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501 Tamil-Muslim students honoured in Kattankudy today, By: S.M.M. Ramzan
The function to honour 501 Tamil-Muslim students who have passed the ‘Grade V’ Scholarship Examination in Tamil Medium from the Ampara, Batticaloa and...
Colombo police reaches out to Tamil community
Police stations in Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, have opened special units to take down statements in the country’s main minority language, Tamil. So...
Will the Malays be discarded again?, By Saybhan Samat
Election fever is running wild, with the presidential election scheduled for January 26th. After that, the parliamentary election will be held, these elections...
We should not forget Rizana, By Saybhan Samat
Early this year it was reported that Kifaya Ifthikar, a social worker, who met Rizana in prison, said the maid looked sick and that the doctors had...
Whose Country is it Anyway?, By Dayan Jayatilleka
Three perspectives on Sri Lankan identity [Slightly revised version of the 12th Bakeer Markar Memorial lecture on ‘Challenges to Strengthening Sri Lankan...
Why this Indifference towards (Sri Lankan) Muslims?
One after the other political leaders from the west, especially Britain and France, rushed to the island to show their humanitarian concern for the displaced...
People’s alliance is what required for lasting peace, by Dr.M.A.Mohamed Saleem
How to foster lasting peace in this country after three turbulent decades is the topmost discussion point today wherever Sri Lankans meet. There is a strong...
Citizens’ Commission to investigate expulsion of Northern Muslims
The Law and Society Trust (LST) together with the Community Trust Fund (CTF), the People’s Secretariat (PS) and the Rural Development Foundation (RDF) has...
Muslims settled by King Senerath in the East reciprocate by resisting ‘Eelam’! by M.M. Zuhair P.C
Ashroff King Senerath, who in 1626 settled nearly 4,000 Muslims in the East of Sri Lanka following their expulsion from the island’s Western coastal belt...