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With the experience, the Sri Lankan security forces have gained during the more than the thirty-year-long war against the LTTE, the Sri Lankan chapter of the terrorist group that is behind the massacres in three churches and three luxury hotels on Ea
Almost all western countries such as US, UK, France, Canada, Germany and Australia have experienced flash terrorist attacks in the not too distant past. Terrorist attacks therefore unfortunately are a fact of life in the in the 21st century. If one t
April 21, 2019 will be remembered as one of our darkest of days. The deadly, near simultaneous suicide attacks that ripped through churches and hotels in Sri Lanka snatching 253 precious lives and injuring 521 individuals....
As recent events have shown, religious extremism is going to be the biggest challenge of our times. In every part of the world, extremists hijack religion to push their evil agendas, be it ISIS in the Middle East, Shiv Sena in India or the Bodu Bala
In the aftermath of the crushing of the LTTE by the armed forces of this country, the people of Sri Lanka firmly believed a genuine peaceful era had dawned, and the country would settle into a peaceful era which existed in the pre-JR Jayawardena era.
A week into the serial suicide bombings carried out by Islamist extremists, targeting places across Colombo and Batticaloa, Sri Lanka security forces are carrying out search and mop up operations across the country.....
Easter Sunday is celebrated by Christians, both Catholic and Protestant, as the day on which the crucified Jesus Christ rose from the dead. It is a joyful day on which Christians sing jubilantly – Death, where is your sting? Grave, where is your vi
In the aftermath of the Easter Sunday slaughter which left hundreds killed or injured and made Sri Lanka an international lead story for the wrong reasons, peaceful and responsible citizens need to focus more on finding a solution than finding fault,
“The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holder’s lack of rational conviction. Opinions in politics and religion are almost always held passionately.” ~
As the case with the Christians in Sri Lanka has been, the two million Muslims in the country too have not been able to come to terms with the situation after the barbaric terrorist attacks on innocent men, women and....
A fear psychosis in society was the immediate fallout from the brutal and shocking attacks on Easter Sunday morning that was driven deep into the social psyche with more frightening news in the days that followed; a suspicious vehicle exploded...
As Sri Lankans wake up each day praying for peace and a troublefree day there is still no room to shut our minds from the thought that terrorism still haunts this island nation. Schools are temporary closed and we have some solace...
As the country has been plunged into chaos and the people are struggling to recover from the shock of Easter Sunday’s terrorist carnage, my pains are multiple. It pains me to watch television news...
We in the Daily Mirror roundly condemn in the strongest possible terms, the bomb attacks on three churches – St. Anthony’s Church at Kochchikade in Colombo, St. Sebastian’s Church at Katuwapitiya in Negombo and Zion Church in Baticaloa and the
Just over a year ago, on March 6, 2018 to be precise, following inter-religious unrest in Digana and elsewhere Lakshman Kiriella (UNP) said in Parliament that ‘a resolution should be brought and Buddhists should apologize to the Muslims in connecti
Sri Lanka was so accustomed to the peace that dawned after the end of the war on May 19, 2009 that it relaxed security measures. The country, under two successive Governments, dispensed with all wartime restrictions and relaxed security measures dur
Reading the mind of someone practising the Islam faith would be much difficult than reading the mind of a terrorist. This could be because there are many breakaway sects of the Islam faith; each claiming purity of the religion in the way it is practi
The late Lalith Athulathmudali was at one time the Minister for National Security and one who took his responsibility very seriously and never forgot that he was primarily accountable to the people of this nation. The recent suicide bomb blasts were
Violence is designed to challenge our democratic values, which were formed and endorsed in saner times. When bombs are set off they bring out some of our natural instincts for safety and, in the process, weaken our connections to our values and erode
While the Sri Lankan government ignored the warning by India’s foreign intelligence agency of the possibility of Islamic terrorist attacks here, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it appears, is going to be an unexpected beneficiary of the Easter
As news broke out last Sunday that multiple blasts in Sri Lanka had killed and injured hundreds, the country’s officials announced that social media would be blocked to avoid the spread of rumours and disinformation.
Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize Winner once said: “It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it!!!” No words could describ
As Sri Lanka looks to pick up the pieces and rebuild a shattered nation following a series of suicide bombings, its citizens now ponder on the thought unlike never before as to what holds in store for them in the future.
Easter is celebrated as a day of hope, life and end to violence. But this Easter day has been marred by violence and death on a large scale. We categorically condemn the brutal Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels around Sri Lanka. We convey
The Easter Sunday bombings that killed nearly 300 innocent people, mostly worshippers celebrating Easter, came as a rude shock to the Muslim community. Muslim families watched in disbelief as the events unfolded and the finger was pointed at ‘Islam
It was a calculated massacre. This is terrorism and nothing else that nobody could and should tolerate. It must be rooted out forthwith. Are the Easter Sunday massacres in three churches in Colombo, Negombo and Batticaloa and three leading tourist
Questions will keep racing through everyone’s minds. Why Sri Lanka? Why now? Why churches and hotels? Why was Sri Lanka targeted and why was it done? Our harrowing history of war, conflict and polarisation, is again on the knife edge and may tak
Dr. Rohan Gunaratna, Professor of Security Studies at the S. Rajaratnam Centre for International Studies in Singapore, says that the serial bombings in Colombo and two other towns in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, appear to be the handiwork of the Islam
On December 26 last year, scores of Buddhist statues in Mawanella were vandalized. A Criminal Investigation Department (CID)investigation led to the arrest of seven suspects, including one who was caught by the locals, allegedly while undertaking the
The co-operatives (Known as Multi-Purpose Cooperative Societies-MPCS) in the North have gained significant funds through the Budgets for 2018 and 2019. These allocations totalling over Rs 2.5 billion....
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