By Meera Srinivasan The Colombo Fort Magistrate Court on Tuesday (August 26, 2025) granted bail to Sri Lanka’s ex-President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was arrested on August 22, 2025, for allegedly misusing state funds. The bail was granted on health grounds following the hearing on Tuesday (August 26, 2025) afternoon, amid tight security around the court, …

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By D.B.S. Jeyaraj “Hartal” is a word that entered the political discourse of countries like India , Sri Lanka and Malaysia during British rule. The Gujarati word was popularised by Mahatma Gandhi during the Indian freedom struggle in the 20th century. A Hartal denotes a total shutdown of workplaces, offices, shops, schools,transport services and courts …

Continue reading ‘ITAK Launches Half-day Hartal in North-East Over Alleged Killing of Tamil Youth by Army and Excessive Military Presence Amidst Civilian Habitats.’ »

By Kishali Pinto – Jayawardene The National Peoples’ Power (NPP) Government may well have achieved the impossible by a clumsily handled arrest and remanding of former Executive President of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe this Friday (August 22nd 2025) over alleged misuse of public property in expending LKR 16.6 million on a ‘diversionary’ transit in the …

Continue reading ‘When a President travels whether to Anuradhapura to see his mother , or to London to accompany his spouse , does the law expect the head of state to discard the security trappings of that office?’ »

A coalition of Opposition party leaders yesterday held a press briefing in Colombo to denounce the arrest of ex-President Ranil Wickremesinghe. Gathering under the banner “Let’s Defeat the Constitutional Dictatorship,” the speakers accused the administration of weaponising the legal system against political rivals. Party leaders argued that Wickremesinghe’s detention was part of a wider attempt …

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Cabinet Minister Bimal Ratnayake stated that while the charges for which former President Ranil Wickremesinghe was recently arrested may seem trivial, he Ratnayake cited several incidents, including the post-election violence of 1977, the burning of the Jaffna library in 1981, and the 1983 riots, as reasons for which Wickremesinghe should have been held accountable during …

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By D.B.S. Jeyaraj The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna(JVP)led National People’s Power(NPP) Government of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake known as AKD , has been in the saddle for close upon a year now. Given the JVP-NPP’s 159 members of Parliament and the victories registered in the local authority polls, the chances of being dislodged from that saddle …

Continue reading ‘Premier Harini’s Blunder about Chichi’s Rocket and Minister Wasantha’s Damage Control Statement.’ »

By Lihini Fernando (The writer is an Attorney-at-Law and member of the Moratuwa Municipal Council) A President of a country cannot separate his private life from public life. The moment one assumes the office of Head of State, he ceases to be a private individual. His security, movements, and even his day-to-day engagements are under …

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டி.பி.எஸ். ஜெயராஜ் ஜனாதிபதி அநுர குமார திசநாயக்கவின் ஜனதா விமுக்தி பெரமுன (ஜே.வி.பி.) தலைமையிலான தேசிய மக்கள் சக்தி அரசாங்கம் பதவியில் இப்போது ஒரு வருடத்தை நெருங்குகிறது. ஜே.வி.பி. — தேசிய மக்கள் சக்தியின் 159 பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர்களையும் உள்ளூராட்சி தேர்தல்களில் தேசிய மக்கள் சக்தி பெற்ற வெற்றிகளையும் அடிப்படையாகக் கொண்டு நோக்கும் போது விரைவாக அவர்களின் அரசாங்கத்தை பதவியில் இருந்து அகற்றுவதற்கு அண்மைய எதிர்காலத்தில் சாத்தியமில்லை என்றே தோன்றுகிறது. இருந்தாலும், பல எதிர்க்கட்சிகளின் தலைவர்கள் வேறு …

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The medical condition of former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was admitted to the prison hospital on the night of 22 August 2025 following a remand order, is reported to he unstable. A prison official said Wickremesinghe was first brought to the Magazine Prison, where doctors who examined him recommended a transfer to the Welikada Prison …

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Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe was yesterday ( Aug 22 ) remanded by the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court for four days until 26 August. Wickremesinghe was arrested earlier in the day by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) after appearing before the sleuths to record a statement. The arrest follows an investigation into allegations that Wickremesinghe used …

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By Meera Srinivasan A symbolic hartal was observed on Monday [August 18, 2025] across Sri Lanka’s north and east, where a majority of the island’s Tamil-speaking people live, against militarisation that continues 16 years after the civil war ended. Many commercial and trading establishments in the Northern Province and Eastern Province remained closed during the …

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By Tisaranee Gunasekara “The question’s what happened to Israeli people. How they allowed themselves to be so debased. How they become so inured to pain and suffering. How they have become oblivious to their own horrific past. And these images which remind you of their own horrific past… for Israeli people to let this happen …

Continue reading ‘“If Israel gets away with this genocide, that fact will convey a sense of impunity to powerful nations, placing smaller, weaker countries, countries without super-power patrons in danger.”’ »

டி.பி.எஸ். ஜெயராஜ் இலங்கையின் முன்னாள் வெளியுறவு அமைச்சர் லக்ஸ்மன் கதிர்காமர் சூதறியாத அவரின் அயலவர் ஒருவரின் வீட்டுக்குள் மறைந்திருந்து விடுதலை புலிகள் நடத்திய சினைப்பர் தாக்குதலில் 2005 ஆகஸ்ட் 12 ஆம் திகதி கொல்லப்பட்டார். தனது வீட்டில் உள்ள நீச்சல் தட்கத்தில் வழமையான 1000 மீட்டர்கள் நீச்சலை அவர் முடித்துக்கொண்டு வெளியேறியபோது கொலைஞர் தாக்குதலை நடத்தினார். விதிவசமான அந்த தினத்துக்கு பிறகு இரு தசாப்தங்கள் கடந்து விட்டன. ஆனால், அவர் பற்றிய நினைவுகள் இன்னமும் நீடிக்கின்றன. இலங்கையின் …

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By D.B.S. Jeyaraj Former Sri Lankan Foreign minister Lakshman Kadirgamar was killed on 12 August 2005 by a sniper of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) concealed in the house of an unsuspecting neighbour. Kadirgamar had just completed his customary 1000 metre swim at the pool in his residence, when the assassin struck. Two decades …

Continue reading ‘Sri Lanka’s Finest Foreign Minister and Multi-faceted Personality Lakshman Kadirgamar’s Spiritual Dimension.’ »

By Ranil Wickremesinghe In Sathkunanathan v. Attorney General and related cases, the Supreme Court (Fernando CJ and Kodagoda J) held that the Proclamation of Emergency issued on July 17, 2022, by me as Acting President infringed the petitioners’ Fundamental Rights. Concurrently, Obeyesekere J held that the fundamental rights of the petitioners guaranteed by Article 12(1) …

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By D.B.S. Jeyaraj The provincial councils scheme , implemented since 1988, has seen a number of chief ministers being elected by the various provincial councils over the years. Although the norm has been for each province to have a single chief minister, there has been a notable exception in the past. In November 1988, elections …

Continue reading ‘Sri Lanka’s first,last and only North -Eastern Province Chief Minister A. Varatharaja Perumal Embarks on Political Project to Boost Provincial Councils.’ »

டி.பி.எஸ். ஜெயராஜ் 1988 ஆம் ஆண்டு முதல் நடைமுறைப்படுத்தப்பட்ட மாகாணசபைகள் முறை, பல வருடங்களாக வெவ்வேறு மாகாண சபைகளுக்கு மக்களால் தெரிவுசெயயப்பட்ட பல முதலமைச்சர்களை கண்டுவந்திருக்கிறது. ஒவ்வொரு மாகாணத்துக்கும் தனியொரு முதலமைச்சர் என்பதே நியமமாக இருந்த போதிலும், கடந்த காலத்தில் ஒரு குறிப்பிடத்தக்க விதிவிலக்கும் இருந்தது. தற்காலிகமாக இணைக்கப்பட்ட வடக்கு, கிழக்கு மாகாணங்களுக்கு 1988 நவம்பரில் தேர்தல் நடத்தப்பட்டது. வடக்கு — கிழக்கு மாகாணசபை என்று அன்று அழைக்கப்பட்ட சபையின் முதலாவது முதலமைச்சராக ஈழமக்கள் புரட்சிகர விடுதலை …

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By Bishop Duleep de Chickera When Trump arrogantly suggested that the neighbouring Arab States should absorb the Gaza population as a solution to Israel’s decimation of Gaza, he announced what discerning persons the world over, had already perceived. The earliest Zionist Israeli arrivals, courtesy Lord Balfour, had come to take it all. From a toehold …

Continue reading ‘From a toehold then, to a freehold today, Israel has turned international law, UN mechanisms for a safer world and street ethics, on its head.’ »

By Tisaranee Gunasekara “The story you tell eventually, as a professional historian, is not just what you find in the documents. It is not just the facts. It has a lot to do with your moral positions, your ideological orientation, the time in which you write, and your personality. They are all factors that influence …

Continue reading ‘It is the Sinhala-Buddhist extremist fringe oversion of history that is being taught to Lankan students as History in the Grade 11 textbook. A history textbook which validates Sinhala-Buddhist supremacism’ »

By D.B.S. Jeyaraj Tamil cinema fans like this writer who grew up on a diet of Tamil movies were deeply saddened when veteran South Indian actress B. Saroja Devi passed away some days ago on 14 July 2025. The octogenarian Saroja Devi after performing her daily 30 minute pooja in the mornings was seated on …

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By D.B.S. Jeyaraj History was made 65 years ago in July 1960 when 44 year old Sirimavo Bandaranaike assumed office as the prime minister of Sri Lanka known then as Ceylon. Sirimavo shattered a glass ceiling by becoming the world’s first elected woman Prime minister. It is said that the British press coined a new …

Continue reading ‘Sirimavo Bandaranaike: The “Weeping Widow” who Became the World’s First Woman Prime Minister 65 Years ago.’ »

டி.பி.எஸ். ஜெயராஜ் ” சேர் டொனால்ட் ஜோர்ஜ் பிரட்மன் கிரிக்கெட் வரலாற்றில், உண்மையில் சகல பந்து விளயாட்டுக்களின் வரலாற்றில் எந்த கேள்விக்கும் இடமின்றிய மகத்தான ஒரு ஆளுமை.” இவ்வாறுதான் பிரபல்யமான பத்திரிகையாளரும் ஒக்ஸ்போர்ட் பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் வருகைப் பேராசிரியருமான மத்தியூ ஏஞ்செல் , விஸ்டென் கிரிக்கெட் நாட்காட்டியில் ( Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack ) பிரபல அவுஸ்திரேலிய கிரிக்கெட் வீரர் டொன் பிரட்மனை பற்ற குறிப்பிட்டார். ‘கிரிக்கெட்இன்ஃபோ’ வின் (Cricketinfo ) பிரகாரம் “அவுஸ்திரேலியாவின் சேர் டொனால்ட் பிரட்மன் …

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By Krishantha Prasad Cooray Donald Trump’s tariffs shook the world. Financial markets around the world plunged. The US stock market registered its largest two-day loss in history. Businesses and politicians were in panic. No one could understand what was happening or why. Sri Lanka was one of the worst affected. The Trump tariffs would have …

Continue reading ‘Instead of 44% , Sri Lanka today faces a US 20% tariff! President Disanayake has proved that he can actually get into the ring and win!’ »

By D.B.S.Jeyaraj The first part of this article titled “Black July; Anatomy of an Anti-Tamil Pogrom” was a brief overview of the horrific anti-Tamil violence that engulfed the Sri Lankan nation in July 1983. The second part of this article focuses primarily on how “Black July”began in 1983. This detailed article is written with the …

Continue reading ‘Beginning of “Black July “; 15 July Meesalai Army Attack and 23 July Thinnavely LTTE Ambush.’ »

By D.B.S.Jeyaraj “All changed, changed utterly” is a powerful line from ‘Easter, 1916’, the famous poem of William Butler Yeats. The poem by W.B. Yeats was about the Irish Easter uprising in 1916, its cruel suppression and how all changed utterly in Ireland. In Sri Lanka “all changed” and “changed utterly” for the Tamil people …

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By D.B.S. Jeyaraj Chemmani, a sparsely populated area in the northern peninsula of Jaffna has in recent times acquired a somewhat dubious image. Just as Nallur in Jaffna is associated positively in public perception with the famous Kandasamy temple, Chemmani is associated negatively with mass graves. The long war between the Sri Lankan armed forces …

Continue reading ‘The Krishanthi Kumaraswamy Tragedy and the Chemmani Mass Graves Phenomenon.’ »

டி.பி.எஸ். ஜெயராஜ் யாழ்ப்பாணக் குடாநாட்டில் மக்கள் செறிந்து வாழாத செம்மணி அண்மைய நாட்களாக ஐயத்துக்குரிய ஒரு பிரபல்யத்தை பெற்றிருக்கிறது. மக்களின் எண்ணத்தில் யாழ்ப்பாணத்தில் நல்லூர் பிரபல்யம் வாய்ந்த நல்லூர் கந்தசாமி கோவிலுடன் நேர்மறையாக நோக்கப்படுகின்ற அதேவேளை, செம்மணி மனிதப் புதைகுழிகளுடன் எதிர்மறையான எண்ணத்தில் நோக்கப்படுகின்றது. இலங்கை ஆயுதப் படைகளுக்கும் விடுதலை புலிகள் இயக்கத்துக்கும் இடையிலான நீண்ட போரின் விளைவாக ஆட்கள் காணாமல் போன சம்பவங்களும் சட்டத்துக்கு புறம்பான கொலைகளும் பெருமளவில் இடம்பெற்றன. அந்த கொடூர சம்பவங்களின் அடையாளபூர்வமான …

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By Tisaranee Gunasekara “We seek to make Sri Lanka a loyal supporter of Israel in International Fora. We also champion the cause of recognising the inalienable right of Israel and the Jewish people to her Ancient Indivisible Capital of Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria.” Israel Sri Lanka Solidarity Movement Place: Egypt. Time: Summer of 1954. Targets: …

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By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham There is a widespread perception that the Government is in no hurry to hold the Provincial Council Elections following a significant drop in the votes of the National People’s Power (NPP) at the recent Local Government Elections. The Government leaders, who claim that the system of Provincial Councils will remain in place …

Continue reading ‘Former Chief Minister of merged North Eastern Province Annamalai Varadaraja Perumal says he will tryto create awareness among Tamils about the need to protect the provincial governance system’ »

By Tisaranee Gunasekara “Not only our actions, but also our inactions, become our destiny.” Heinrich Zimmer (The King and the Corpse) Mohamad Suhail was arrested twice in one day, first under normal law, then under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. The first ‘crime’ of this 21-year-old student was walking down the road outside the Chabad …

Continue reading ‘It is not hard to envisage NPP/JVP leaders being detained under the PTA by a future Namal Rajapaksa dispensation, maybe for the crime of threatening the president’s second cousin! After all, the NPP/JVP in government has set a new record in abusing the PTA.’ »

By B. Kolappan Mu. Ka. Muthu, the eldest son of the late Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi and half-brother of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, died in Chennai on Saturday (July 19, 2025). He had been ailing for a long time. He was 77 and is survived by his wife, son, and daughter. Mr. Muthu was born …

Continue reading ‘Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Stalin’s Brother Mu.Ka. Muthu Passes Away in Chennai at the age of 77; DMK leader Kalaigner Karunanidhi’s eldest son Muthu was a Singer and Film Actor Who Tried to Emulate ADMK Leader M.G.Ramachandran.’ »

By Meera Srinivasan A mass grave site in Sri Lanka’s northern Jaffna district,which has drawn domestic and international attention, is putting to test the Anura Kumara Dissanayake government’s pledge to address Tamil people’s grievances. The site was discovered by accident in February this year when workers, who were readying land in Chemmani — located in …

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By D.B.S. Jeyaraj “Sir Donald George Bradman was, without any question, the greatest phenomenon in the history of cricket, indeed in the history of all ball games”. This was how well-known journalist and visiting professor at Oxford University Mathew Engel referred to Don Bradman in an essay about the famous Australian cricketer in the Wisden …

Continue reading ‘Bradman Weerakoon : The Man for all Seasons who Served Nine Sri Lankan Premiers and Presidents with Dedication.’ »

By D.B.S. Jeyaraj The first major assassination of a prominent political leader in Sri Lanka known formerly as Ceylon was in September 1959. The Country was shocked when the serving Prime minister SWRD Bandaranaike was shot dead by a Buddhist monk Talduwe Somarama Thera. In later years there were many more assassinations of political leaders …

Continue reading ‘The Abominable Assassination of Tamil Political Leader Appapillai Amirthalingam on 13 July 1989.’ »

By P.M.Amza (The writer is former Sri Lanka Ambassador to EU, Belgium, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, and former Deputy High Commissioner in Chennai.) For successive Sri Lankan Governments and the people of Sri Lanka, the subject of Katchatheevu has long been viewed as conclusively resolved through two bilateral agreements signed with India in 1974 and …

Continue reading ‘Is the BJP Govt in India Re-opening the Katchatheevu Issue to Undermine its Political Rivals the Congress and DMK or to Pressure or Checkmate Sri Lanka and Increase Leverage Over the Colombo Govt?’ »

டி.பி.எஸ். ஜெயராஜ் இலங்கையில் முக்கியமான அரசியல் தலைவர் ஒருவர் கொலை செய்யப்பட்ட முதல் சம்பவம் 1959 செப்டெம்பரில் இடம்பெற்றது. பதவியில் இருந்த பிரதமர் எஸ்.டபிள்யூ. ஆர்.டி. பண்டாரநாயக்க, தல்துவ சோமராம தேரோ என்ற பௌத்த பிக்குவினால் சுட்டுக்கொலை செய்யப்பட்டபோது நாடு அதிர்ச்சியில் உறைந்தது. அதையடுத்து வந்த வருடங்களில் இனப்பிளவின் இருமருங்கிலும் மேலும் பல அரசியல் படுகொலைகள் இடம்பெற்றதை காணக்கூடியதாக இருந்தது. தமிழீழ விடுதலை புலிகள் உட்பட பல்வேறு தமிழப் போராளிக் குழுக்களினால் கட்டவிழ்த்துவிடப்பட்ட அரசியல் வன்முறை, ஜனதா …

Continue reading ‘தமிழ் அரசியல் தலைவர் அப்பாபிள்ளை அமிர்தலிங்கம் 1989 ஜூலை 13 ஆம் திகதி கொல்லப்பட்ட சம்பவம்’ »

Veteran actor B Saroja Devi, known for her work in Kannada, Tamil and Telugu cinema, breathed her last at the age of 87 on Monday (July 14) in Bengaluru.. The actor was reportedly suffering from age-related illness. An actor who starred in many memorable films alongside veteran southern Indian superstars such as MG Ramachandran, Sivaji …

Continue reading ‘Legendary Actress B. Saroja Devi Passes away in Bengaluru at the age og 87. Tributes Pour in for the Star known as “Abhinaya Saraswathie” and “Kannadathup Paingkili”’ »

The Ilankai Thamil Arasuk Katchi(ITAK)known in English as the Federal Party(FP) has in a letter sent to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake expressed profound concern regarding the on-going exhumation of human remains at Chemmani in Jaffna. The premier political party of the Sri Lankan Tamils of the northern and eastern provinces has called upon the President …

Continue reading ‘The Ilankai Thamil Arasuk Katchi(ITAK)wants President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to take urgent and decisive action regarding the exhumation of human remains at Chemmani in Jaffna.’ »

To By D.B.S. Jeyaraj Retiring Supreme Court Judge Gamini Amarasekara made several important observations while addressing court recently. According to newspaper reports, Justice Amarasekara emphasised that while external threats to judicial independence could be collectively resisted, internal challenges posed a far more insidious danger. The eminent judge reportedly stated “A judge with the right convictions …

Continue reading ‘“Thamizh Arasuk Katchi” in Trouble : Jaffna MP Sivagnanam Shritharan’s Insidious Campaign Against his own party ITAK.’ »

. By Sakuna M. Gamage Chemmani is Speaking Again ! “At the foot of the Kaneru flower tree You fell down and bled from your chest You were lost to me Not to this country But to the earth..”Don’t get up, even though if you get up, Where should we go? Where indeed can people …

Continue reading ‘Chemmani is more than a grave. It is a mirror. It reflects not just the brutality of a past war, but the moral decay of the present. The bones beneath Jaffna’s soil are not bones of the enemy. They are citizens. Children. Loved ones. They are the responsibility of a state that promised to protect all’ »

By D.B.S. Jeyaraj It is no secret that US president Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are both members of an exclusive mutual admiration society. Posting recently on his Truth Social platform,Trump praised Netanyahu lavishly saying there was “no one that I know who could have worked in better harmony” with him. Netanyahu …

Continue reading ‘Will Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be Convicted on Corruption Charges of Bribery,Fraud and Breach of Trust or Simply be let off the Hook?’ »

By D.B.S.Jeyaraj Captain Miller” is the name of an Indian film released on 12 January 2024. The blockbuster Tamil movie had popular actor Dhanush acting in the lead titular role of Captain Miller. The film was a fictional tale about a heroic rebel who fought against British colonial rule. Reports state that the film is …

Continue reading ‘“Capt. Miller” the LTTE’s first Black Tiger suicide bomber: 5 July 1987 Nelliaddy attack gave birth to the Black Tigers’ »

By D.B.S. Jeyaraj Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga – who celebrates her 80th birthday on 29 June 2025 – made history in November 1994 when she was elected as Sri Lanka’s first female executive president. Kumaratunga known popularly as Chandrika and CBK, won the 1994 election with 62% of the votes polled.Subsequently she was re-elected President in …

Continue reading ‘Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga: Sri Lanka’s Daughter of Destiny, Celebrates her 80th Birthday on June 29th.’ »

By Tisaranee Gunasekara “While Sri Lanka’s economy is bouncing back stronger than expected, a significant portion of the population—about a third—remains in poverty or is at risk of falling back into poverty. To ensure this recovery works for everyone, especially those who have been hit hardest, Sri Lanka can focus on policies that create jobs …

Continue reading ‘If the SJB continues to blunder and dither, come 2029, it will find itself outsmarted again, this time by a rejuvenated SLPP and a Candidate Namal who appeals to the primordial fears of a disenchanted electorate.’ »

டி.பி.எஸ். ஜெயராஜ் தமிழீழ விடுதலை புலிகளுக்கும் 2025 ஜூன் 9 ஆம் திகதி காலமான பிரபல ஆங்கில நாவலாசிரியர் ஃபிரெடரிக் ஃபோசைத்துக்கும் ஒரு தொடர்பு இருக்கிறதா? இந்த கேள்விக்கான எளிதான பதில் ‘இல்லை ‘ என்பதேயாகும். ஆனால், ஃபோசைத்தினால் எழுதப்பட்ட நாவல் ஒன்றில் விபரிக்கப்பட்ட.உபாயம் ஒன்றை விடுதலை புலிகள் ஆட்களை கொலைசெய்வதற்கு பிரதிபண்ணினார்கள் என்று கொஞ்சக்காலம் ஊகங்கள் நிலவியது என்பதை நிச்சயம் சொல்லத்தான் வேண்டும். அதுவெல்லாம் இந்தியாவின் தமிழ்நாடு மாநிலத்தில் ஸ்ரீபெரும்புதூரில் 1991 மே 21 ஆம் …

Continue reading ‘பிரெடரிக் ஃபோசைத் (Frederick Forsyth) ஒருவரில் நால்வர் ; விமானி, பத்திரிகையாளர், உளவாளி, எழுத்தாளர். அவருக்கும் விடுதலை புலிகளுக்கும் இடையில் என்ன தொடர்பு?’ »

ITAK MP for Batticaloa Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam recently called on the international community to pressure the Government to give serious attention to protecting the Chemmani mass grave site with 33 skeletons. He said if the Government fails to give any importance to protecting the site from rain, which is expected within the next few days, …

Continue reading ‘Shanakiyan Rasamanickam MP Wants international community to pressure Govt to give more protection to Chemmani mass grave site; Reveals suspected move about attempts to remove some skeletons from site.’ »

The main Opposition party, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Mujibur Rahman yesterday alleged the Government was concealing the findings of a critical Customs inquiry, warning that failures to follow mandatory scanning procedures for high-risk cargo could have jeopardised the country’s security, revenue, and public health. Speaking in Parliament, he charged that the administration had deliberately …

Continue reading ‘Customs Inquiry Report Reveals that 999 red-classified containers were released on 13 occasions without proper screening or follow-up since July 2024 says Opposition MP Mujibur Rahman in Parliament.’ »

By D.B.S. Jeyaraj Jeyaraj’s Jottings. My close friend and journalistic colleague Sinnathurai Thillainathan celebrates his 75th Birthday on 29 June 2025. Thillainathan known popularly as “Thillai” has devoted 57 years of his life to journalism as a career. Journalism to Thillai is not merely a profession but a dedicated vocation. To many Tamil newspaper readers …

Continue reading ‘Veteran Tamil Journalist Sinnathurai “Thillai” Thillainathan Celebrates his 75th Biirthday on 29 June 2025.’ »

By D.B.S. Jeyaraj Is there a connection between popular English novelist Frederick Forsyth who breathed his last on 9 June 2025 and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) that was militarily defeated by the Sri Lankan armed forces in May 2009? The answer to this question would be a simple “no”. However It must be …

Continue reading ‘Did the LTTE get the Idea of Suicide Bombers Using an Explosive Packed Belt from Author Frederick Forsyth’s Novel ” The Negotiator”?’ »

By D.B.S. Jeyaraj Shanmuganathan Sivashankar alias “Pottu Ammaan”, the former intelligence chief of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is a keen topic of discussion these days within a Europe based segment of the Sri Lankan Tamil Diaspora. Although the much feared head of the tiger intelligence division died during the final phase of …

Continue reading ‘How Tiger Intelligence Chief “Pottu Ammaan” , His Wife and their Three Sons Died in the Final Phase of the War.’ »

By Tisaranee Gunasekara “A war on Iraq is a good choice, the right choice…” Benyamin Netanyahu (Testimony before the US Congress, 12.9.2002) “A forever war is beneficial to Netanyahu. People feel like they are always in danger like they always need him. There’s always some huge threat. I think that helps him remain prime minister.” …

Continue reading ‘Netanyahu can hypnotise Israelis for the same reason Adolf Hitler could hypnotise Germans, Trump Americans, Modi Hindus and the Rajapaksas Sinhalese. A process of “making the community more fanatical and exploiting the resulting fanaticism”’ »

By Sonia Gandhi (Sonia Gandhi is the Chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party) On June 13, 2025, the world has, once again, witnessed the dangerous consequences of unilateral militarism when Israel launched a deeply troubling and unlawful strike against Iran and its sovereignty. The Indian National Congress has condemned these bombings and targeted assassinations on …

Continue reading ‘New Delhi’s silence on the devastation in Gaza and now on the unprovoked escalation against Iran reflects a disturbing departure from our moral and diplomatic traditions. This represents not just a loss of voice but also a surrender of values. It is still not too late. India must speak clearly, act responsibly.’ »

By Bhadri Durghabakshi Would you believe that a humble lumpy brown bulb could transform into one of the world’s most photographed wonders? In the Netherlands every spring millions of tulips burst into bloom turning vast farmlands into living art and attracting travelers from all over the world. While Amsterdam’s canals, art museums, and stroopwafels are …

Continue reading ‘The tulip steals the spotlight from March to May, painting Amsterdam city in vibrant hues. This humble tulip has not only changed the Dutch landscape, but it has reshaped its economy, culture and identity over the years.’ »

By Sunela Jayewardene (The writer is an Environmental Architect, Regenerative Land-use Specialist & Author) On the avenues of Colombo, an intricate pattern of flickering shade has dappled her road surfaces, for almost two centuries. You don’t have to look up to know of leaves dancing in a wind in the high canopies. On roads that …

Continue reading ‘The Garden City of Colombo is gasping its last breath, but what remains, is still, a capital city with more charm and character than many. All it needs to revive, is a cocktail of vision and sincerity.’ »

By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham Interestingly, there were three similarities between the Opposition political parties in southern Sri Lanka and the Tamil political parties in the north and east at last month’s Local Government (LG) Elections. The first similarity is that the ruling National People’s Power (NPP) is considered the common political enemy by both sides. The …

Continue reading ‘Tamil parties have started a give-and-take approach in the formation of local authorities, keeping in mind their individual interests.’ »

டி.பி.எஸ். ஜெயராஜ் இலங்கை அரசினாலும் அதன் நிறுவனங்களினாலும் தனியாருக்கு சொந்தமான நிலங்கள் கையகப்படுத்தப்பட்டு வருவது அண்மைக்காலமாக வடக்கு, கிழக்கு மாகாணங்களில் தமிழ் மக்களின் ஆழ்ந்த விசனத்துக்குரிய ஒரு சர்ச்சையாக இருக்கிறது. இராணுவம், கடற்படை, விமானப்படை, பொலிஸ் ஆகியவற்றினாலும்் தொல்லியல், வனப்பாதுகாப்பு, கரையோரப் பாதுகாப்பு , கரையோரப் பாதுகாப்பு முகாமை திணைக்களங்கள் போன்ற அரச நிறுவனங்களினாலும் பல்வேறு காரணங்களின் கீழ் ஆயிரக்கணக்கான ஏக்கர்கள் நிலங்கள் கையகப்படுத்தப்பட்டிருக்கின்றன. இது விடயத்தில் காணி நிர்ணய கட்டளைச் சட்டத்தின் ( Land Settlement …

Continue reading ‘வடக்கில் 5941 ஏக்கர்கள் நிலப்பிரச்சினை வர்த்தமானி தொடர்பாக நீதிமன்றத்தை நாடிய தமிழரசு கட்சியின் பொதுச்செயலாளர் சுமந்திரன்’ »

By D.B.S. Jeyaraj Leading Tamil film actor Kamal Haasan -who is no stranger to Sri Lankan film fans – is very much in the news lately, for three reasons. Firstly the actor-politico will be elected in July to the Indian “Rajya Sabha”or upper house from Tamil Nadu state. Secondly the eagerly awaited film “Thug Life” …

Continue reading ‘Actor – Politico Kamal Haasan in the eye of a Tamil -Kannada “Thug Life” Storm.’ »

By D.B.S.Jeyaraj The evolution and growth of the armed struggle for the goal of Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka saw many Tamil militant groups emerge across the politico-military horizon. There was a time when 34 known outfits – big and small – existed. Among all these, the single organization that kept the Tamil armed struggle …

Continue reading ‘From Valvettithurai to Nandhikkadal ; The Rise and Fall of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam’ »

by Meera Srinivasan Sri Lanka and China have signed two Memorandae of Understanding to set up a working group on trade facilitation, and on industrial and supply chain cooperation, the Chinese Embassy in Colombo said “China and Sri Lanka have taken steps to deepen economic and trade cooperation, signing key agreements and exploring additional investment …

Continue reading ‘Sri Lanka and China sign two Memorandae of Understanding to set up a working group on trade facilitation, and on industrial and supply chain cooperation, says the Chinese Embassy in Colombo meeting was jointly chaired by China’s Commerce Minister Wang Wentao and Sri Lankan Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Co-operative Development Wasantha Samarasinghe.’ »

By Chandani Kirinde (Chandani Kirinde traces the close friendship between Emperor Asoka and King Devanampiyatissa that led to the introduction of Buddhism to this land) India’s Emperor Asoka and King Devanampiyatissa of Lanka never met in person, but their long-distance friendship paved the way for the introduction of the teachings of Lord Buddha to this …

Continue reading ‘The Long Distance Friendship Between Emperor Asoka of Pataliputra (Patna) and King Devanambiyatissa of Anuradhapura Began Many Years Before the Arrival of Mahinda on Mihintale on Poson Poya’ »

By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham Even though a month has passed since the Local Government (LG) Elections, political parties have been unable to form administrations in the majority of local councils. The ruling National People’s Power (NPP) and the Opposition parties, particularly the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) led by Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, are busy trying to …

Continue reading ‘The anti-Sumanthiran hysteria that has prevailed in northern politics for many years is an impediment to unity among the Tamil polity.’ »

டி.பி.எஸ். ஜெயராஜ் “பிரிகேடியர்” பால்ராஜ் என்ற தமிழீழ விடுதலை புலிகள் இயக்கத்தின் பிரதி இராணுவத் தளபதி கந்தையா பாலசேகரன் அந்த இயக்கத்திடம் இருந்த மிகவும் சிறந்த இராணுவ தளபதியாக கருதப்பட்டவர். பால்ராஜ் போர்க்களத்தின முன்னரங்கத்தில் நின்று தலைமைதாங்குவதில் புகழ்பெற்ற, மிகவும் மெச்சப்பட்ட இராணுவ மதியூகி. 1965 ஆம் ஆண்டில் பிறந்த பால்ராஜ் 17 வருடங்களுக்கு 2008 மே 20 ஆம் திகதி மாரடைப்பால் காலமானார். அவரது 60 வது பிறந்ததினம் இவ்வருடம் நவம்பர் 20 ஆம் திகதி …

Continue reading ‘” பிரிகேடியர் ” பால்ராஜ் ; விடுதலை புலிகள் இயக்கத்தில் மிகவும் சிறந்த மதியூகிப் போராளி- இராணுவத்தினரும் கூட மெச்சிய மிகவும் சிறந்த தளபதி’ »

By D.B.S. Jeyaraj The first Sinhala language feature film “Kadawunu Poronduwa”(Broken Promise) premiered on 21 January 1947 at the Kingsley theatre in Colombo. Four months after that historic event ,on 30 April 1947, a baby girl was born in a Sinhala speaking family living in the Colombo suburb Peliyagoda. A few weeks later the parents …

Continue reading ‘Malini Fonseka : Why the “Queen of Sinhala Cinema” Became a UPFA National List Parliamentarian.’ »

By D.B.S. Jeyaraj The Jathika Vimukthi Peramuna(JVP) led National People’s Power(NPP) recorded a landslide victory at the Parliamentary elections held in November 2024. The personal popularity of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake embodied in the form of an electoral wave described as the “Anura Ralla” was deemed responsible for the JVP led NPP winning 159 seats …

Continue reading ‘Success of Ilankai Thamil Arasuk Katchi (ITAK) at the North-Eastern Local Govt Elections Vindicates Party Secretary M.A. Sumanthiran.’ »

By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham While addressing the 60th anniversary celebrations of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) at the Viharamahadevi Park in Colombo on 14 May, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) spoke highly of the conscience that guided their movement. He said that throughout history, their conscience had shown them the right path and had given them …

Continue reading ‘President Dissanayake’s speech at the National War Heroes’ Commemoration Ceremony must be commended. While Sinhalese nationalists have strongly condemned his speech, it is unfortunate that Tamil political parties did not welcome it.’ »

By Kishali Pinto- Jayawardene A measure of unholy joy is exhibited by Sri Lankans following a dissolute duo of Rajapaksa Ministers being handed down long term rigorous imprisonment sentences by the Colombo High Court for causing a gigantic loss of more than 53 million rupees to the State in a politically motivated purchase of carrom …

Continue reading ‘SrI Lankans Dislay Public Exultation about the Long Term Rigorous Imprisonment Terms of Two Corrupt Ministers of the Rajapaksa Regime Over the Purchasing of Carrom and Draughts Boards’ »

By Meera Srinivasan A 75-year-old Sri Lankan Tamil refugee, who returned from India after decades of displacement during the civil war, was on Thursday (May 29, 2025) detained by Sri Lankan authorities at the Palaly airport in the northern Jaffna district, on charges of having left the country without a valid passport. Subsequently, a magistrate …

Continue reading ‘75 Year old Sri Lankan Tamil Refugee in Tamil Nadu who Returned to Jaffna After Obtaining Necessary Clearances is Arrested and Remanded’ »

By D.B.S.Jeyaraj Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated 34 years ago by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) on May 21st 1991. The date of Rajiv Gandhi’s death has poignant significance for me personally. May 21st is the date of my birth. Rajiv’s death occurred 37 years after I was born. My birth …

Continue reading ‘Rajiv Gandhi, the Indo-Lanka Accord and the Sriperumbhudur Assassination.’ »

By Tisaranee Gunasekara “What sheer unfeeling idiocy”. Rolf Hochhuth (The Deputy) May 2024 marked the 15th anniversary of the ending of the long Eelam War. Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardana presided over the annual “war heroes” commemoration. Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa was among the attendees. Not President Ranil Wickremesinghe though. He wasn’t present. His absence created …

Continue reading ‘The Rajapaksas Publicly Praised the “War heroes” While Utilising Army and Navy Personnel as Drivers, Domestic Aides and Personal maids Serving them and Family Members.’ »

By Chandani Kirinde In her last appearance a couple of weeks ago, Malini Fonseka, arguably the queen of Sinhala cinema echoed the words of one of her most famous films ‘awa soya adare’. “I have come looking for love,” she said. She spoke a few words, faltering at times, but they were emotionally charged that …

Continue reading ‘Queen of Sinhala cinema Malini Fonseka :The face on the silver screen that captured hearts’ »

By Meera Srinivasan Renowned Sri Lankan actor Malini Fonseka — who played the female lead in the Tamil film ‘Pilot Premnath’ [1978] starring Sivaji Ganesan — passed away in Colombo on Saturday (May 24, 2025). She was 78. Having begun her acting career in the early 1960s in Sinhala theatre, Ms. Fonseka went on to …

Continue reading ‘Renowned Sri Lankan actress Malini Fonseka who played the female lead in the Tamil film ‘Pilot Premnath’ starring Sivaji Ganesan passes away in Colombo on Saturday (May 24, 2025) at the age of 78.’ »

By Tisaranee Gunasekara “…if this isn’t happening, what is?” Carolina De Robertis (The President and the Frog) José Mujica, the poorest president in the world, died this week. As a young activist he had joined the Marxist Tupamaros guerrilla movement and was imprisoned for 14 years, most of it in a hole in a ground …

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By D.B.S. Jeyaraj Former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) deputy military chief Kandiah Balasegaran alias ‘Brigadier’ Balraj is regarded as the finest military commander the tigers ever had. Balraj was a much admired military tactician, reputed for leading from the front. Born in 1965, Balraj died of a heart attack 17 years ago on …

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டி.பி.எஸ் ஜெயராஜ் சாமுவேல் ஜேம்ஸ் வேலுப்பிள்ளை (எஸ். ஜே.வி.) செல்வநாயகத்தின் 48 வது நினைவுதினம் ஏப்ரில் 26 ஆம் திகதி வந்துபோனது. தந்தை செல்வா என்று அறியப்பட்ட செல்வநாயகம் இலங்கை தமிழரசு கட்சியை 1949 டிசம்பரில் வேறு தலைவர்களுடன் சேர்ந்து ஆரம்பித்தார். இலங்கையின் வடக்கு, கிழக்கு மாகாணங்களின் தமிழர்களின் பிரதான அரசியல் கடசி என்று கருதப்படும் தமிழரசு கட்சி தற்போது அதன் வைரவிழாவைக் கண்டிருக்கிறது. செல்வநாயகம் சிங்கள பெரும்பான்மையின மேலாதிக்கத்துக்கு எதிரான தமிழ் அரசியல் எதிர்ப்பியக்கத்தை பல …

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By D.B.S.Jeyaraj This article is the third and final of a trilogy about the coordinated attacks by suicide bombers on the Easter Sunday of 21 April 2019. Young men with explosives targeted three Churches and three Luxury hotels in what has come to be known as Sri Lanka’s easter bombings .The explosive attacks in Colombo,Negombo …

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By D.B.S.Jeyaraj The co-ordinated suicide bomber attacks by a group of misguided Muslim zealots against three Churches and four Luxury hotels in Colombo, Negombo and Batticaloa on Easter Sunday (21st April) in 2019 brought in its wake several conspiracy theories. Chief among these was the one which suspected that an official or officials of Sri …

Continue reading ‘Easter Bombings Conspiracy Theories and the Importance of Azad Maulana’s Testimony.’ »

டி.பி.எஸ். ஜெயராஜ் இலங்கை தமிழ் அரசியல் களத்தில் தலைமைத்துவம் தொடர்பான அக்கறைகள் அண்மைக்காலமாக உத்வேகம் பெறும் முக்கியமான ஒரு பிரச்சினையாக இருக்கிறது. தற்போதைய தமிழ் அரசியல்வாதிகள் மத்தியில் யார் எதிர்கால தமிழ் அரசியல் தலைவராக மேன்மைப்படுத்தக்கூடியவராக இருப்பார் என்பது உள்ளூராட்சி தேர்தல்களுக்கு பிறகு விவாதத்துக்குரிய ஒரு விடயமாக இருக்கும். வெவ்வேறு காலப்பகுதிகளில் வெவ்வேறு கட்டங்களில் செல்வாக்குமிக்க தலைவர்கள் வெளிக்கிளம்பி ஆதிக்கம் செய்த தோற்றப்பாடு இலங்கை தமிழ் அரசியல் வரலாற்றின் எடுத்துக்காட்டான ஒரு அம்சமாகும். பொன்னம்பலம் சகோதரர்கள் இராமநாதனும் …

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By D.B.S. Jeyaraj Island-wide local authority elections are scheduled for 6th May 2025. At the national level ,the local authority polls will provide the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna(JVP)led National People’s Power(NPP) Government an opportunity to prove it is as popular as it was at the time of the Parliamentary elections in November 2024. It will also …

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The National People’s Power led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Wednesday (May 7, 2025) emerged as the largest party in 265 out of 339 local municipal councils across Sri Lanka.However, the National People’s Power (NPP) party’s ability to form administrations in those 265 bodies is in doubt as the combined Opposition groups have more …

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By Meera Srinivasan Over 17 million Sri Lankan voters will on Tuesday (May 6, 2025) get to vote in the local government elections — the island nation’s third election in seven months — to elect representatives to as many as 336 local bodies. The voters will choose members and chairs of Municipal Councils, Urban Councils, …

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The Ilankai Thamil Arasuk Katchi(ITAK) known in English as the Federal Party(FP) has expressed strong opposition to recent moves by the National People’s Power (NPP) Govt of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to acquire extensive tracts of land belonging to the Tamil people of the Northern and Eastern provinces. Former Kaffna district MP and ITAK General …

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By Bhadri Durghabakshi Some kinds of magic never leave us. As a child I chased fireflies – fleeting flickers of light darting through the warm night. Now, I chase sunsets with the same awe and feeling of magic. I still remember the first time I saw the Maldives in a travel magazine with its image …

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By Kishali into-Jayawardene President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka’s ringing claim during the National People’s Power (NPP) May Day rally at the Galle Face Green this Thursday that his Government had ‘established the Rule of Law in Sri Lanka’ would be exceedingly funny if it was not so bizarre. Positively primitive scenes That claim is refuted particularly …

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By D.B.S. Jeyaraj April 26th is the 48th death anniversary of res[pected Tamil political leader Samuel James Veluppillai (SJV)Chelvanayagam. Chelvanayagam known as SJV and Chelva was the co founder and long time leader of the Ilankai Thamil Arasuk Katchi(ITAK) known in English as the Federal Party (FP). The ITAK/FP launched in December 1949 is currently …

Continue reading ‘How and Why the Banda – Chelva Pact was Signed by SLFP Leader SWRD Bandaranaike and FP Leader SJV Chelvanayagam.’ »

By M.A.Sumanthiran (M.A. Sumanthiran is a President’s Counsel practising at Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court, a former Member of Parliament of Jaffna, and the General Secretary of the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi) In the many cycles of violence in Sri Lanka’s troubled history, “terror” has been a running theme. While the state — that has repeatedly …

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டி.பி.எஸ். ஜெயராஜ் ” நான் நல்ல போராட்டத்தை போராடினேன். ஓட்டத்தை முடித்தேன். விசுவாசத்தை காத்துக் கொண்டேன்.”( I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.”) – அப்போஸ்தலர் புனித பவுல் ( Apostle St.Paul ) தீமோத்தேயுவுக்கு‌ எழுதிய இரண்டாவது கடிதத்தில் (2 Timothy 4.7) உள்ள இந்த வாசகங்கள், முன்னாள் மன்னார் கத்தோலிக்க ஆயர் அதிவண. இராயப்பு யோசப்பின் வாழ்வுக்கும் சேவைக்கும் …

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டி. பி.எஸ். ஜெயராஜ் ” சாமுவேல் ஜேம்ஸ் வேலுப்பிள்ளை செல்வநாயகம் இபோவில் பிறந்தார்…. மலேசியாவில் மிகவும் தூய்மையான நகரம் என்று பெயரெடுத்தது இபோ. அதனால்தான் போலும் செல்வநாயகத்தின் வாழ்வு சமகால அரசியலில் அறியப்படாத ஒரு தூய்மையைக் குறித்து நின்றது.” — எஸ். ஜே.வி. செல்வநாயகத்தின் மறைவுக்கு அனுதாபம் தெரிவிக்கும் பிரேரணை மீது 1977 செப்டெம்பர் 6 ஆம் திகதி பாராளுமன்றத்தில் உரையாற்றிய அன்றைய வர்த்தக அமைச்சர் லலித் அத்துலத் முதலி இவ்வாறு கூறினார். அந்த அனுதாபப் பிரேரணை …

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By D.B.S. Jeyaraj “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith”. These words written by St. Paul in his epistle to Timothy (2.Timothy 4.7) are a fitting epitaph to the life and service of former Catholic Bishop of Mannar. the Most Rev. Rayappu Joseph whose 85th birth …

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டி.பி.எஸ்.ஜெயராஜ் உள்ளூராட்சி தேர்தல்கள் அறிவிக்கப்பட்டதை அடுத்து கிழக்கு மாகாணத்தில் புதியதொரு தேர்தல் கூட்டணி தோன்றியது. பிள்ளையான் என்ற சிவநேசதுரை சந்திரகாந்தன் தலைமையிலான தமிழ் மக்கள் விடுதலை புலிகள் கட்சியும் சதாசிவம் வியாழேந்திரன் தலைமையிலான தமிழர் முற்போக்கு கழகமும் சேர்ந்து கிழக்கு தமிழர் கட்டமைப்பை அமைத்தன. ஒரு சில வாரங்களுக்குள் கேணல் கருணா என்ற விநாயகமூர்த்தி முரளிதரன் தலைமையிலான தமிழர் ஐக்கிய சுதந்திர முன்னணி இணைந்து கொண்டதை அடுத்து புதிய கூட்டணி பலமடைந்தது. கிழக்கு தமிழர் கூட்டமைப்பு அதன் …

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On Easter Sunday 2025, Pope Francis did not deliver his speech in person, though he briefly greeted the faithful with a brief “Brothers and Sisters, Happy Easter”. The pope’s traditio, “urbi et orbi,” was read by Archbishop Diego Ravelli, the Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations, as the 88-year-old pontiff, still convalescing, was present but physically …

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By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham The upcoming Local Government Elections will see unprecedented fierce campaigning by all Tamil political parties in the Northern and Eastern Provinces where Tamils are the predominant community. For the first time in Sri Lankan history, the Tamil parties will be up against a Sinhala-led national party, the National People’s Power (NPP), which …

Continue reading ‘Tamil politicians are again simply resorting to utopian nationalist slogans with no interest in changing their hitherto held political stance. Their future as Tamil nationalists are at stake at the Local Government Elections.’ »

By D.B.S.Jeyaraj The advent of the Local Authority elections in 2025 saw the emergence of a new electoral alliance in Eastern Sri Lanka. The Tamil Makkal Viduthalaip Puligal (TMVP) led by Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan (spelled as Santhirakanthan also) alias “Pillaiyaan” and the “Thamilar Mutpoakku Kazhagham (TMK) led by Sathasivam Viyaalendran came together and formed the “Kizhakkuth …

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By D.B.S.Jeyaraj The 4 K restored version of the award winning Sinhala movie “Nidhanaya”(Treasure) directed by Sri Lanka’s renowned film maker Lester James Peries was screened in Colombo at the National Archives auditorium on 7 April 2025. National Archives Director-General, Dr.Nadeera Rupesinghe said that over 200 people were present at the screening. “It is one …

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By D.B.S.Jeyaraj Indian Prime minister Narendra Modi’s week-end visit to Sri Lanka proved to be quite a success according to print and electronic media reports. The highlights of the two day trip from Friday 4 April to Sunday 6 April were the signing of a Memorandum of understanding on defence cooperation that recognized the inter-linked …

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. By D.B.S.Jeyaraj The United Lingdom (UK) has imposed sanctions on four Sri Lankans allegedly responsible for serious human rights abuses and violations committed during the war between the Sri Lankan armed forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE). The UK sanctioned quartet are former Army commander Jagath Jayasuriya, Ex- Navy commander Wasantha Karannagoda, …

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டி.பி.எஸ். ஜெயராஜ் இந்திய பிரதமர் நரேந்திர மோடியின் வார இறுதி இலங்கை விஜயம் பெருமளவுக்கு வெற்றிகரமாக அமைந்ததாக பத்திரிகைகள் மற்றும் இலத்திரனியல் ஊடகங்கள் மூலமாக அறியக்கூடியதாக இருக்கிறது ஏப்ரில் 4 வெள்ளிக்கிழமை தொடங்கி ஏப்ரில் 6 ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை வரையிலான அவரின் விஜயத்தின் முக்கிய அம்சங்களாக இரு நாடுகளினதும் தேசிய பாதுகாப்புக்கு இடையிலான பிணைப்பின் தன்மையை அங்கீகரிக்கும் பாதுகாப்பு ஒத்துழைப்பு தொடர்பான புரிந்துணர்வு உடன்படிக்கை, இலங்கை மக்களின் சார்பில் ஜனாதிபதி அநுர குமார திசநாயக்கவினால் இந்திய பிரதமருக்கு வழங்கப்பட்ட …

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By D.B.S.Jeyaraj Former Eastern regional commander of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan is very much in the news again. Muralitharan whose nom de guerre in the LTTE was “Karuna” is among four Sri Lankans sanctioned last week by the United Kingdom (UK) for alleged human rights violations and abuses committed during the …

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By Meera Srinivasan Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Colombo on Friday (April 4, 2025) night for a weekend visit focused on bilateral discussions and the signing of several key agreements between India and Sri Lanka Mr. Modi travelled to Sri Lanka after attending the BIMSTEC summit in Thailand, where his engagements included discussions with …

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By D.B.S.Jeyaraj The United Kingdom(UK) announced on 24 Narch 2025 that sanctions have been imposed on four individuals from Sri Lanka who were allegedly responsible for serious human rights violations and abuses during the civil war. A press release issued by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Office stated that the sanctions aim to …

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By D.B.S. Jeyaraj (This article was first written in 1997 for a special volume commemorating the birth centenary of Tamil political leader SJV Chelvanayakam. It is being reposted with slight changes to denote his 127th birth anniversary on March 31) On September 6th 1977, Lalith Athulathmudali, then Minister of Trade said in Parliament “Samuel James …

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By D.B.S.Jeyaraj The Parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 was an important turning point in the post-independence history of Sri Lanka known as Ceylon then. It was this election held sixty years ago that led to the formation of a seven party national Government under Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake after the signing of an …

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டி.பி.எஸ். ஜெயராஜ் 1965 மார்ச் 22 ஆம் திகதி நடைபெற்ற பாராளுமன்ற தேர்தல் சுதந்திர இலங்கையின் வரலாற்றில் முக்கியமான ஒரு திருப்புமுனையாக அமைந்தது.60 வருடங்களுக்கு முன்னர் நடைபெற்ற இந்த தேர்தல் தமிழ் தலைவர் எஸ். ஜே வி. செல்வநாயகத்துடன் உடன்படிக்கை ஒனறை கைச்சாத்திட்ட பிறகு ( டட்லி — செல்வா உடன்படிக்கை ) பிரதமர் டட்லி சேனநாயக்க தலைமையில் ஏழு கட்சிகளை உள்ளடக்கிய தேசிய அரசாங்கம் ஒன்று அமைக்கப்படுவதற்கு வழிவகுத்தது. இந்த கட்டுரை 1965 மார்ச் தேர்தலை …

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By D.B.S.Jeyaraj Canada’s new Liberal party leader Mark Carney assumed office as the 24th Prime Minister of Canada on 14 March 2025. Carney born on 16 March 1965 is a well-known economist who has served as the eighth Governor of the Bank of Canada for five years (2008-2013) and the 120th Governor of the Bank …

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By Kishali Pinto-Jayawardene As predicted, the combined result of an enterprising Al Jazeera journalist hunting for a sensational angle to trip the target of his interrogation and the eccentric ramblings of an ex-President of Sri Lanka on a twenty seven year old human rights atrocity that is the ‘Batalanda torture camp,’ has created an eagerly …

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டி.பி.எஸ். ஜெயராஜ் கனடாவின் லிபரல் கட்சியின் புதிய தலைவரான மார்க் கார்னி அந்நாட்டின் 24 வது பிரதமராக 2025 மார்ச் 14 ஆம் திகதி பதவியேற்றார். 1965 மார்ச் 16 ஆம் திகதி பிறந்த பிரபல்யமான பொருளாதார நிபுணர் கனடா வங்கியின் எடடாவது ஆளுநராக ஐந்து வருடங்களும் ( 2008 — 2013) இங்கிலாந்து வங்கியின் 120 வது ஆளுநராக ஏழு வருடங்களும் ( 2013 — 2020) பணியாற்றினார். அமெரிக்காவின் ஹார்வார்ட் பல்கலைக்கழகத்தில் 1988 ஆம் …

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(Text of Press Release issued by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Office on 24 March 2025) the UK sanctions former Sri Lankan commanders and an ex–Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) commander responsible for serious human rights violations and abuses during the civil war sanctions aim to seek accountability for serious human rights …

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டி.பி.எஸ். ஜெயராஜ் ” தேசிய மக்கள் சக்தி யாழ்ப்பாண மாவட்டத்தில் உள்ள 17 உள்ளூராட்சி சபைகளிலும் வெற்றி பெற்று நிருவாகங்களை அமைக்கும்.” கடந்த வியாழக்கிழமை ( மார்ச் 13) யாழ்ப்பாணத்தில் ஊடகவியலாளர்கள் கிளப்பிய கேள்விகளுக்கு பதிலளித்தபோது கடற்தொழில், நீர்வள அமைச்சர் இராமலிங்கம் சந்திரசேகர் மிகுந்த நம்பிக்கையுடன் கூறினார். எதிர்வரும் உள்ளூராட்சி தேர்தல்களில் போட்டியிடவிருக்கும் தேசிய மககள் சக்தி வேட்பாளர்களின் கட்டுப்பணத்தை செலுத்துவதற்காக அவர் யாழ்ப்பாணம் தேர்தல் செயலகத்துக்கு சென்றிருந்தார். அவருடன் தேசிய மக்கள் சக்தியின் யாழ்ப்பாண மாவட்ட …

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By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham A compilation of Tamil translations of political essays written recently by D.B.S. Jeyaraj, a veteran journalist and prominent political analyst living amongst the expatriate Tamil community, has been published as a book titled ‘Arasiyal Athikarathin Varkka Maatram’ (‘Class shift in political power: Sri Lanka’s first Left President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’). The book …

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By D.B.S.Jeyaraj “The national people’s power will win all 17 local authorities in the Jaffna district and form administrations” was the confident assertion of Ramalingam Chandrasekar in Jaffna on Thursday(Mar 13). The minister of Fisheries and Aquatic and Ocean resources stated so while replying to questions by Jaffna journalists. The minister was at the elections …

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By Shreen Saroor (Shreen Saroor is a peace and women’s rights activist and runs the Women’s Action Network (WAN) in Sri Lanka, a collective of women’s groups that empowers and advocates for women and women survivors of war, violence and other injustices) A large van with four wheels, equipped with ambulance-style lights, pulled over to …

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by Tisaranee Gunasekara “Macavity, Macavity, there’s no one like Macavity, There never was a Cat of such deceitfulness and suavity. He always has an alibi, and one or two to spare: At whatever time the deed took place – MACAVITY WASN’T THERE!” TS Elliot (Macavity: The Mystery Cat) In Sri Lanka, the borderline between fact …

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