COLOMBO: In a progressive step welcomed by Tamil leaders, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday appointed Reginald Cooray, an acclaimed leftist liberal and a veteran Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) politician, as Governor of […]
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Saturday claimed that his victory in the elections saved his predecessor Mahinda Rajapaksa from being hauled before an international war crimes court. “He (Mr Rajapaksa) was publicly lamenting that […]
Flexibility in implementing UNHRC resolution is acceptable by Zacki Jabbar The Sri Lankan government was looking at various options within the limits of what they have defined as their preference in the manner in which war […]
By Tisaranee Gunasekara – “Cultural purity is an oxymoron.” – Kwame Anthony Appiah (Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers) The Independence Day celebrations commenced with the national anthem sung in Sinhala and concluded with the […]
By Hasitha Ayeshmantha and Ashanthi Warunasuriya Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Media Spokesperson and former Parliamentarian Suresh Premachandran states that holding football matches between Sinhala and Tamil schools will not pave the way for a proper […]
Who is funding MR’s new party? The tug-of-war between President Maithripala Sirisena and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa to get the reins of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has reached its penultimate stage with the […]
By Hasitha Ayeshmantha and Ashanthi Warunasuriya Propaganda Secretary of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, parliamentarian Vijitha Herath states that continuing the reconciliation process without a proper action plan will be pointless. Speaking toThe Sunday Leader, the […]
Negotiations on the implementation of UNHRC resolutions on Sri Lanka that should be a diplomatic exercise to iron out the wrinkles are being subverted into a verbal political brawl by the defeated President Mahinda Rajapaksa […]
Final stage of the war by Rajan Philips Even for those of us who are not (western) classists, it would makes sense to know that the resolution of a dilemma in logic and rhetoric involves […]
Now President Maithiri says ”I saved Mahinda from the electric chair” Today the 14th of February 2016 President Maithripala Sirisena said that he is the one who saved former President Mahinda Rajapaksa from being sent […]
