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බෞද්ධකම දුෂ්සීලයන්ගේ ගොදුරක්ව 27 Aug 2013 | 05:50 pm
චන්ද්‍රරත්න බණ්ඩාර - කි‍්‍රෂ්ණරාජා ටොරොන්ටෝ නුවර සාර්ථක මුද්‍රණ ව්‍යාපාරයක් කරන ඉන්දීය සම්භවයක් සහිත මිත‍්‍රශීලී ලාංකීය දෙමළ තරුණයෙකි. ඔහුගේ මුද්‍රණාලය සිංහල අපගේ මෙන්ම දෙමළ කාගේත් බංග්ලාදේශ පකිස්ථාන...
Event Invitation: Left Discourse 27 Aug 2013 | 05:20 pm
Left Discourse “Lessons from the ’53 Hartal for Today” Presenters: Dr. Tudor Weerasinghe (Rector, Sri Palee Campus, University of Colombo) T.M.R. Rasseedin (President, Ceylon Federation of Labour) T...
ආණ්ඩුව විසින් ‘පොදු අරමුණු’ වෙනුවෙන් ඉඩම් අල්ලා ගැනීම- නිසි කි‍්‍රයාදාමයක් අවශ්‍යයි 27 Aug 2013 | 04:33 pm
නීතීඥ රදිකා ගුණරත්න - ආණ්ඩුවේ උත්කෘෂ්ට ස්වාමිත්ව බලය වන්නේ පුද්ගලික දේපළ ‘පොදු අරමුණක්’ වෙනුවෙන් යුක්තිසහගත වන්දියක් ගෙවමින් අත්පත් කර ගැනීමයි. මේ අනුව, ආණ්ඩුවක් (හෝ රජයක්) විසින් පුද්ගලික ඉඩමක් අත්පත...
Whose Rights Are Human Rights? 27 Aug 2013 | 03:19 pm
By Thrishantha Nanayakkara - Ravana Balakaya was on the streets protesting Navi Pillay’s visit to Sri Lanka. One banner asked, “Hey Pillay, don’t you have better things to do?” The same tone was seen ...
Fifty Years Ago King Had A Beautiful Dream 27 Aug 2013 | 03:12 pm
By Asanga Abeyagoonasekera - Today marks the 50th anniversary of the “I Have a Dream” speech by Martin Luther King Jr. delivered in Washington, on August 28, 1963. This remarkable speech that touched ...
Jaffna Tamils’ Land Grabs: More Time Given For Govt To File Objections 27 Aug 2013 | 03:07 pm
Three cases CA (Writ) Nos. 125, 135 & 205/2013 challenging the forcible acquisition by the Rajapaksa regime of traditional land of Northern Province Tamils were taken up in the Appeal Court today (27...
And Then They Came For Me, The Lasantha Wickrematunge Story 27 Aug 2013 | 02:26 pm
By Angie Singam - When Lasantha Wickrematunge, the Editor of the Sri Lankan newspaper, The Sunday Leader was shot dead on a Colombo street in 2009, the posthumous editorial resonated not just with the...
Acquisition Of Private Land For A ‘Public Purpose’ By The State – Should Due Process Requirements Be Met? 27 Aug 2013 | 09:16 am
By Radika Gunaratne - A government’s eminent domain power is its right to take or acquire private property for “a public purpose’ on payment of just compensation. Thus, the requirement of any private ...
A Brief Open Letter To Navi Pillay 27 Aug 2013 | 08:16 am
By Amaravathi - Your visit to Sri Lanka, after years of failed efforts by the Sri Lankan Government to insult and intimidate you, is most welcome. Its outcome will be critically important for the futu...
Welikade Prison Massacres: Postscript 27 Aug 2013 | 02:16 am
By Rajan Hoole - Sri Lanka’s Black July – Part 17 - Welikade Prison Massacres: Many years have flown since that eventful month of July 1983. But it would be wrong to say that the dark secrets of Welik...
