We give one particular instance of close collusion between the political establishment, the underworld and the Police during the Premadasa era, which gives the general flavour of things. The UNP faced ...

While the Tamil community no longer mobilizes in the streets or gathers at iconic locations like Galle Face, as they did during the ‘Aragalaya,’ one of their most fundamental demands remains steadfast ...

The Soul of a Nation. That a nation has a soul was introduced by Plato in the Republic, in which he stated that the state is infused with a soul that resembles the soul of an indi ...

Hindu temples were symbols of the cultural richness that was proudly revered by the Hindu Tamils of the North-Eastern Province. They were considered a national tradition for the Hindu Tamils. But due ...

A representative group of over hundred people are submitting their responses to the Director General of the Coast Conservation and Coastal Management Department at Maligawatta on the 6th of January. A ...

A new video shows the LTTE media TV announcer Isaipriya’s naked body lies with the hundreds of dead bodies, but this time her hands are untied. The security forces officer speaking in Sinhala language ...

We Sri Lankans lulled ourselves into thinking we were a democracy, but the ongoing protests show we never were. Organizations quote principles. Whether they live by them is what determines if they ...

After reviewing the economy’s performance during the first two years of its stewardship IMF noted that without reforming governance economic stability and economic growth would be slow and shaky.

In recent years the History of Sri Lanka has become an important subject, not only because it is in school curriculum, but also because it has been used to shape politics and justify the ...

Independence has been a long mirage in geostrategic Ceylon/ Sri Lanka where history seems to repeat itself as tragedy and farce in equal measure. This week, the geostrategic Indian Ocean island is set ...

Ranil Wickremesinghe thinks that the whole country is his playground, another ‘Batalanda’. As Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the leader of the National People’s Power (NPP), tells his audiences at almost ...

As predicted, Sri Lanka’s National People’s Power (NPP) party has achieved a landslide victory in the parliamentary elections. This win marks a historic shift, especially as it has united a ...