By D.B.S.Jeyaraj (Article Reposted to Commemorate Upali Wijewardene’s’s 88th B’day(Feb 17)and Day of Disappearance(Feb 13)43 years ago) Sri Lanka known earlier as Ceylon has produced several businessmen and industrialists of great repute over the years. There were however only a few who captured the popular imagination of the people. One such person was the industrial …

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By Vox Civis A democracy commits one of its gravest sins when it punishes integrity while rewarding deceit. When a public servant who has spent a lifetime upholding administrative discipline, ethical restraint and the rule of law is isolated, vilified, and incarcerated for a decision taken within an institutional grey zone created by political power …

Continue reading ‘The Unjust Arrest and Remanding of Respected Senior Public Servant and Former Presidential Secretary Saman Ekanayake by the JVP led NPP Govt of President Dissanayake.’ »

By Thiruni Kelegama and Mick Moore More than a year in, the NPP government remains popular. There are several reasons for that. One of them is that the government has been deft in its handling of the major hot button political issues. These issues are typically more cultural than material, more abstract than immediate, deeply …

Continue reading ‘Kivul Oya Reservoir project has dubious economic benefits, serious environmental costs and the potential to reignite ethnic tensions : JVP led NPP Govt would be wise to pause and reconsider Instead of Falling Into a Political Trap.’ »

By Meera Srinivasan A telephone call between Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday (February 9, 2026) night appears to have been the game-changer in convincing Pakistan to play India in the scheduled T20 World Cup match in Colombo. Deciding to play peacemaker, Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Foreign …

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By D.B.S.Jeyaraj Nagalingam Sanmugathasan known to many as ‘Shan” and/or “Comrade Shan” was a dynamic leader produced by the leftist movement in Sri Lanka. “Comrade” Shan was arguably the last great Maoist of Sri Lanka. His name was spelled in English as “Sanmugathasan” in his birth certificate. However in common usage his name was pronounced …

Continue reading ‘Unrepentant Communist “Shan” Sanmugathasan and his Political Perceptions of the LTTE and JVP.’ »

By D.B.S.Jeyaraj. Dr. Rohan Edrisingha in his illuminating essay “Federalism:myths and realities” makes the following observation–“ It is significant to note that long before Tamil political leaders advocated federalism, the young SWRD Bandaranaike in the mid 1920’s and the Kandyan Sinhalese representatives before the Donoughmore Commission in the late 1920’s were advocates of a federal …

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(English Text of News Release Issued From the Office of Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) Leader Mano Ganesan MPon 7th February 2026) Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) Leader Mano Ganesan MP stated that the United Kingdom carries a historic and moral responsibility toward today’s Indian origin Malaiyaha Tamils and must exercise leadership among the international community and …

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Sri Lanka is yet again confronted with renewed debates on the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and replacement legislation with the latest being the introduction of the proposed Protection of the State from Terrorism Act (PSTA). At the outset Justice for All questions the government’s failure to honour its campaign promise of repealing the PTA. …

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டி.பி.எஸ். ஜெயராஜ் ” தமிழ் அரசியல் தலைவர்கள் சமஷ்டி ஆட்சிமுறைக்காக குரலெழுப்புவதற்கு நீண்ட காலத்துக்கு முன்னதாகவே 1920 களின் முற்பகுதியில் இளம் எஸ்.டபிள்யூ. ஆர்.டி. பண்டாரநாயக்கவும் 1920 களின் பிற்பகுதியில் டொனமூர் ஆணைக்குழுவின் முன்னிலையில் கண்டி சிங்களப் பிரதிநிதிகளும். இலங்கையில் சமஷ்டி ஆட்சிமுறைக்காக குரல்கொடுத்தனர். வடக்கு – கிழக்கு மாகாணம் ஒன்று உட்பட மூன்று மாகாணங்களுடன் சமஷ்டி இலங்கை யோசனையை கண்டிச் சிங்களவர்கள் முன்வைத்தனர். ” உண்மையில் கண்டிச் சிங்களவர்கள் தங்களை ஒரு தேசமாக (Nation ) …

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| By D.B.S.Jeyaraj The resplendent Island of Sri Lanka celebrates her seventy- eighth anniversary of Independence from Britain today – February 4th 2026. However some Sri Lankan Tamil nationalist parties and civil society organizations have declared Feb 4th as a “Black Day” (Kari Naal) and a day of mourning. For anyone being free of colonial …

Continue reading ‘The Role of the Jaffna Youth Congress in the Freedom Struggle Against the United Kingdom.’ »

By Tisaranee Gunasekara “Time will say nothing but I told you so…”WH Auden (If I Could Tell You) Martin Wickramasinghe was 83, and revered as the doyen of Lankan belles lettres when he wrote Bava Taranaya. He had long wanted to write a biography of the Buddha shorn of myths and might have regarded the …

Continue reading ‘If the public education system is not reformed and the tuition industry is not regulated, the call to save tax rupees by de funding public education might grow from a whisper to a shout.’ »

சமுத்திரன் கொழும்பில் இயங்கும் மார்க்சிய கற்கைகளுக்கான சண்முகதாசன நிலையத்தின் வெளியீடாக அண்மையில் எட்டுக் கட்டுரைகளின் தொகுதியாக வெளிவந்துள்ள ‘ தமிழ் தேசியவாத அரசியலின் எதிர்காலம் ‘ நூலில் இலங்கையின் வடக்குக் கிழக்கின் தமிழ்த் தேசியவாத அரசியலின் தற்போதைய நிலைமைகளை எதிர்கால நோக்கில் ஆராய்கிறார் வீரகத்தி தனபாலசிங்கம். நூலாசிரியர் நீண்டகால அனுபவமும் விமர்சனப் பார்வையும் கொண்ட பத்திரிகையாளர், எழுத்தாளர் மற்றும் பொதுவெளிப் பேச்சாளர். முன்னுரையில் ஈழத் தமிழ்த் தேசியவாத அரசியலின் இன்றைய நிலை பற்றி அவருடைய கணிப்பை அக்கறையுடன் …

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By D.B.S.Jeyaraj (This article is reposted to mark Dr.Neelan’s 82nd Birth Anniversary) Today (Jan 31) is the birthday of eminent constitutional lawyer, academic and politician Dr. Neelakandan Tiruchelvam. Neelan as he was popularly known would have completed eighty years , had he been among the living today. Born on January 31, 1944, Neelan Tiruchelvam was …

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The Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchchi (ITAK) has appointed Batticaloa District MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam as its new Parliamentary Group leader, replacing Jaffna District MP Sivagnanam Shritharan following an internal dispute over party positions and accountability. The decision was taken after Shritharan declined to step down from his position on the Constitutional Council, despite objections raised within …

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Ending a ten-month deadlock the Constitutional Council yesterday finally and unanimously approved the appointment of Senior Deputy Auditor General Samudika Jayaratne as the new Auditor General. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Constitutional Council chaired by Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne and follows the retirement of former Auditor General Chulantha Wickramaratne in April …

Continue reading ‘Constitutional Council unanimously approves the appointment of Senior Deputy Auditor General Samudika Jayaratne as the new Auditor General.’ »

A large protest was held in Vavuniya today opposing the government’s decision to resume the Kivul Oya Reservoir Development Project. A large number of residents gathered to voice their concerns, with MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam and other representatives meeting officials to warn the Divisional Secretary of Nedunkerny about the potential consequences of proceeding with the project.

(Text of Editorial Appearing in the “Sunday Morning”of February 1st 2026 under the heading “The supreme irony of a prosecution”) Few political figures in Sri Lanka’s post-independence history have remained as persistently visible or as polarising as Ranil Wickremesinghe. For nearly half a century, he has occupied centre stage – alternately vilified, vindicated, discarded, and …

Continue reading ‘Prosecuting Ranil Wickremesinghe :When a State fails to distinguish between investigation and spectacle, between jurisdiction and adventurism, and between accountability and vendetta, it is ultimately the State itself that stands trial.’ »

By Kishali Pinto-Jayawardene Randomly picking up founding father of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew’s autobiography ‘From Third World to First’ in a recent whistle-top work visit to that country was an unspoken nod to a more temperate assessment of decades long questioning of his democratically sacrilegious – and heavily critiqued – opinion that ‘disciplined governance’ should …

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. By Nirupama Subramanian South Asia watchers are mourning the passing of two veteran members of their tribe in the second week of January. Both were veteran journalists with storied careers, a vast network of sources and independent minds. The first name is that of N. Sathiya Moorthy, a prolific writer on Sri Lanka and …

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By Chandani Kirinde (Veteran Journalist Sir Mark Tully Passed away on January 25th at the age of 90 in New Delhi. This article written by Chandani Kirinde for the “Sunday Times”in 2003 is posted here as tribute to the legendary BBC Correspondent known widely as the “Voice of India) Sir Mark Tully is a believer …

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By S.Rubatheesan For the past two months, Yogarasa Prakash, 28, and his close circle of friends had a ‘secret operation’ unfolding late into the nights on the beach of Valvettithurai. With the Northern coastal village in deep sleep mode and empty narrow lanes that lead to the coast of Palk Straits, they used to carry …

Continue reading ‘30 Feet Long Three Dimensional “Axolotl”Kite Designed by 28 year old Yogarasa Prakash Wins First Prize at the Popular Kite Festival in Valvettithurai’ »

By Kishali Pinto – Jayawardene It is highly unusual—and worryingly so—that the primary gatekeeping associations of legal and judicial institutions in Sri Lanka have come together to tersely protest against what they see as an ‘unwarranted interference’ across social media in regard to the judicial and prosecutorial function in ongoing cases. Menacing assertions against critics …

Continue reading ‘Attorney -General in the eye of a “Public Intimidation”Firestorm with Social Media “Warriors” Baying for the A-G’s “Blood” .’ »

By Aniruddh Kanisetty (Anirudh Kanisetti is an Indian writer and author, most recently of Lords of Earth And Sea : A History of The Chola Empire) It’s 1000 CE – the heart of the Middle Ages. Europe is in flux. The powerful nations we know today – like Norman-ruled England and the fragmented territories that …

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By Tisaranee Gunasekara “The vain bhikku will yearn for recognition from others, yearn for leadership and authority in monasteries, yearn for honour among other families.” The Buddha (Bāla Vagga – Dhammapada) A listener should have been pardoned for dismissing it as an AI-generated parody. Except that it wasn’t. Walawahangunawave Dhammarathana Thero, chief incumbent of the …

Continue reading ‘The hasty and inefficient manner in which the NPP/JVP government launched its education reform has given political monks a new lease of life. Suddenly they are slithering out of the woodworks, mouthing obscenities and birthing new conspiracy theories.’ »

By D.B.S.Jeyaraj 109th Birthday on January 17th India is Sri Lanka’s closest neighbour. Among the Indian states, it is the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu that is closest to the island. Tamil Nadu meaning “Tamil Land/Country” is home to more than 72 million people. Since 1967, Tamil Nadu has been ruled by political parties …

Continue reading ‘The “ MGR” Mystique: Unique Phenomenon of MG Ramachandran in the Cinematic Politics of Tamil Nadu.’ »

Activists and media freedom organisations have objected to the promotion of a military intelligence officer named in the enforced disappearance case of journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda. In a letter addressed to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Prageeth Ekneligoda’s wife Sandya Ekneligoda said she learned through media reports that Lt. Col. Erantha Radeesh Peiris had been promoted to …

Continue reading ‘Sandya Ekneligoda Writes to President Disanayake Stating her Objection to the Promotion of Military Intelligence Official Lt. Col. Erantha Radeesh Peiris Allegedly Involved in the Abduction of her husband Prageeth Ekneligoda.’ »

By P. Krishnaswamy After the Christmas and New Year festivities, the focus is now on the Pongal harvest festival, popularly known as Thai Pongal, celebrated in the first four days of the month of Thai in the Tamil-Hindu calendar. Traditionally, it is the festival of farmers who depend on Mother Earth, the sun, rain, other …

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. By D.B.S.Jeyaraj Eelam People’s Democratic Party(EPDP) chief and Secretary-General, Douglas Devananda became the latest political leader to be arrested in Sri Lanka. The former Jaffna district MP and ex-cabinet minister was arrested by the Police on Friday December 26th in Colombo. Initially he was held by the Police for further inquiries on a 72 …

Continue reading ‘Arrest and Detention of EPDP Leader Douglas Devananda who Fought with the Sri Lankan Army Against the LTTE’ »

. By W.A. Wijewardena Sri Lanka’s greatest Sinhala writer, Martin Wickramasinghe, in a short story penned in 1932, has fictionalised a story about the Moon testifying to a murder many years after the gruesome crime had been committed.[1] In the story, a man lying in a paddy field in a moon-lit night and in the …

Continue reading ‘Asoka Handagama, through his latest cinematic creation, ‘Sandha Dadayama” (Moon Hunt, uses the inanimate Moon as the testifying witness to some crimes committed under the very bright moonlight’ »

By Srinivasa Ramanujam 2026 has not started off on a great note for Tamil cinema. Two much-anticipated Pongal releases – both Vijay’s Jana Nayagan and Sivakarthikeyan’s Parasakthi – have faced issues due to some points raised by the CBFC (Central Board of Film Certification). With Jana Nayagan hanging in balance,Parasakthihas released after the makers decided …

Continue reading ‘“Parasakthi” : Sudha Kongara’s new Film on the 1965 Anti-Hindi Agitation in Tamil Nadu is a fine blend of political history and human drama’ »

The 17th anniversary of the assassination of The Sunday Leader founder Editor-in-Chief Lasantha Wickrematunge, which falls on 8 January, will be marked with a service at his graveside. Family, friends, former colleagues and others will gather at Borella Kanatte on Thursday at 9 a.m. to mark the anniversary and remember Lasantha. Assassinated on 8 January …

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By Tisaranee Gunasekara “Extending the Blessings of Civilisation to our Brother who Sits in Darkness has been a good trade and has paid well… There’s more money in it, more territory, more sovereignty, and other kinds of emolument, than there is in any other game that is played.” Mark Twain (To the Person Sitting in …

Continue reading ‘Venezuela has the largest proven oil reserves in the world and its dense, sticky, tar-like crude oil is particularly suitable for US refineries. America wants that oil, as Donald Trump said, loud and clear.’ »

By Meera Srinivasan The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), the chief constituent of Sri Lanka’s ruling National People’s Power (NPP) coalition, on Sunday (January 4, 2025) “strongly condemned” the United States’ actions in Venezuela. “We strongly condemn the United States of America’s military aggression against the independent and sovereign State of Venezuela and the abduction of …

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Illankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK) has asked its MP Sivagnanam Shritharan to step down from the Constitutional Council following controversy over his support for the appointment of an army officer as Auditor General, party General Secretary M. A. Sumanthiran said. Sumanthiran said the decision was taken by the ITAK politburo, citing concerns over Shritharan’s stance …

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டி.பி.எஸ். ஜெயராஜ் ஈழமக்கள் ஜனநாயக கட்சியின் (ஈ.பி.டி.பி.) தலைவரும் செயலாளர் நாயகமுமான டக்ளஸ் தேவானந்தா கைதுசெய்யப்பட்டு விளக்கமறியலில் வைக்கப்பட்டிருக்கிறார். முன்னாள் யாழ்ப்பாண மாவட்ட பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினரும் அமைச்சருமான அவர் டிசம்பர் 26 வெள்ளிக்கிழமை கொழும்பில் பொலிசாரால் கைது செய்யப்பட்டு மறுநாள் சனிக்கிழமை கம்பஹா மாஜிஸ்திரேட் முன்னிலையில் ஆஜர் செய்யப்பட்டபோது 2026 ஜனவரி 9 ஆம் திகதிவரை அவரை விளக்கமறியலில் வைக்குமாறு உத்தரவிடப்பட்டது. அதற்கு முன்னதாக மேலதிக விசாரணைகளுக்காக பயங்கரவாத தடைச்சட்டத்தின் கீழ் பெறப்பட்ட 72 மணி நேர …

Continue reading ‘ஈ.பி.டி.பி தலைவர் டக்ளஸ் கைதும் பின்னணியும்; மஹர சிறைச்சாலையின் வைத்தியசாலையில் அனுமதிக்கப்பட்டிருக்கும் தேவானந்தாவுக்கு அடுத்து என்ன நேரப்போகிறது?’ »

By D.B.S. Jeyaraj Compliments of the Season everyone and best wishes for a bright and blessed 2026. I am beginning the new year by re-posting “The Hymn of Ceylon” on my Blog. The “hymn of Ceylon” was written by by Rev. W. S. Senior. Walter Stanley Senior was a scholar, pastor, teacher and poet who …

Continue reading ‘“Jehovah, Thou hast promised,,The isles shall wait for Thee,” – A Hymn for Ceylon- Written by Rev.W.S. Senior’ »

By D.B.S.Jeyaraj Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran known popularly as MGR ruled Tamil movidom for three decades until becoming Chief Minister of India’s Tamil Nadu State in 1977. MGR served as chief minister (CM) for ten years until his demise in 1987. His 38th death anniversary is being commemorated this week on December 24. MG Ramachandran entered …

Continue reading ‘Kandy-born MG Ramachandran (MGR) was Uncrowned King of Tamil Cinema and Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu State’ »

By D.B.S.Jeyaraj Article Commemorating Rajinikanth’s 75th Birthday Friday 12th December 2025 was a special day for millions of Tamil movie fans. It was the 75th birthday of popular Tamil cinema actor Rajinikanth. The evergreen filmstar has in a film career spanning fifty years ,acted in 172 films. He is currently working on his 173rd movie. …

Continue reading ‘The Rajinikanth Saga: From Bengaluru Bus Conductor to Tamil Cinema Superstar.’ »

By Dr Reeza Hameed Somasundaram Nadesan, Queens Counsel, who died on 21 December 1986, was an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, a Barrister-at-Law of Lincoln’s Inn, and an Advocate of the High Court of Madras. He took silk in 1954 and was at one time Chairman of the Bar Council. He was …

Continue reading ‘Somasundaram Nadesan QC will be remembered for his brilliance as a lawyer, as an indefatigable fighter for human rights and for taking up public causes. He was an extraordinary human being.’ »

By D.B.S.Jeyaraj (19th death anniversary on 14 December 2025) The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ‘Arasiyal Madhiuraignar’ (Political Adviser) Anton Stanislaus Balasingham passed away nineteen years ago at his South London residence on 14 December 2006.Bala ‘Annai’ (elder brother) as he was generally known among Tamils died of cancer at the age of 68 …

Continue reading ‘Anton Stanislaus Balasingham alias “Bala Annai” : An Up , Close and Personal. Account.’ »

By D.B.S.Jeyaraj. Chelliah Rajadurai a veteran politician of Sri Lanka – perhaps the oldest among former Parliamentarians – passed away on 7th December 2025 at the age of 98. Rajadurai hailing from Batticaloa was a colourful personality who served as an MP, Mayor,Cabinet minister and High Commissioner in an eventful political career. Such was his …

Continue reading ‘The “Rajadurai Amendment”: How President JR Jayewardene Amended his new Constitution Enabling TULF Batticaloa MP C. Rajadurai to Cross Over from the Opposition and Join the UNP Govt.’ »

டி.பி.எஸ். ஜெயராஜ் இலங்கையின் முன்னாள் பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர்களில் மிகவும் முதிர்ந்த வயதுவரை வாழ்ந்தவரான முதபெரும் அரசியல்வாதி செல்வையா இராஜதுரை அவரது 98 வது வயதில் 2025 டிசம்பர் 7 ஆம் திகதி காலமானார். மட்டக்களப்பைச் சேர்ந்த வசீகரமான ஒரு ஆளுமையான அவர் பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினராக, மாநகரசபை மேயராக, கபினெட் அமைச்சராக, உயர்ஸ்தானிகராக குறிப்பிடத்தக்க நிகழ்வுகள் மிகப்பல நிறைந்த ஒரு அரசியல் வாழ்க்கைக்கு சொந்தக்காரர். எதிர்க்கட்சியில் இருந்து தொல்லையில்லாமல் இராஜதுரை அரசாங்கத்தில் இணைவதற்கு வசதியாக இலங்கையின் அரசியலமைப்புக்கு திருத்தச்சட்டம் …

Continue reading ‘“மட்டக்களப்பின் முடிசூடா மன்னன்” செல்வையா இராஜதுரை ஐக்கிய தேசிய கட்சி அரசாங்கத்தில் இணைவதற்கு வசதியாக அரசியலமைப்பை 1979 பெப்ரவரி 26 ஆம் திகதி திருத்திய ஜே.ஆர். ஜெயவர்தன’ »

by Krishantha Prasad Cooray It is with deep sorrow that I share the passing of one of my dearests and most trusted friends of many years, Lakshman Balasuriya. He left us on Sunday morning, and with him went a part of my own life. The emptiness he leaves behind is immense, and I struggle to …

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(Text of Press Release Issued by the Canadian Tamil Congress on 16 December 2025) The Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) extends it’s sincere gratitude to the Government of Canada and to the people of Canada for their timely and compassionate humanitarian assistance in response to the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka. We acknowledge …

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Prof. G. L. Peiris offers a rare insider’s account of Sri Lanka’s peace talks with the LTTE As global attention focusses on high-stakes peace negotiations, a definitive Sri Lankan perspective on the promise and perils of negotiated conflict resolution comes to print At a moment when the world is closely watching peace efforts linked to …

Continue reading ‘“The Sri Lanka Peace Process: An Inside View” :New Book Written by Prof.G.L.Peiris provides a scholarly, candid and first-hand account of the peace process Between the Sri Lanka Govt and the LTTE through the lens of the man who led the Sri Lanka Govt Delegation in face-to-face talks with the Tigers’ »

By D.B.S.Jeyaraj. The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) or People’s Liberation Front,founded and led by Rohana Wijeweera is not the same party of which Anura Kumara Disanayake is the current leader .For one thing the party is no longer a ‘lone wolf ” in politics now. The JVP is the chief constituent of the political alliance …

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By V.Sriram During the height of the Tamil Isai movement, when Sabhas, musicians and patrons were daggers drawn and hurling imprecations at each other, the Madras Music Academy invited Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar to deliver a speech under the title ‘Sangita and Sahitya.’ This was during the 1941 annual conference and the talk was delivered on …

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By Mani Shankar Aiyar (Mani Shankar Aiyar served 26 years in the Indian Foreign Service, is a four-time MP with over two decades in Parliament, and was a Cabinet Minister from 2004 to 2009.) On November 17, our Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing an audience saturated with Western education in the English language, accused his …

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin on Saturday flagged off a massive consignment of humanitarian assistance to Sri Lanka, which is reeling under the devastating impact of Cyclone Ditwah. A total of 950 tonnes of essential relief materials were dispatched on board two Indian Navy vessels from the Chennai and Thoothukudi ports, marking one …

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By D.B.S.Jeyaraj (Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Jayaram’d ninth death anniversary on Dec 5th) Alluring actress turned powerful politico Jayalalithaa Jayaram passed away at the Apollo Hospital in Chennai on 5 December 2016. Her condition had been pronounced grave after being admitted to the Intensive Care Unit following a cardiac seizure on Dec 4. …

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Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday told party leaders that the Government’s handling of the recent disaster exposed systemic failures, including the non-implementation of the Disaster Management Act and the abandonment of the National Disaster Management Plan 2023–2030, despite multiple workshops held this year to familiarise State institutions with its provisions. Addressing political party leaders and …

Continue reading ‘Ranil Wickremesinghe accuses Govt of politicising the distribution of relief bypassing Parliament, the Cabinet, and the Disaster Management Centre, while establishing a parallel disaster relief fund without legal basis; State power during the Cyclone disaster was exercised from the JVP politburo in Pelawatte alleges ex-president’ »

டி.பி.எஸ். ஜெயராஜ் ஜனாதிபதி அநுர குமார திசநாயக்க தலைமையில் இன்று உள்ள ஜனதா விமுக்தி பெரமுன (ஜே.வி.பி.) றோஹண விஜேவீர தாபித்த அதே ஜே.வி.பி. அல்ல. அது இனிமேலும் அரசியலில் தன்னெண்ணப்படி செயற்படக்கூடிய ஒரு கட்சியாக இல்லை. தேசிய மக்கள் சக்தி என்ற கூட்டணியின் பிரதான அங்கத்துவ கட்சியாக ஜே.வி.பி. இருக்கிறது. தேசிய மக்கள் சக்தியின் அங்கமாக தேர்தல்களில் போட்டியிட்ட போதிலும், அது முக்கியமான முடிவுகளை தானாகவே எடுத்து செல்வாக்குச் செலுத்திக் கொண்டிருக்கிறது. ஜனாதிபதி திசநாயக்க ஜே.வி.பி.யினதும் …

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By D.B.S.Jeyaraj Anura Kumara Dissanayake who was elected last year as Sri Lanka’s ninth executive president celebrated his 57th birthday on November 24th 2025 . Unlike some past presidents who celebrated their birthdays ostentatiously with Poojas and parties, President Dissanayake chose to observe his birthday as simply another “business as usual” day without publicity or …

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By Meera Srinivasan Many countries have pledged support to Sri Lanka as it braces for a long recovery from the widespread devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah over the last few days, claiming at least 390 lives. As the island faces the aftermath of one of its worst instances of flooding and landslides in years, India …

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By Meera Srinivasan At least 334 people have died so far, and 370 remain missing as Sri Lanka reels from the devastating impact of Cyclone Ditwah. A large number of fatalities were reported on Sunday (November 30, 2025) from Badulla, Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, and Matale districts, home to some of Sri Lanka’s most economically marginalised …

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(Text of address to the Nation by President Anura Kumara Disanayake on 30 November 2025) As a country, we are facing the largest and most challenging natural disaster in our history. We also recognise that what we are undertaking is the most difficult rescue operation in our nation’s history. This is the first time the …

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By Meera Srinivasan The death toll from the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka climbed to 159 on Saturday (November 29, 2025), while President Anura Kumara Dissanayake declared a state of emergency to expedite rescue and relief efforts. Torrential rain over the last few days, strong winds, severe flooding and landslides forced over …

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By Meera Srinivasan Nearly 100 persons have been reported dead and dozens are missing in Sri Lanka — as of Friday (November 28, 2025) evening — amid incessant rains combined with strong winds, even as Cyclone Ditwah appears to proceed north and north-west, towards the coast of Tamil Nadu. The island has been experiencing torrential …

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(Text of Press Release Issued by the High Commission of India on Colombo on 28th November 2025) In the wake of Cyclone Ditwah, which intensified from a deep depression near the Sri Lankan coast and made landfall on 27 November 2025, it is learned that Sri Lanka continues to face extensive flooding, landslides, and severe …

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By Krishantha Prasad Cooray Floods and landslides, people trapped on rooftops, vehicles submerged, residents without electricity or unable to cry out for help, cyclonic winds and endless rain thwarting rescue and relief operations. This is Sri Lanka today, facing a devastating natural calamity, one of the worst in decades. True to character, the entire country, …

Continue reading ‘When the scale of this disaster is so enormous even the strongest nations sometimes need the hand of a friend. Sri Lanka needs the support of all her friends. Your support, whether through relief supplies, medical aid, logistical assistance, or financial contributions, will directly help families who are suffering and accelerate the country’s recovery’ »

டி.பி.எஸ். ஜெயராஜ் பகவான் ஸ்ரீசத்ய பாபாவின் 99 வது பிறந்ததினம் 2025 நவம்பர் 23 ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை அனுஷ்டிக்கப்பட்டது. அன்றைய தினம் உலகம் பூராவுமுள்ள கோடிக்கணக்கான பாபா பக்தர்களுக்கு பெரும் முக்கியத்துவம் வாய்ந்த தினமாகும். ஆனால், நவம்பர் 23 இலங்கை தொழிலாளர் காங்கிரஸ் பொதுச்செயலாளரும் நுவரேலியா மாவட்ட பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினருமான ஜீவன் தொண்டமானைப் பொறுத்தவரை, திருமணமாகாத ஆடவர் என்ற அந்தஸ்துக்கு அவர் விடைகொடுத்த தினமாக அமைந்து விட்டது. ஜீவன் அல்லது ஜீவன் தொண்டமான் என்று அறியப்படும் ஜீவன் குமாரவேல் …

Continue reading ‘ஜீவன் — சீதை திருமணம்: தமிழ்நாடு சிவகக்கை மாவட்டத்தின் திருப்பத்தூரில் நவம்பர் 23 காலை , கெட்டிமேளம் முழங்க ஜீவன் குமாரவேல் தொண்டமான், சீதை ஸ்ரீ நாச்சியார் இராமேஸ்வரனின் கழுத்தில் தாலியைக் கட்டினார்.’ »

By Anuj Kumar The heartbeat of Hindi cinema’s golden era, who turned raw instinct into cinematic immortality, Dharmendra passed away in Mumbai on Monday (November 24, 2025) due to age-related ailments at 89. Tempering fire with vulnerability, Dharmendra embodied a paradoxical masculinity being the He-Man who could shed a tear and the village avenger who …

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The Sri Lanka Working Journalists’ Association condemned the summoning of the Editor-In-Chief of our sister newspaper, Aruna, Mahinda Ileperuma, to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on 24 November of this year, following the front-page story published on 19 November 2025 titled “Grama Niladhari certificate insufficient to obtain Police reports, approval of People’s Committee Chairperson also …

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by D.B.S.Jeyaraj Jeevan Kumaravel Thondaman known as Jeevan Thondaman and Jeevan tied the traditional “Thali” (mangala sutra) around the neck of Seethai Srii Naachiar Rameswaran amidst the reverberating crescendo of the “Kettimelam” wedding drum roll on 23rd Nov 2025. The marriage ceremony took place during the auspicious hour from 10.15 to 11.15 am at the …

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By D.B.S.Jeyaraj The 99th birth anniversary of “Bhagwan”Sathya Sai Baba will be observed on Sunday,23rd November 2025.The day will be of great significance to millions of Baba devotees throughout the world. It will however be a red letter day for Ceylon Workers Congres General-secretary and Nuwara-Eliya district parliamentarian Jeevan Thondaman who bids farewell to bachelorhood …

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By Tisaranee Gunasekara “We are members of the Rajapaksa Nikaya. (We) are robed in the Rajapaksa Nikya, members of the Rajapaksa caste.” Ampitiye Sumanaratana “He who has control over his hands, feet, and tongue, who is fully controlled, delights in inward development, is absorbed in meditation, keeps to himself and is contented – him do …

Continue reading ‘When the left fails to provide sufficient respite to “the tired, the poor, the hungry”, they can be receptive to the populist right.In Sri Lanka, the populist right uses the monks of the “Rajapaksa Nikaya” as flamethrowers and Buddha statues are their weapons of choice.’ »

By D.B.S.Jeyaraj. Part Two of Article for 80th Birthday on Nov 18th. Sri Lanka’s fifth executive president Mahinda Rajapaksa celebrated his 80th birth anniversary this week.. Mahinda born on 18 November 1945 , served two terms as president from November 2005 to January 2010 and from January 2010 to Jan 2015. He was also sworn …

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( Excerpted from the President’s Media Division Website) A meeting between the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) and President Anura Kumara Dissanayake was held this afternoon (19) at the Presidential Secretariat, following a request made by the ITAK. Discussions focused on the Provincial Council elections and the need for a new Constitution. President Dissanayake stated …

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By Meera Srinivasan Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Wednesday (November 19, 2025) told the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK) that his government would initiate talks on the promised new Constitution in January next year. He also said elections to the Provincial Councils would be held without further delay, although he did not provide …

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By D.B.S.Jeyaraj. Commemorative Article for 80th Birthday on November 18th. Mahendra Percy Rajapaksa known to his country and the world at large as Mahinda Rajapaksa will celebrate his 80th birth anniversary on 18 November 2025. In a political career spanning more than five decades ,Mahinda Rajapaksa has served as Menber of Parliament, Cabinet Minister,Leader of …

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By Kishali Pinto-Jayawardene ‘We are here because we lost and you won. It is not because you are morally superior’ thunders Reichmarshall Herman Goering to United States Army psychiatrist Douglas Kelley entrusted with the fiendishly difficult task of decoding the DNA of ‘a monster’ in the run up to the trials of key Nazi leaders …

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By D.B.S.Jeyaraj A group of Sri Lankan opposition parties -self-styled as the “joint Opposition – have announced that they would be launching a prolonged joint opposition campaign of protest against the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, (JVP)led National People’s Power(NPP) Government of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. . The main opposition parties involved in this exercise are the …

Continue reading ‘2015 “Mahinda Sulanga” , 2025 “Maha Jana Handa” and the Politics of Holding Mass Rallies at Nugegoda.’ »

(Text of Press Release Issued by “Justice for all” on 14 November 2025) We have seen news reports that the Committee appointed to draft the Act to repeal the Prevention of Terrorism Act handed over its report and the draft bill to the Minister of Justice. The Prevention of Terrorism Temporary Provisions Act No. 48 …

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டி.பி.எஸ். ஜெயராஜ் ‘ கூட்டு எதிரணி ” என்று தங்களை அழைக்கும் இலங்கை எதிர்க்கட்சிகளின் குழுவொன்று ஜனாதிபதி அநுர குமார திசநாயக்கவின் ஜனதா விமுக்தி பெரமுன (ஜே.வி.பி. ) தலைமையிலான தேசிய மக்கள் சக்தி அரசாங்கத்துக்கு எதிராக தொடர்ச்சியான போராட்டங்களை நடத்தப்போவதாக அறிவித்திருக்கின்றன. ஐக்கிய தேசிய கட்சி, ஸ்ரீலங்கா பொதுஜன பெரமுன மற்றும் பிவிதுறு ஹெல உறுமய ஆகியவையே இந்த போராடடத்தில் சம்பந்தப்பட்ட பிரதான எதிரணிக் கட்சிகளாகும். பிரதான எதிர்க்கட்சியான ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சக்தி, சர்வஜன சக்தி …

Continue reading ‘2015 பெப்ரவரி 18 ஆம் தகதி நுகேகொடையில் நடைபெற்ற “மகிந்த காற்று “(Mahinda Sulanga)பேரணியும், 2025 நவம்பர் 21 ஆம் திகதி நடத்தப்படவிருக்கும் “மக்கள் குரல்”(Maha Jana Handa) நுகேகொடை பேரணியும் முற்றிலும் வேறுபட்டவை’ »

By D.B.S.Jeyaraj An elected chairman of a Pradeshiya Sabha (divisional council) is shot dead by a lone gunman while meeting members of the public in his council office. The party to which he belongs protests strongly and calls the killing a political assassination. The cabinet minister in charge of public security makes light of the …

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டி.பி.எஸ். ஜெயராஜ் இலங்கையின் வடமாகாணத்தின் முஸ்லிம்களின் வரலாற்றில் 1990 அக்டோபர் கொடூரமானதும் மறக்க முடியாததுமான ஒரு மாதமாகும். அந்த மாதத்தில்தான் விடுதலை புலிகள் இயக்கம் இனச்சுத்திகரிப்புக்கு ஒப்பான ஒரு கொடூரமான நடவடிக்கையில் வடமாகாணத்தில் இருந்து தமிழ்பேசும் முஸ்லிம்களை பலவந்தமாக வெளியேற்றியது. பல நூற்றாண்டுகளாக முஸ்லிம்கள் வாழ்ந்து வந்த அவர்களது தாயகத்தில் இருந்து துப்பாக்கி ஏந்திய மொழிரீதியான சகோததர்களினால் ஒரு சில வாரங்களுக்குள் முற்றாக விரட்டப்பட்டார்கள். ஒரு மக்களை அவர்களது வரலாற்று ரீதியான வாழ்விடத்தில் இருந்து துப்பாக்கி முறையில் …

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By Tisaranee Gunasekara “The future is in the Past.” – An epigram on the official Mahawamsa website For King Dutugemunu there is no rest. With distressing regularity, he is summoned in the service of an ambitious politician, a divisive policy or a violent act. The latest instance of necromancy occurred when monk Galagoda-Atte Gnanasara visited …

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By D.B.S.Jeyaraj 26th Death Anniversary Commemoration on 30 October 2025 The 26th death anniversary of Plantation Tamil Patriarch Saumiyamoorthy Thondaman is being commemorated today 30 October 2024. Saumiyamoorthy (name is spelled as Savimiyamoorthy and Saumiamurthy also) Thondaman who passed away on 30 October 1999, was the undisputed leader of Sri Lanka’s predominantly Indian Tamil plantation …

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By D.B.S.Jeyaraj October 1990 was the month in which the Tamil speaking Muslims of the Northern province were forcibly expelled en masse by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) 35 years ago. This two-part article re-visits the horrible happenings of “Black October 1990” on this thirty-fifth anniversary year. The first part of this article published …

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By D.B.S.Jeyaraj October 1990 is a cruel and unforgettable month in the history of Sri Lanka’s Northern Province Muslims. It was in October 1990 that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelamn (LTTE) forcibly expelled the Tamil speaking Muslim people from the Northern Province in an atrocious act amounting to ethnic cleansing. Within a few weeks …

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டி.பி.எஸ். ஜெயராஜ் விஜய் என்று உலகில் பிரபல்யமாக அறியப்படும சந்திரசேகர் ஜோசப் விஜய் சந்தேகத்துக்கு இடமின்றி தமிழ்ச் சினிமாவில் ‘ சூப்பர் ஸ்டாராக ‘ விளங்குகிறார். மூத்த நடிகர் ரஜினிகாந்த் தன்னந்தனியான ‘சூப்பர் ஸ்டாராக’ நீணடகாலமாக ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளப்பட்டு வந்திருக்கின்ற போதிலும், அண்மைக் காலத்தில் அந்த நிலைமை மாறிவிட்டது. கடந்த ஜூனில் தனது 51வது பிறந்த தினத்தைக் கொண்டாடிய விஜய் மக்கள் செல்வாக்கு மற்றும் திரைப்பட வசூலை பொறுத்தவரை, எதிர்வரும் டிசம்பரில் 75 வது வயதைக் கொண்டாடவிருக்கும் ரஜினிகாந்தை …

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By D.B.S.Jeyaraj (Article denoting 25th Death Anniversary of Sirimavo Bandaranaike on October 10) Twenty-five years have passed since the World’s first woman prime minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike passed away on 10 October 2000. Parliamentary elections were being held on that day and the grand old lady of Sri Lankan politics was returning to Colombo from Gampaha …

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டி.பி.எஸ். ஜெயராஜ் கிழக்கு ஜெரூசலேம் மற்றும் இஸ்ரேல் உட்பட ஆக்கிரமிக்கப்பட்ட பாலஸ்தீன பிராந்தியம் தொடர்பான ஐக்கிய நாடுகள் சுயாதீன சர்வதேச விசாரணை ஆணைக்குழு அதன் அறிக்கையை 2025 செப்டெம்பர் 16 ஆம் திகதி வெளியிடடது. முன்னாள் ஐக்கிய நாடுகள் மனித உரிமைகள் ஆணையாளரும் புகழ்பெற்ற தென்னாபிரிக்க சட்ட நிபுணருமான நவநீதம் ‘ நவி ‘ பிள்ளை காசா பள்ளத்தாக்கில் பாலஸ்தீனர்களுக்கு எதிராக இஸ்ரேல் இனப்படுகொலையை (Genocide ) செய்திருக்கிறது என்று கூறியிருக்கிறார். ” காசா பள்ளத்தாக்கில் பாலஸ்தீனர்களை …

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By Tisaranee Gunasekara “Long ago – recently… Depends on who is talking and what is being considered.” Wislawa Szymborska (The She-Pharaoh – The New York Review – 15.7.1999) Last week, the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence on Geegana Gamage Amarasiri. He will spend the rest of his natural life behind bars, if not pardoned …

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டி.பி.எஸ். ஜெயராஜ் தமிழ்நாடு மாநிலத்தை சேர்ந்த இந்திய மீனவர்கள் இலங்கையின் வடபிராந்திய கடற்பரப்பில் சட்டவிரோதமாக மீன்பிடிப்பது மற்றும் ஈழுவைப்படகுகளைப் பயன்படுத்துவது தொடர்பிலான தற்போதைய பிரச்சினையை இரு வாரங்களுக்கு முன்னர் எழுதிய இந்த கட்டுரையின் முதல் பாகத்தில் விரிவாக விளக்கிக் கூறியிருந்தேன். இந்த பிரச்சினையை திசைதிருப்புவதற்காக இந்திய தரப்பினால் கிளப்பப்படுகின்ற கச்சதீவுப் பூச்சாண்டி தொடர்பில் அந்த பாகத்தில் குறிப்பாக கவனம் செலுத்தப்பட்டது. முன்னதாக வலியுறுத்தக் கூறப்பட்டதைப் போன்று அடிப்படைப் பிரச்சினை இலங்கையின் கடற்பரப்பில் இடம்பெறுகின்ற சட்டவிரோத மீன்பிடியே தவிர, …

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By Krishantha Prasad Cooray 17 October) marked the 60th birthday of one of the greatest batsmen Sri Lanka has ever produced and one of the finest the world has ever seen. Much time has passed since he lit up the cricketing world during the 1996 World Cup and gave all Sri Lankans a magnificent reason …

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டி.பி.எஸ். ஜெயராஜ் அநுர குமார திசநாயக்க 2024 செப்டெம்பர் 21 ஆம் திகதி நடைபெற்ற ஜனாதிபதி தேர்தலில் ‘ பிரமாண்டமான பாய்ச்சல் ‘ என்று வர்ணிக்கப்பட்ட ஒரு வெற்றியைப் பெற்றார். 2019 ஜனாதிபதி தேர்தலில் பெற்ற 418, 553 ( 3.16 சதவீதம் ) வாக்குகளில் இருந்து 2024 ஜனாதிபதி தேர்தலில் அவர் தனது வாக்குகளை 5, 634, 915 ( 42.31 சதவீதம் ) ஆக அதிகரித்தார். சஜித் பிரேமதாசவுடனான இரண்டாவது சுற்று வாக்கு எண்ணிக்கையில் …

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By D.B.S.Jeyaraj Chandrasekhar Joseph Vijay known to the world at large as Vijay is arguably the Super star of Tamil cinema today. Although stylish veteran actor Rajinikanth has been acknowledged for long as Tamil cinema’s solitary super star, that position has changed in recent times. In terms of popularity and marketability,Vijay who celebrated his 51st …

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By D.B.S.Jeyaraj 80th Birth Anniversary of Vijaya Kumaratunga on 9 October 2025. Kovilage Vijaya Anthony Kumaratunga, known to the world as Vijaya Kumaratunga, was born in Seeduwa on 9 October 1945. Vijaya was an endearing personality with an enduring vision whom I liked, admired and respected very much. He was a man who envisaged the …

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By D.B.S.Jeyaraj The United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and Israel released its report on September 16th 2025. The three member Commission headed by eminent South African jurist and former UN Human Rights Commissioner Navanethem “Navi”Pillay stated that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the …

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By D.B.S. Jeyaraj The first part of this article published last week delved into the election campaign conducted by Anura Kumara Dissanayake when he contested the September 2024 presidential elections. The second part was to scrutinise , President Dissanayake’s post-election performance in fulfilling those promises during the past year. However this week’s article will focus …

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By D.B.S. Jeyaraj Anura Kumara Dissanayake known popularly as Anura and “AKD” , won the Presidential election of 21 September 2024 in what was described as a gigantic leap. From 418,553 (3.16%) votes in the 2019 Presidential election, AKD increased his vote tally to 5,634,915 (42.31%) in the 2024 Presidential poll. In the second count …

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By D.B.S.Jeyaraj September 26th is of particular significance to a substantial number of Sri Lankan Tamils . For it was on this day in 1987 that a senior member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Thileepan died in Nallu after undertaking a fast unto death. Although the LTTE lost thousands of cadres during …

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. By D.B.S. Jeyaraj The on going problem of illegal fishing and bottom trawling in Sri Lanka’s northern territorial waters by Indian fishers from Tamil Nadu state was described in detail in the first part of this article published last week.Particular attention was devoted to the bogey of Katchatheevu being raised by the Indian side …

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By D.B.S.Jeyaraj Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake(AKD) made history when he became the first Sri Lankan head of state to set foot on Katchatheevu (spelled as Kachchatheevu also) soil on 1st September 2025. Among those who accompanied the president on his maiden voyage to the northern off-shore Islet in the naval speedboat P 211 …

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டி.பி.எஸ். ஜெயராஜ் ஐக்கிய தேசிய கட்சியின் தலைவர் ரணில் விக்கிரமசிங்க ஐந்து தசாப்தங்களுக்கும் அதிகமான காலமாக அரசியலில் இருக்கிறார். பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினராக, பிரதி அமைச்சராக, கபினெட் அமைச்சராக, எதிர்க்கட்சி தலைவராக, பிரதமராக, ஜனாதிபதியாக பதவிகளை வகித்த விக்கிரமசிங்க அரசியலில் ‘ பயனிழந்துபோன ஒரு சக்தி ‘ என்று அடிக்கடி வர்ணிக்கப்பட்டு வந்திருக்கிறார். உறுதிவாய்ந்த ரணில் அரசியல் களத்தில் வலிமையுடன் திரும்பவும் குதித்து எப்போதுமே தனது எதிரிகளை தவறு என்று நிரூபித்து வந்திருக்கிறார். அண்மைய நிகழ்வுகள் மன எழுச்சிமிக்க …

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டி.பி.எஸ். ஜெயராஜ் 2025 செப்டெம்பர் முதலாம் திகதி கச்சதீவுக்கு சென்றதன் மூலம் ஜனாதிபதி அநுரா குமார திசநாயக்க அந்த மண்ணில் காலடி வைத்த இலங்கையின் முதலாவது அரச தலைவர் என்று வரலாறு படைத்திருக்கிறார். வடபகுதி கடலோரத்துக்கு அப்பால் இருக்கும் அந்த சின்னஞ்சிறிய தீவுக்கு கடற்படையின் பி.211 அதிவேகப்படகில் ஜனாதிபதி செய்த கன்னிப்பயணத்தில் கடற்தொழில் அமைச்சர் இராமலிங்கம் சந்திரசேகர், பொதுப் பாதுகாப்பு அமைச்சர் ஆனந்த விஜேபால, கடற்படையின் வடக்கு தளபதி றியர் அட்மிறல் புத்திக்க லியனகமகே ஆகியோரும் கூடச் …

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` ` By D.B.S. Jeyaraj Commemorative Article Denoting 25th death anniversary of Muslim Congress leader MHM Ashraff on 16 September. Mohammad Hussein Muhammad Ashraff, known to all MHM Ashraff was one of the brightest stars to shine in the Sri Lankan political firmament. Ashraff’s charisma, political acumen, dedication and sterling qualities of leadership enabled the …

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தமிழ்த் தேசியவாத அரசியலின் எதிர்காலம் ‘ நூல்வெளியீடு ___________________________ பத்திரிகையாளர் வீரகத்தி தனபாலசிங்கம் எழுதிய ‘ தமிழ்த் தேசியவாத அரசியலின் எதிர்காலம் ‘ நூல் வெளியீட்டு நிகழ்வு கொழும்பு தமிழ்ச் சங்கத்தின் விநோதன் மண்டபத்தில் எதிர்வரும் வெள்ளிக்கிழமை (19/9) மாலை 5 மணிக்கு நடைபெறவிருக்கிறது. எழுத்தாளர் வசந்தி தயாபரன் தலைமையில் நடைபெறும் இந்த நிகழ்வில் வெளியீட்டுரையை எழுத்தாளர் வி.ரி. இளங்கோவனும் கருத்துரைகளை தகவல் அறியும் உரிமை ஆணைக்குழு உறுப்பினர் ஏ.எம். ந.ஹியா, கிழக்கு பல்கலைக்கழக நுண்கலைத்துறை பேராசிரியர் …

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By D.B.S.Jeyaraj United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has been in politics for more than five decades. Wickremesinghe who has served as Member of Parliament, Deputy Minister, Cabinet Minister, leader of the Opposition, Prime Minister and President has often been described as a “spent force” in politics. The resilient Ranil has always proved his …

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டி.பி.எஸ். ஜெயராஜ் தமிழ் திரைப்படங்களை பார்த்து வளர்ந்த இந்த கட்டுரையாளரைப் போன்ற தமிழ்ச்சினிமா ரசிகர்களுக்கு தென்னிந்தியாவின் பழம்பெரும் நடிகை பி.சரோஜாதேவியின் மரணம் பெரும் கவலையைத் தந்தது. 2025 ஜூலை 14 ஆம் காலையில் திகதி தனது தினசரி 30 நிமிட பூஜை வழிபாட்டைச் செய்து முடித்துவிட்டு சோபாவில் இருந்து தொலைக்காட்சி பார்த்துக் கொண்டிருந்த வேளையில் திடீரென்று ஒரு முனகலுடன் மயங்கி விழுந்த அவரை வைத்தியசாலைக்கு கொண்டு சென்றபோது அவர் மரணமடைந்து விட்டதாக அங்கு அறிவிக்கப்பட்டது. அவருக்கு 87 …

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By D.B.S. Jeyaraj History was made when 76 year old Ranil Sriyan Wickremesinghe was arrested by the Sri Lankan Police Criminal Investigation Department(CID) on charges of alleged corruption and misappropriation of public funds amounting to a little over Rupees 16.6 million.He was produced before the Colombo Fort Magistrate on 22 August 2025. Ranil was charged …

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By Tisaranee Gunasekara “Let’s learn from Israel how to create a Sinhala-Buddhist state” – National Organiser, Sinhala Ravaya (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb3x0M7AgKw) Angunugalle Sri Jinananda thero is yet to achieve the notoriety of a Galagoda-Atte Gnanasara or an Akmeemana Dayaratane. He deserves to. To him belongs the distinction of turning the International Covenant for Civil and Political Rights …

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டி.பி.எஸ். ஜெயராஜ் முன்னாள் இலங்கை ஜனாதிபதி ரணில் விக்கிரமசிங்க 2025 ஆகஸ்ட் 22 ஆம் திகதி வெள்ளிக்கிழமை இலங்கை பொலிஸின் குற்றவியல் புலனாய்வு திணைக்களத்தினால் (சி.ஐ.டி.) கைது செய்யப்பட்டார். அதை அடுத்து அவர் கொழும்பு கோட்டை மாஜிஸ்திரேட் முன்னிலையில் ஆஜர் செய்யப்பட்டதை தொடர்ந்து 2025 ஆகஸ்ட் 26 ஆம் திகதி வரை விளக்கமறியில் வைக்கப்பட்டார். கடந்த காலத்தில் ஆறு தடவைகள் பிரதமராக பதவி வகித்த 76 வயதான விக்கிரமசிங்க இலங்கையின் வரலாற்றில் கைது செய்யப்பட்டு விளக்கமறியலில் வைக்கப்பட்ட …

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By Rico Franco There is something to be said about individuals who ensure that people get only the best, because it is what they deserve. Ruwan Jayakody is one such individual, as he stands in his Grand Cinnamon Banquet and Convention Centre, watching servers prepare for another sold-out event. The premiere venue represents just one …

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By Meera Srinivasan Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake — who was on Monday (September 1, 2025) in the northern Jaffna district to launch development projects — made a quick, unannounced visit to Katchatheevu, after vowing to safeguard “seas and islands” around the country and resist any “external pressure”. Jaffna media was caught by surprise …

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. By Meera Srinivasan For six months now, a team of archaeologists and forensic experts has been unearthing human remains from a mass grave in Jaffna, northern Sri Lanka. The number of skeletons retrieved has now crossed 200, including some of children. The grave site and the mounting toll of human remains found in it …

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By Kishali Pinto- Jayawardene The announcement by Sri Lanka’s Minister of Foreign Affairs late last week, that a new law to replace the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) would be published in the gazette ‘by the beginning of September 2025,’ is akin to a bolt of lightning from sunny blue skies. Dazzled by a ‘false …

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By D.B.S. Jeyaraj Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department(CID) of the Sri Lankan Police on Friday 22nd August 2025. Subsequently he was produced before the Colombo Fort Magistrate and remanded until 26 August 2025. 76 year old Wickremesinghe who has also been sworn in as Prime Minister six …

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டி.பி.எஸ். ஜெயராஜ் ” ஹர்த்தால் “என்பது பிரிட்டிஷ் ஆட்சிக்காலத்தில் இந்தியா, இலங்கை மற்றும் மலேசியா போன்ற நாடுகளில் அரசியல் உரையாடல்களில் பிரவேசித்த ஒரு சொல். இந்த குஜராத்திச் சொல் இருபதாம் நூற்றாண்டில் இந்திய சுதந்திரப் போராட்டத்தின்போது மகாத்மா காந்தியினால் பிரபல்யப்படுத்தப்பட்டது. வேலைத்தலங்கள், கடைகள், பாடசாலைகள், போக்குவரத்துச் சேவைகள் மற்றும் நீதிமன்றங்களை முற்றாக மூடுவதையே ஹர்த்தால் என்ற ஹர்த்தால் குறித்து நிற்கிறது. காந்தி தலைமையிலான இந்திய தேசிய காங்கிரஸ் பிரிட்டனிடமிருந்து சுதந்திரம் பெறுவதற்கான அதன் போராட்டத்தில் அடிக்கடி சிவில் …

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