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Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga: Sri Lanka’s Daughter of Destiny, Celebrates her 80th Birthday on June 29th.
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga – who celebrates her 80th birthday on 29 June 2025 – made history in November 1994 when she was elected as Sri Lanka’s first female executive president. Kumaratunga ...
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How Tiger Intelligence Chief “Pottu Ammaan” , His Wife and their Three Sons Died in the Final Phase of the War. – dbsjeyaraj.com
By D.B.S. Jeyaraj Shanmuganathan Sivashankar alias “Pottu Ammaan”, the former intelligence chief of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is a keen topic of discussion these days within a Europe ...
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Tamil parties have started a give-and-take approach in the formation of local authorities, keeping in mind their individual interests.
It can be seen that the Tamil parties have divided into two camps, namely the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) and the Tamil People’s Council (TPC). They compete with each other in the process of ...
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Actor – Politico Kamal Haasan in the eye of a Tamil -Kannada “Thug Life” Storm. – dbsjeyaraj.com
Leading Tamil film actor Kamal Haasan -who is no stranger to Sri Lankan film fans – is very much in the news lately, for three reasons. Firstly the actor-politico will be elected in July to the Indian ...
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The anti-Sumanthiran hysteria that has prevailed in northern politics for many years is an impediment to unity among the Tamil polity. – dbsjeyaraj.com
The anti-Sumanthiran hysteria that has prevailed in northern politics for many years is an impediment to unity among the Tamil polity.
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Success of Ilankai Thamil Arasuk Katchi (ITAK) at the North-Eastern Local Govt Elections Vindicates Party Secretary M.A. Sumanthiran. – dbsjeyaraj.com
The Jathika Vimukthi Peramuna(JVP) led National People’s Power(NPP) recorded a landslide victory at the Parliamentary elections held in November 2024. The personal popularity of President Anura Kumara ...
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President Dissanayake’s speech at the National War Heroes’ Commemoration Ceremony must be commended. While Sinhalese nationalists have strongly condemned his speech, it is ...
President Dissanayake’s speech at the National War Heroes’ Commemoration Ceremony must be commended. While Sinhalese nationalists have strongly condemned his speech, it is unfortunate that Tamil ...
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Sri Lanka’s NPP Govt Must Implement Its Pre-election Promise of Repealing the Draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act(PTA) - dbsjeyaraj.com
(M.A. Sumanthiran is a President’s Counsel practising at Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court, a former Member of Parliament of Jaffna, and the General Secretary of the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi) In the many ...
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“There can be no peace without freedom of religion, freedom of thought, freedom of expression and respect for the views of others.Nor is peace possible without true ...
On Easter Sunday 2025, Pope Francis did not deliver his speech in person, though he briefly greeted the faithful with a brief “Brothers and Sisters, Happy Easter”. The pope’s traditio, “urbi et orbi,” ...
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Politicization of the Military,Rajapaksa Family’s Divisive Politics and the Sarath Fonseka- Jagath Jayasuriya Feud – dbsjeyaraj.com
The United Lingdom (UK) has imposed sanctions on four Sri Lankans allegedly responsible for serious human rights abuses and violations committed during the war between the Sri Lankan armed forces and ...
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“Corona”Karuna: The Chequered History of an Eastern Warlord.
By D.B.S.Jeyaraj Former Eastern regional commander of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan is very much in the news again. Muralitharan whose nom de guerre in the ...