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The Bulathwatte bewilderment
The reinstatement of an army intelligence official implicated in...
Army Intelligence Major Prabath Bulathwatte has been back in the spotlight after Army Commander Mahesh Senanayake stunned civil society in a television interview last week, announcing that the officer, who was interdicted for allegedly running the white van squad responsible for a slew of attacks against journalists, had been reinstated into a team under Senanayake’s...
2019-05-18 18:30:00
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Tackling Islamophobia
It was a calm afternoon months before the unpleasant incident in Dharga town, Beruwala 2014. The location was the University of Kelaniya, and a group of friends were gathered around a table and eating a lunch packet. There was a Muslim girl in the group too, one could clearly say just by looking at the shawl drooping down her shoulders.The friendly talk was about...
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Ransacked Muslim business places
A trio under scrutiny following anti-Muslim attacks
Three weeks after the April 26 attacks mobs rampaged through the towns of Minuwangoda and Kuliyapitiya attacking Muslim owned houses and businesses. The violence eventually left one person dead. Despite the Easter Sunday attacks the country had till then been relatively calm except for some isolated incidents casting a shadow of doubt on the possibility of sudden...
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Burnt to cinders
Anti - Muslim attacks: Mobs on the rampage in three districts
An irredeemable gloom hung over the air. On Tuesday (14) evening Kottaramulla, in Nattandiya, was uncomfortably silent. As the 6.00 p m police curfew approached army personnel and police officers patrolled deserted streets. They would stop and check all vehicles going past that way.A day after an organised gang, of about 400 men, on motor-bikes armed with swords, poles,...
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Rebuilding from tragedy
The reconstruction of the churches hit by the Easter Sunday tragedy is underway, marking the beginning of a long walk towards normalcyAlmost a month after the horrific Easter Sunday attack spread tremors through the country, life is now picking up, one brick at a time. Reconstruction of the churches where the atrocities took place has already begun, which is an important...
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Pandal-making in Sri Lanka
The bond between Vesak and the Buddhist community is inseparable. Discerning and interpreting the ultimate truth preached by the...
Batticaloa campus: Did Hizbullah misuse his office?
Members of the Parliamentary Subcommittee on Higher Education led by Prof. Ashu Marasinghe, visited the Eastern Province late...
Civil society activists call for end to extremism
A few weeks after the Easter Sunday brutal terrorist attack, the country is set on fire again with the organised terrorism...
Army Commander Lt. Gen. Mahesh Senanayake responds to questions by journalists on reinstatement of Major Prabath Bulathwatte
Q: In an interview with a leading television channel recently you mentioned that the country’s intelligence services had...
Sri Lanka: Refugees fear for their safety amid desperate conditions
The Sri Lankan government must ensure that the more than 1,100 refugees and asylum-seekers forced from their homes by violent...
The High Road
After the horrific events of Easter Sunday, the universal principles of harmonious co-existence and reconciliation espoused by my...

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