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I write this article, not as a scholar but as one who has spent his working life in government ‘service’ and hopes that his insights may be thought provoking.    My firm conviction is that there never was, and never can there ever be, an independent public service in Sri Lanka. This panacea of ‘independence’ is often touted by well-meaning …

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මුස්ලිම් වරුන්ට පහර ගැසීමට සැමවිටම පුලපුලා බලා සිටින ආගම්බේධ වාදීන් විසින් මේ දින වල රමදාන් උපවාසයද ඉලක්ක කර ඇති බැව් දක්නට ලැබේ. ඔවුන් මෙසේ දැවැන්ත මඩ ප්‍රහාරයන් දියත් කරන්නේ අනි කිසිදු හේතුවක් නිසා නොව ඊර්ෂ්‍යාව නිසා ඉතා පැහැදිලි කරුණකි. ඔවුන් රමදාන් මාසයත් වෙසක් පෝය දිනත් සංසන්ධනය කරන්නට හදන්නේ ඒ නිසයි. වෙසක් පොහොය යනු එක් දිනකි. රමදාන් යනු දින 30ක් හෝ …

  Muslims’ contribution for the unity of Sri Lanka can never be forgotten; the government and the people of Sri Lanka appreciate the sacrifices made by Muslims for the unity and territorial integrity of Sri Lanka, said former Member of Parliament and former ambassador to Iran, President’s Counsel M M Zuhair. Sri Lankans of all ethnicity while regretting the violence, …

A message to fellow Sinhala Budhists in Sri Lanka!!   The recent anti Muslim campaign in many part of the Island by protests over Mosques and Dharhas of historical importance has created a kind of fear psychosis and uncertainty among the Muslims of this Island nation. The Muslims firmly believe that the vast majority of Sinhala Buddhists are well aware of …

Is Sri Lanka heading towards another July 83 type pogrom? This is the growing fear in view of the repeated attacks on mosques and madarasas provoking Muslims. In the midst of this turbulence the Criminal Investigation Department’s, CID, call for list of mosques and madarasas sent  shockwaves among  beleaguered Muslims especially in the absence of  such calls on other worshipping …