a track record like yours Mr.Godahewa.
Happy to see some people more concerned than me or my family about my well being. They give me positions and take them back all on twitter and FB. Wonder whats next? Whilst thanking you for caring suggest you spare a little bit of that energy to do some thing for the country too.
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“Males must be Invited to wear Saris five days a week,Travel to School and Teach for Several Hours and Return Home” says EFSL Co-ordinator Dr.Tara de Mel
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“We are hypocritical when we say what happened in Sri Lanka is an internal matter for Sri Lanka, but what happens in Palestine is not an internal matter for Israel. ! If you are true to what you are saying Sign the ICC Rome statute “- MA Sumanthiran MP
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AIYO SIRISEA!!!
Former President Maithripala Sirisena has Reportedly told the Police CID in his statement that an Indian espionage agency was behind the 2019 Easter Bomb Blasts in Lanka. He has named an Indian diplomat then stationed in Colommbo in this regard. AIYO SIRISENA!
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Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka’s national study of prisons Reveals that 83% of persons detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act were subjected to torture, of which 90% were forced to sign a confession.
By Ambika Satkunanathan
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President Ranil Wickremesinghe is very wrong to use the Draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act(PTA) to detain Wasantha Mudalige, Ven. Galwewa Siridhamma Thera& Hashantha Jeevantha Gunathilake for 90 days pending interrogation by TID. He should revoke the Defence Ministry order
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Kurunegala Teaching Hospital Director Dr. AMS Weerabandara Who Allegedly Conspired with DIG Kithsiri Jayalath to Implicate Dr. Shafi in Sterilisation Charges Refuses to Cooperate in CID Inquiry but Police Get Court Order Ordering him to Cooperate in Proble
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Retd Judge Kusala Sarojini Weerawardena who Conducted Probe into Incident in Anuradhapura Jail where Lohan Ratwatte Threatened Tamil Prisoners at Gun Point Recommends Charges Including Attempted Murder To Be Filed Against Minister
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Clearly we are living in a Sinhala-Buddhist Iran with saffron-robed Ayatollahs deciding how we live. If a govt’s right to policymaking ends on the edge of an upraised saffron robe, why bother with elections or parliament?
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Gary (Sathiyasangaree) Anandasangaree makes history as the first Sri Lankan Tamil - Canadian Cabinet Minister. The new minister of Crown -Indigenous relations is the son of Former Sri Lankan MP&TULF leader V.Anandasangaree.Gary is the Liberal MP for Scarborough -Rouge Park
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How can a truly Lankan nation be born when the majority extremists remain wedded to the idea of a Sinhala-Buddhist nation?
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"When archaeology is weaponised by monks, politicians and those professionals subservient to vested interests, it can become a seeding ground for brutal conflicts and long wars.”
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@pcranawaka
@ChandaniKirinde
For that you need to arrest,prosecute&penalise the Majoritarians involved in violence. More importantly you must "de-radicalise" the ethno -religious supremists among Sinhala Buddhists
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@MWijewickrama
This is a disgraceful comment Admiral Mohan. I did not expect this from you. You have disappointed me badly
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@GodahewaNalaka
@SenaniSL
Preventing Illegal elections&ensuring Legal norms is only Democracy!
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Sri Lankan military is Sri Lankan in name only. In reality, it is a Sinhala-Buddhist military wedded to Sinhala-Buddhist interests. An anomaly in a demographically pluralist land and a dangerous one.
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News Reports wrongly state Nirupama Rajapaksa is the cousin of Mahinda,Gota&Basil Rajapaksa. She is their niece not cousin.Nirupama is the daughter of Fmr Minister George Rajapaksa&Grand daughter of DM Rajapaksa whose younger brother is DA Rajapaksa the father of MR,GR,BR&CR.
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Delay in Getting assurances from Creditor Nations like China and India is Delaying the IMF Extended Fund Facility of $ 2.9 Billion to Sri Lanka says Central Bank Governor Dr.Nandalal Weerasinghe
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"A year ago,the constant chorus that we heard in this country was Kaputu Kaak ka.Why Kaputu Kaak Ka ? the big crow that steals. This govt is still controlled by that kaputu kaak ka. Its the same people who sit in govt ranks,no change.“- MA Sumanthiran MP
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If Gotabhaya Rajapaksa wins the Presidency and Mahinda Rajapaksa Becomes the Prime Minister There will be a full scale Political Civil war Between the two brothers for Every Scrap of Power and Every Inch of Ground.
Article By Tisaranee Gunasekara
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Jaffna Farmer’s son Theesan Vithusan with an extraordinary style of left-arm orthodox spin Baffles Batsmen Successfully
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Army and Police Crack Down Aggressively on Galle Face Protest with Brute Force in the night at 2 am;Tents dismantled, protesters assaulted, at least 8 persons arrested,agitation site sealed off,lawyers,media denied entry
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Where is Public Security Minister Sarath Weerasekara's Mask? Why is his Police arresting people walking alone on streets without masks when the minister is attending a public event as a "maskless marvel"?
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Read Detailed Article by DBS Jeyaraj in the "Daily Mirror"-DBS Jeyaraj Column about the Fake News Fraud saying LTTE Chief Prabhakaran&Wife&Daughter are still alive .
Fake news fraud using Prabha and family
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Sri Lanka unable to get the consent of all the creditors for a possible debt restructuring because of the intransigence of the leading creditor, China, which holds about 52% of the bilateral debt of the Government.
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TNA MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam accuses China of stalling Lanka’s IMF deal&“forcing down” unnecessary projects by “paying bribes”. “If China is truly Sri Lanka’s friend, ask the Chinese to help with the debt restructuring&IMFprogramme,”
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The Best Christmas Cake Comes From Sri Lanka: the Romans might have invented the fruitcake but Sri Lanka,with her Burgher Heritage perfected it.
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Distinguished Emeritus Professor and Eminent Author and Poet Yasmine Gooneratne passes away on Thursday February 15th 2024 at the age of 88.
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It would be best for you to undo the damage you have done instead of patting yourself on the back for something you dont deserve at all.
I thank all the Party Leaders and Parliamentarians for adopting a peaceful and consensual course of action at the Parliament today, following my meeting with the Party Leaders last evening.
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Graveside memorial service to mark 15th anniversary of Lasantha’s assassination – On Monday 8 January 9 a.m. at Borella Kanatte
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Let’s Hope Attorney -General’s Dept Will Take Action Over the Recorded Telephone Call by SB Dissanayake To Palitha Range Bandara Offering Huge Sums of Cash to Cross Over From UNP to the Maithri-Mahinda Govt of October 2018?
Article By Lucien Rajakarunayake
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@pcranawaka
By the same token parties&organizations espousing Sinhala Buddhist ideology must also discard them
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Why Are The Leading Buddhist Monks in Sri Lanka Not Stating That Violence has No Place in Buddhism and Denouncing Anti – Tamil and Anti-Muslim Attacks as Being Anti-Buddhist?
Article BY TISARANEE GUNASEKARA
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@MWijewickrama
I am sorry Admiral Mohan.I disagree with you. The rank&file will be relieved that the good name of the Navy is being restored gradually after being tarnished by disgraceful "Officers".
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While President Wickremesinghe talks the sweetly reasonable language of debt equity, climate change and what not to the world, his regime is busy drawing an anti-liberties net over Sri Lankans.
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Televised Interview of Defence Secretary Gen. Kamal Gunaratne will be remembered for having exposed the sentiments and ideologies that drive the bigoted policies of the current regime.
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@ChandaniKirinde
Sajith has no guts to face possibility of getting less votes than Ranil.SP will withdraw from Poll in favour of Dulles
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If the Anti-Terrorism Bill passes the seal of P'ment as currently framed, Sri Lanka will pass from a de facto police state to a de jure police state. The political consensus must be to reject the Anti-Terrorism Bill wholesale.
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“I speak as a representative of the (Tamil ) people who have suffered protracted violencThe events that are unfolding now in the Middle East are strikingly similar to what we experienced for three decades more than 15 years ago.”- MA Sumanthiran MP
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While appreciating the thought behind Sajiths gesture, What is needed is legal action against those responsible for assassination &attacks on Journalists. Not the naming of villages in their names.
Why not name a model village in the name of at least one Tamil Journalist killed?
Don't they matter,
@sajithpremadasa
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#MinorityLivesMatter
#LKA
#SriLanka
#DoubleStandards
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Zahran Hashim of Kattankudi was the key figure in the Islamic State Attacks on Detailed Article in Daily Mirror by DBS Jeyaraj
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Eid Mubarak!
May all our hearts and homes be full of the joyful spirit of Eid -al-Fitr on this day of Great Blessings
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Ranil Plans to Contest 2024 Presidential Election as an independent non -party common candidate (Nirpakshika Podu Apekshaya) backed by a group of parties, organizations and key individuals
Read Detailed Article by D.B.S. Jeyaraj
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LTTE’s Anton Balasingham: Up close and personal
Read Detailed 15th Death Anniversary Article on LTTE Political Adviser Anton Balasingham by DBS Jeyaraj in the "Political Pulse"Column of the "Daily FT"
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Read Detailed Article by DBS Jeyaraj in "Political Pulse" Column of "Daily FT" about Bodu Bala Sena role in nti-Muslim violence in Aluthgama&Beruwela
Bodu Bala Sena and violence in Aluthgama and Beruwal
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