Tag: Tamils

Accountability cannot be established in the absence of credible and verifiable data says security expert Prof.Rohan Gunaratna

The Pottuvil-Poligandy long march united antagonistic Tamil parties and brought together disparate Tamil-speaking communities including Muslims

Muslims in the North and East ,who also have serious issues with the Sri Lankan government, joined the march at various places.

The Tamils' radical demands will only harden the stand of the majority community, whose views no democratic country can ignore, a top Sri Lankan official said.

Sampath Amaratunge, Chairman of the University Grants Commission, said that the Vice-Chancellor of Jaffna University decided to remove the monument on Friday night as it was a threat to national unity.

Cooperation with Colombo for economic development is the need of the hour, says senior Lankan Tamil journalist Veeragathy Thanabalasingham