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The Press and social media in Sri Lanka had been awash these days with what transpired at the recent summit between the Sri Lankan Prime Minister and his Indian counterpart Hon. Narendra Modi. The reason for this media interest had been the controversial request made my Mr. Modi, in response to Sri Lanka’s assurance that their foreign policy is ‘India first’. Mr. Modi in turn, mentioned that Sri Lanka should implement the 13th amendment to its constitution fully to grant equality to Tamils and to accommodate Tamil aspirations.

Collection of press clippings that focus on the actions of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

By Vinod Moonesinghe As Sri Lankan towns go, Colombo is relatively young—a mere five centuries from when the Portuguese established a fort and expelled the Muslim...

The Colombo Electric Lighting and Tramways Co Ltd was a British company represented in Ceylon by Boustead Brothers. The Tramways were ready for operations by 1899/1900. This company owned and operated the Pettah Power Station at Saunders Place which supplied the 110 volts DC power to propel the trams.

1. Vijaya to Mahasena, in which the dominant attribute of kingship was gamani, which is described as a populist and consensual character emerging out of ancient gamas.2....

2564-2020 Vesak Journal of Servants of the Buddha, Maithriya Hall, Lauries Road, Bambalapitiya

and an Evaluation of Decentralization Sinhala Weera Vidahana INTRODUCTIONDevolution carries with it a high political content. I am not directly examining the political wisdom or...

සිංහල සංදේශ කාව්‍ය අතර පැරණි ම සංදේශ කීපය අතරට මෙම සංදේශය ද අයත් වන බව සඳහන් කරන කතුවරයා මෙය ද සෑම කාව්‍යාංගයකින් ම සමන්විත...

The Temporal and Spiritual Conquest of Ceylon Vol I Book 1, 2 The Temporal and Spiritual Conquest of Ceylon Vol II Book 3, 4 The Temporal...

If anyone did not support FP (Federal Party) at the works, then they were looked down upon as traitors of the Tamil race.