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By H. L. D. Mahindapala Though not all the Muslims are perpetrators of violence it is the violence of the few that stain the image of the many. Besides, the experience of Iliyas is only a temporary phase. It takes time to heal. The Sinhalese and the Muslims have come...
By H. L.D. Mahindapala Anbarasan Ethirajan is a seasoned Correspondent of the BBC who covers Sri Lankan politics from time to time. His latest report is titled Sri Lanka’s Muslim “demonised” after Easter bombings. (August 13, 2019 – BBC News). The overall thrust of his latest report is to present...
YAHAPALANA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Part 9 By KAMALIKA PIERIS MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION (MCC) TheMillennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is a United States foreign aid agency established by the U.S. Congress in 2004. The Millennium Challenge Compact is a US grant for development work in foreign countries. On August 13, 2018, the MCC delivered...
By Chandre Dharmawardana June 23, 1983 known as “BLACK JULY” was a day of shame for Sri Lanka, where a government calling itself a “Dharmista Rajya” (a Righteous Regime) aided and abetted armed mobs to attack a section of its citizens — civilian Tamils. The fact that there were...