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Dear Sir, At the outset, may I rather belatedly congratulate you on your assumption of high ministerial office as the new Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka. Skimming through the rather lengthy gazette notification of the duties and functions, assigned to you, I find that you are tasked with a very wide ambit of duties, and responsibilities, impacting the present and future well being of our nation and her people. As you take over the Finance portfolio and many of the duties previously entrusted to the Prime Minister, there is a widespread public expectation that this change will result in a mi...

Posted on July 8th, 2021 KAMALIKA PIERIS The Tamil Separatist Movement appears to have started its   Genocide charge in 2014. 28 Members of the Northern Provincial Council and 5 members of the Eastern Provincial Council sent a joint letter on 17 th August 2014, to United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay. The letter said , The Tamil people strongly believe that they have been, and continue to be subject to Genocide by Sri Lanka. The Tamils were massacred in groups, their temples and churches were bombed, and their iconic Jaffna Public library w...

‘In six to eight weeks, we expect cheaper nasal vaccines to be available’ Share Via Email   |  A+A A- A health worker collects a nasal swab sample from a food delivery agent, as part of the Covid testing drive, in Bengaluru| Ashishkrishna HP By Express News Service Nasal vaccine will be a gamechanger, best suited for vaccinating children against Covid-19. A single dose will suffice to stimulate the immune response, and there will be no hassle of taking an injection, Dr Rajinder Kumar Singal, senior director and HOD-internal medicine, BLK Max Hospital, Delhi, said during a panel di...

Posted on June 30th, 2021 KAMALIKA PIERIS OISL REPORT The OHCHR Investigation on Sri Lanka” (OISL) was an investigation initiated by the   office of the UN Commissioner of Human Rights.  On 26th March 2014, the UNHRC by resolution A/HRC/25/L.1/Rev.1 requested the OHCHR to undertake a comprehensive investigation into serious violations and abuses of human rights and related crimes allegedly committed in Sri Lanka during the period covered by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission. The investigating team consisted of Martti Ahtisaari, President of Finland...

Posted on June 28th, 2021 KAMALIKA PIERIS The War crimes’ charge, with its wild claims of excessive deaths needed international support. Therefore Eelamists pushed for ‘impartial’ reports on Eelam War IV (2006-2009).The result was four reports which discussed the war crimes of Eelam War IV. They are Report of the Secretary-General’s Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri   Lanka (Darusman  report), March 2011 the Commission of Inquiry on Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation, (LLRC report) November 2011 The Report on the second mandate of the Presidential...