The Island7d
The JVP insurrection of 1971 as I saw it as GA Ampara
In April 1971, there occurred the JVP insurrection which assumed significant proportions in the Ampara district. Rohana ...
The Island3d
Pathirana asks govt. to table in House all Commission reports submitted since ‘94
The SJB has called on the government to table in Parliament the reports of all commissions of inquiry and presidential ...
The Sunday Times3y
‘JVP will bring new blood and spirit into politics’
The guru-gola (teacher-pupil) acquaintance began 40 years ago - in 1964 when Mr.Kumarasiri was contesting the Hakmana parliamentary seat in the deep south, and had picked the father of Rohana ...
The Sunday Times16y
A docu-film in search of Justice
The maiden screening of 'In Search of Justice' (Vinischya Soya), a documentary film based on the life of Rohana Wijeweera was screened at National Film Corporation theatre at Bauddhaloka Mawatha, ...
The Daily Mirror1mon
‘Rani’ must be followed by a film on Thajudeen!
From Lasantha Wickrematunge to Wasim Thajudeen and Vijaya Kumarathunga and even JVP founder Rohana Wijeweera were subject to bloody murders. Some of these murders are likely to fuel the ...
JVP’s victory is a setback for India
Under the leadership of its founder, Rohana Wijeweera, the JVP led uprisings that terrorized Sri Lanka in the 1970s and 1980s ...