By Dharisha Bastians. Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday vowed to make it his mission to topple the National Unity Government and regain power in 2017, nearly two years after he was ousted in a shocking […]
by Upul Joseph Fernando – The first official statement issued by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, after his defeat, appeared in the print media last week. The statement looked to be a sad note from the […]
The Christmas Midnight Mass assassination of Tamil National Alliance Parliamentarian Joseph Pararajasingham eleven years ago on 24 December 2005 in Batticaloa underscored the ‘trigger happy’ barbarism which had slaughtered politicians and journalists who had expressed […]
Few days after the verdict in the former Lawmaker Nadaraja Raviraj’s assassination case Colombo based civic rights activists expressed that they are not satisfied with verdict. In a press conference held at CSR in Colombo […]
Opposition Leader R. Sampanthan, in a message issued for the New Year, said his expectation for the New Year was that Sri Lanka would find a permanent and lasting solution to the national question. He […]
The Sirisena-Wickremesinghe government’s efforts to give Sri Lanka a new constitution to address the vexed ethnic issue and strengthen democracy has hit a rough patch. While there were broad-based and transparent public consultations and sub-committees […]
By Latheef Farook – Latheef Farook Racist politics cost $200 billion, death and destruction: Yet monster of racism begins to raise its ugly head and the country, many fear, is heading towards yet another disaster […]
State Minister Vijayakala Maheswaran raised some eyebrows with her recent speech where she admired the slain LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran as an exemplary figure. She praised him as someone of a higher calibre than leaders […]
by Shamindra Ferdinando Civil society grouping Left Centre supportive of the ruling UNP-SLFP coalition yesterday lambasted the administration for its failure to bring those responsible for the wartime assassination of Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP […]
A draft Bill to give effect to the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED) has been presented to Cabinet by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. However, the Defence Ministry and […]
Prof. R. Sivachandran, a Central Committee member of Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK), in an interview with the Dailymirror by email, advocates the Federal structure of government for the North and East. The ITAK is the […]
Professor Emeritus of University of Peradeniya G. H. Peiris who has done extensive research in contemporary politics speaks about unitary and federal concepts, and the way forward for Sri Lanka. In an email interview with, Dailymirror […]
Raviraj killing: Sufficient evidence for indictment | Charges Filed Against Six Suspects in Raviraj’s M The Gun used for kill Raviraj belongs to SLA | At TMVP Leader “Pillaiyaan” Implicated in Assassin ‘Sinhala Only’ Jury […]
By Jehan Perera – Jehan Perera The more positive way to view the year 2016 that comes to a close this week is that it was about the government preparing for the changes to come […]
Flanked by two notorious Buddhist monks, Justice and Buddha Sasana Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe once again played with numbers, claiming that there were 28,000 Sinhalese in Batticaloa before the war, even though statistics released by the Department of […]
Urges govt not to vacate Mailady By Shamindra Ferdinando The National War Heroes Front has taken up with President Maithripala Sirisena a range of contentious issues including the ongoing moves to introduce a new Constitution […]
President Maithripala Sirisena has told the Global Sri Lanka Forum (GSLF) that the recommendations made by the constitutional sub-committee on Periphery and the Centre Relations were merely proposals, members of the group said on Thursday […]
Dear friend, I am sure you are aware of the appeal below to help Mr Paradan to undergo a kidney transplant. I am delighted to inform you that the boy had underwent kidney transplant in Colombo […]
Sri Lanka at A Crossroads – A Tamil Perspective < http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2016/12/25/sri-lanka-at-a-crossroads-a-tamil-perspective/ > THE ISLAND Raviraj murder accused cleared, Sumanthiran faults all-Sinhala jury < http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=157748 > THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS Trial by jury not suitable for politically sensitive […]
Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa gave 50 Million to kill MP Raviraj Says former police Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian and senior human rights lawyer M.A. Sumanthiran says the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and Attorney-General’s Department […]
