Repeal and reform
A two-thirds majority in the legislature is indeed a mandate for constitutional change, but the winner ought to decide whether…
New Delhi is committed to full implementation of 13th Amendment
A delegation of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) called on the Indian High Commissioner, Gopal Baglay, here on Friday. The…
Living off borrowed money
As Sri Lanka struggles with outstanding foreign debt, rural households across the country have been living off borrowings after exhausting their savings. Meera Srinivasan reports on how those…
Is India washing its hands off Sri Lankan Tamils?
To say that the political decimation of the parties that claim to speak for the Sri Lankan Tamils has been…
2020 Parliamentary Election Results- An analysis
The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP)-led alliance secured 151 of 225 seats in Sri Lanka’s August 2020 parliamentary polls. With…
The next months and years will bring major challenges
Twice postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, Sri Lankans finally voted on Wednesday, 5 August in the country’s parliamentary election.…
British MPs calls for sanctions
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils (APPGT) in the UK has called upon Britain’s Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, to implement…
People reward dominant leaders
On Aug. 5, Sri Lankans put on masks and voted in South Asia’s first major election since the start of…
2020 elections: Implications for India
the August 5, 2020 elections in Sri Lanka has been a turning point: first, it was organised amidst opposition and…
A turning point
The Mahinda Rajapaksa-led Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP, Sri Lanka People’s Front) has swept the August 5, 2020, Parliamentary Elections. SLPP received…