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By Shamindra Ferdinando The British government has sidestepped a query on the UK accommodating a group of LTTE cadres responsible for international crimes. Global Justice Forum (GJF) representing civil society groups based in UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand-all member States of the Commonwealth, in addition to Israel, UAE and Switzerland has raised the continuing presence of those responsible for terrorism receiving privilege status at a time the UK was pushing for new resolution in respect of Sri Lanka at the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). A spokesperson for ...

By Our Political EditorView(s):  Initial response was positive but backlash from opposition and other groups prompt Male to say ‘no’  Fresh controversy arises over plans to hold PC polls; Some Govt.  groups want it after new Constitution Despite the pandemic, the Maldives has in recent months seen a tourism revival. Fears are expressed that the move to bury Sri Lanka Muslims dying of COVID-19 in the Maldives may have an adverse impact on the tourism sector. A move to bury in neighbouring Maldives Sri Lankan Muslims, who die of coronavirus infection, has misfired. Both Colombo and Mal...

Posted by Administrator on by D.B.S.Jeyaraj Anton Stanislaus Balasingham the political strategist of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) and political adviser to tiger leader Veluppillai Prabhakaran died 14 years ago in his South London residence, His death was not unexpected as it was known, the doctors had given him four to six weeks to live. Bala ‘Annai’ (elder brother) as he was generally known among Tamils was diagnosed with bile duct cancer , a rare and aggressive malignancy of the biliary system. LTTE supremo Prabhakaran conferred the title “Thesathin Kural” (Voic...

Charismatic Actor -Politician Vijaya Kumaratunga: 75th Birth Anniversary Tribute – dbsjeyaraj.com Posted by Administrator on D.B.S.Jeyaraj 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 transformation of Sri Lanka into an inclusive, multi-ethnic, egalitarian and plural nation. A much-loved man of the masses who may have altered the destiny of this resplendent isle in a very positi...

D.B.S.Jeyaraj More than eleven years have passed since the War between the Sri Lankan Armed Forces and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) organization concluded. The lengthy conflict described at one time as South Asia’s longest war came to an end after the military defeat of the LTTE in May 2009. Many of the military triumphs achieved by both sides at different times during the course of the war are now being relegated to the realm of the forgotten.This column intends to focus this week on an incident that grabbed worldwide attention when it happened thirteen years ago.