Image; Tamil residents of Mullaitivu protest against BBS head Gnanasara, who led the illegal cremation .
Northern Province Governor Dr. Suren Raghavan yesterday insisted that politicians...
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) said yesterday President Maithripala Sirisena should not have exercised his executive powers arbitrarily when pardoning Galagodaaththe Gnanasara...
The Tamil National Alliance unequivocally condemns the President’s act of pardoning Ven. Gnanasara Thero by abusing the Constitutional powers vested in the Head of...
The letter signed by a set of powerful Buddhist leaders including two Mahanayakes and the Diyawadana Nilame of Dalada Maligawa, and addressed to Buddha...
(8 July, 2018/SO)
There are two new developments in Sri Lanka’s contemporary politics which is getting crystalized and clearer these days. They are: (a) the...
(24 June 2018 Sunday Observer )After the sentencing of Galagodaththe Gnansara Thera to six months rigorous imprisonment for criminal intimidation earlier this month, his...
Image: BBS General Secretary outside Homagama court in 2016.
by Anurangi Singh
When the General Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena threatened her in open court in...
By Nursheila Muez and Jessica Yeo Jia Lin, RSIS.
A recent road accident involving a Sinhalese truck driver and four Muslim men in the Kandy district...
Image: Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara, secretary of Bodhu Bala Sena also known as Buddhist Power Force, gestures during a protest outside the Indian High Commission in...
Image: Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thera.
The Island political correspondent, C.A. Chandraprema, was threatened on 19th Nov. by Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thera while the former was at the funeral...
Image: The group that led the attack on UNHCR safe house where 31 Rohingya refugees were staying.
Mangala amaraaweera.
I would like to condemn in the strongest...
C.A. Chandraprema, a columnist in The Island has written a hard hitting commentary on Monk Ganansara and his alleged backers. Chandraprema is the editor...
Image: BBS leader Gnanasara with his body guards
Who is a Buddhist? That’s a simple question but one that can yield innumerable answers.
The innumerability of...
Hilmi Ahamed.
President Maithripala Sirisena says that the Muslim IDPs have encroached and destroyed land belonging to the Wilpattu National Park (June 2015).
President Sirisena says...
Image: Mahinda Rajapaksa courtesy of FCA, Sri Lanka.
by Hilmi Ahamed.
Justice and Buddha Sasana Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe is seen as a blatant liar by the...
BBS Gnanasara led civil and robed extremists showing their strength in Kandy, in Nov 2016.
The JVP yesterday slammed the Government for failing to protect...
Image: BBS General Secretary Galagoda aththe Gnansara at the Sugathadasa Stadium during a rally to welcome Myanmar's hardline 969 monk Ashin Wirathu.
Radical Buddhist monks...
Image: Picture of the mosque road board was destroyed ,later a Buddhist flag erected in its place.
Dear Mr. Jayasundara,
Attached herewith, is a follow-up Complaint...
Image: BBS head Galabodaatthe Gnanasara threatening a Muslim clergy (file photo).
By Jehan Perera.
The passage of the second reading of the budget by a 2/3...
Image: Extremist Buddhist monks has become violent hate mongers in recent times in SriLanka.
I a letter to Inspector General of Police with copies to...
(A Thera of the ‘Singha Le’ organisation and Azad Sallyin trying to make their voices heard. Picture by Mahinda Withanachchi)
A tense situation erupted during...
(image: An armed Sri Lankan soldier on alert as unarmed policemen inspect a deserted street following sectarian clashes between the majority Sinhalese and the...
( Galagoda Atte Gnanasara)
Homagama Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake filed a Contempt of Court action in the Court of Appeal against Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General...
(BBS Gnanasara)
Bodu Bala Sena Organisation General Secretary Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera who came to the Colombo National Hospital yesterday morning, tied a pirith...
Bodu Bala Sena organization General Secretary Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera currently under remand custody, comes out of the Homagama Magistrates' Court after attending...
Pandemonium reigned at the Homagama Magistrate's Court premises with three Buddhist monks threatening to self-immolate in protest against the arrest of Bodu Bala Sena...
Bodu Bala Sena General Secretary Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thera was remanded till February 9 by Homagama Magistrate's Court a short while ago.
He was arrested this...
Brigadier K. K. S. Parakum of Mechanized Infantry Regiment has entered the Sampathnuwara District Hospital a few days ago and threatened the medical staff...
Dear Secretary Pompeo:
I am writing on behalf of Amnesty International and our 10 million members, supporters
and activists worldwide. Founded in 1961, Amnesty International is...
