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Undoubtedly, Mahavamsafocuses essentially on the Sinhala-Buddhists. What else could historian Mahanama do writing in the 5th century? What else was there for  him to write about at the time? He couldn’t write about the...

Part 1 “And the soothsayers, when they saw the seats prepared, foretold: ‘The earth is occupied by these (bhikkus); they will be lords upon the island.’ – Mahavamsa–IV:53. . In the opening paragraph Bhikku...

Last Thursday, just before the courts closed for Christmas holidays, the Supreme Court, sticking strictly to a legalistic path, put an end to the controversial issue of defining the powers of President Maithripala Sirisena,...

TIME: What was the immediate reason for calling an election? President KUMARATUNGA: I was forced into it by a total breakdown of cohabitation in government. The Prime Minister (Ranil Wickremesinghe) was determined to harass...

Right now Ranil Wickremesinghe, the ex-Prime Minister holding the exceptional record of being sacked twice by the presidency, is in a dilemma: he does not know whether to leave or not to leave “Temple...

“A reply to one of Justice Wigneswaran’s perceptions of historical facts” It is quite apparent that Justice C.V. Wigneswaran’s (JW) “perceptions of historical facts”, adumbrated in his letter to  Gallege Punyawardana, President of the...

One of the imperatives that drives the Tamil separatist lobby is the yearning to be on the side of history that makes them look and sound great. They need this appearance of greatness most...

In his role of raising the flag for communalism (not nationalism) Ponnambalam stands out as the Father of Tamil Communalism. His entry into politics in 1931 marks the beginning of communal politics on a...

At first sight, the question of who landed first on Sri Lankan soil, repeated in the headline above, may seem silly, futile and irrelevant. But it should not be dismissed  lightly because the Tamil...