Absence of War is not Peace
Delivering the S.J.V. Chelvanayakam memorial lecture 'Absence of War is not Peace' organised by the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchchi’s Colombo branch on 25 April 2015,...
Ananthy to meet President
Northern Province council member Ananthy Sasitharan has said that she has decided to speak directly with the President about those who surrendered and then disappeared...
President for early elections
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has apparently decided to order early Parliamentary elections in the hope that it will yield a Legislature which will enable...
Governor rejects allegations lands in Sampur given to LTTE terrorists
The Governor of the Eastern Province Austin Fernando vehemently rejected the allegations that the lands in Sampur in Trincomalee District have been given to the...
Doubts about value of N.S.A.’s Spying
The secrecy surrounding the National Security Agency’s post-9/11 warrantless surveillance and bulk data collection program hampered its effectiveness, and many members of the intelligence community...
Sri Lanka: Widows of War
Al Jazeera's 101 East programme examined the plight of thousands of widows struggling to survive, mainly in the North-East of Sri Lanka. Speaking to several...
Sri Lanka to pass RTI legislation
Sri Lanka may soon have its own RTI (Right to Information) law. Called the “Right to Know Information” legislation, the proposed law is part of the...
Meeting between President and ex President cancelled
A meeting that was reportedly scheduled between Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has been cancelled. United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA)...
Wigneswaran’s Letter Violated Protocol
Northern Province Chief Minister C V Wigneswaran may have broken protocol when he officially wrote to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to consider...
China’s revival of ‘South–South’ economic relations
China’s revival of ‘South–South’ economic relations raises the opportunity of re-balancing global power. This could have profound implications for economic progress, including poverty reduction and...
Xi’s visit: Pakistan and the US
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Pakistan a few days back was received with much fanfare and excitement. Not only the government but also the...
International involvement needed to solve Tamil issues
Speaking to the press on Tuesday 21 April Northern Provincial Councillor (NPC) MK Sivajilingam. said that it is only through the international community can the political...
Measuring change in Sri Lanka
Shortly after the election of President Maithripala Sirisena and the appointment of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe we published our ‘yardstick for change’ – a series...
No complaint against Sri Lankan Navy
The Indian government did not get any complaint against Sri Lankan navy hurling petrol bombs at Indian fishermen, the Minister of State for External Affairs...
Frittered and frazzled
The date should have been one to celebrate: April 23rd was the hundredth day since Maithripala Sirisena formed a government after winning a fraught presidential...