Canadian citizenship laws toughened to confront ‘ever evolving threat of terrorism’ Over 140 000 Sri Lankan citizens in Canada could face the risk of losing their Canadian citizenship or return to Sri Lanka after a […]
A total of 76 members of parliament (MPs) are attended the public rally supporting former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, currently underway in Matara, according to former Minister Bandula Gunawardena. Anti Tamil parliamentarians were on the front […]
Mangala Samaraweera, Minister of Foreign Affairs has today made a statement in response to the question by Opposition Leader Nimal Siripala De Silva pertaining to the meeting of GTF and TNA. We publish below the statement […]
By Saman Indrajith Former Sri Lankan permanent representative to the UN in Geneva, Tamara Kunanayagam had acted on the LTTE’s behalf and aided and abetted the LTTE’s interests through her propaganda, it was alleged in […]
The new Sri Lankan government must make reconciliation a top priority in order to move the country past a brutal, decades-long civil war. Amirthalingam, a senior lecturer at the University of Colombo, declares. “The government […]
The previous Rajapaksa regime initiated a plan to interact closely with the Tamil Diaspora soon after the end of the war in 2009. A group of Tamil professionals from various parts of the world arrived […]
By Shamindra Ferdinando The US embassy in Colombo declined to say whether it had advised Secretary of State John Kerry as regards ‘political prisoners’ in Sri Lanka prompting him to urge the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe administration to […]
Dasun Edirisinghe reporting from Matara Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said that he would accept the people’s invitation to contest the next general election as the prime ministerial candidate. In a message read out at […]
Many people will be surprised to know that they are entitled to request and scrutinise their MPs’asset declarations. We have tested the system thoroughly and it works. Here’s all you need to know. Who has […]
Minister Arjuna Ranatunga attending a training camp “Save Sports in Sri Lanka” on 12 June said that the former president had to take responsibility for the ruination of sport in the country. He said this […]
