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These are boys who were trained by us
Features

These are boys who were trained by us

eyeadmin
28th November 202228th November 2022
In 1987, the Indian security and intelligence apparatus is believed to have assured Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi that Tamil armed groups in Sri Lanka would...
Make the Sri Lanka Army leaner and meaner
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Make the Sri Lanka Army leaner and meaner

eyeadmin
22nd November 2022
Scholars have pointed out that Sri Lanka has an Army far too big for its size and population, and has a military that is ill-suited...
Interests and expectations much more widespread
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Interests and expectations much more widespread

eyeadmin
10th October 202210th October 2022
Implementing key aspects of the UNHRC Resolution 51/L1/Rev1 is crucial for promoting human rights, accountability and economic stability in Sri Lanka The Global Tamil Forum...
Why Australia’s Indo-Pacific Endeavor Is Different This Year
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Why Australia’s Indo-Pacific Endeavor Is Different This Year

eyeadmin
4th October 20224th October 2022
On September 26, Australia’s annual flagship naval engagement activity in the region, the Indo-Pacific Endeavor (IPE), kicked off for its fifth iteration since beginning in...
Following Quad Summit, SFRC Chairman Menendez Urges Greater Focus on Sri Lanka
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Following Quad Summit, SFRC Chairman Menendez Urges Greater Focus on Sri Lanka

eyeadmin
11th June 20224th October 2022
“In the spirit of that tradition, today’s iteration of the Quad can lead the way in working to avoid an economic implosion in Sri Lanka...
Eye Sri Lanka wishes its readers a peaceful and prosperous Sinhala and Tamil New Year
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Eye Sri Lanka wishes its readers a peaceful and prosperous Sinhala and Tamil New Year

eyeadmin
13th April 202213th April 2022
We are at a critical path as the country faces critical challenges. The path we choose will define us as a Nation and influence our...
Bangladesh: A Different Story Than Sri Lanka And Pakistan?
Features

Bangladesh: A Different Story Than Sri Lanka And Pakistan?

eyeadmin
13th April 202213th April 2022
According to World Bank’s latest report, Bangladesh (South Asian country) has a strong track record of development and prosperity. Over the last decade, it has...
Sri Lanka faces solvency issues
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Sri Lanka faces solvency issues

eyeadmin
27th March 202227th March 2022
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published its Article IV Staff Report on Sri Lanka. The IMF report-2021 Article IV consultation with Sri Lanka has...
Bachelet wants alternate strategies
News

Bachelet wants alternate strategies

eyeadmin
5th March 20225th March 2022
The Human Rights Council held separate interactive dialogues on the situation of human rights in Sri Lanka on 4th March 2022. Michelle Bachelet, United Nations...
Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka
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Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka

eyeadmin
26th February 202226th February 2022
The report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Sri Lanka to the 49th UNHRC session was released on 25 February 2020....
Repeal of PTA
News

Repeal of PTA

eyeadmin
8th February 20228th February 2022
Releasing a 59-page report, ‘“In a Legal Black Hole’: Sri Lanka’s Failure to Reform the Prevention of Terrorism Act,” Human Rights Watch documents misuse of...
Sri Lanka is delivering on its commitment to address accountability and reconciliation
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Sri Lanka is delivering on its commitment to address accountability and reconciliation

eyeadmin
1st February 20221st February 2022
The Government of Sri Lanka submitted a Briefing Note on Human Rights to the UNHRC March session on 26 January 2022. Briefing Note on Human...
Covid-19 pandemic  exposed weaknesses of democratic leaders
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Covid-19 pandemic exposed weaknesses of democratic leaders

eyeadmin
23rd January 202223rd January 2022
The Human Rights Watch World Report 2022, reviewing human rights practices and developments in more than 100 countries around the globe, was released this week....
Operation Flycatcher: disrupting Sri Lanka’s terrorist networks
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Operation Flycatcher: disrupting Sri Lanka’s terrorist networks

eyeadmin
12th January 202212th January 2022
Boosting the ability of frontline border officers to detect travelers as potential terrorists was the focus of a counter- terrorism (CT) and border management operation...
Sri Lanka’s Currency Crisis
Economic

Sri Lanka’s Currency Crisis

eyeadmin
1st January 20221st January 2022
Sri Lanka ends 2021 with foreign currency reserves in hand (US$1.6 billion) to support a month of imports. For much of the year, a shortage...
Wishing you Peace throughout the New Year
Features

Wishing you Peace throughout the New Year

eyeadmin
31st December 202131st December 2021
Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and...
A wake-up call for our region
Features

A wake-up call for our region

eyeadmin
7th December 20217th December 2021
Speaking at the 5th Indian Ocean Conference in Abu Dhabi on 05 December 2021, Mr. Wickremesinghe said the recurrent lock-downs have driven large numbers of...
TNA-GTF calls for US role in  human rights and reconciliation
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TNA-GTF calls for US role in human rights and reconciliation

eyeadmin
26th November 20212nd December 2021
Tamil National Alliance (TNA) delegation together with Global Tamil Forum (GTF) representatives (the "Delegation"), had many significant engagements in the US between November 15 –...
In India’s embrace?
Features

In India’s embrace?

eyeadmin
15th October 202115th October 2021
India and Sri Lanka now appear to be shedding doubts and reservations about each other and getting closer in multiple ways simultaneously. India’s urgency to...
India lost its influence?
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India lost its influence?

eyeadmin
12th October 202112th October 2021
The Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora, including some former cadre of the defunct Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), are “seriously concerned” over the large-scale and...
General Debate on Human Rights
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General Debate on Human Rights

eyeadmin
15th September 202115th September 2021
The Human Rights Council continued the general debate on the global human rights update presented by Michele Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human...
Look forward to seeing concrete actions
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Look forward to seeing concrete actions

eyeadmin
14th September 202114th September 2021
Presenting an oral update on Sri Lanka at the 48th session of UNHRCUN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet today said that ” We...
Sri Lanka’s economic crisis poses challenges for India
Economic

Sri Lanka’s economic crisis poses challenges for India

eyeadmin
10th September 202113th September 2021
India’s ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy towards Sri Lanka had resonated with Sri Lanka’s ‘India First’ foreign and security policy in 2020. India is Sri Lanka’s third...
Not bound by any resolution passed without its consent
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Not bound by any resolution passed without its consent

eyeadmin
8th September 202113th September 2021
Replying to the follow up Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence on the visit to...
Financial crisis is one of the major challenges
Economic

Financial crisis is one of the major challenges

eyeadmin
7th September 202113th September 2021
The financial crisis in Sri Lanka is one of the first major challenges faced by the ruling Rajapaksa family as traders, importers and the opposition...
Is Sri Lanka’s Approach to Import Substitution Sensible?
Economic

Is Sri Lanka’s Approach to Import Substitution Sensible?

eyeadmin
4th September 20216th September 2021
In the immediate aftermath of the onset of the Covid19 pandemic and the unprecedented health and economic crises it unleashed, there was a widespread backlash...
Prospects for Pak-US Relationship under President Biden
Features

Prospects for Pak-US Relationship under President Biden

eyeadmin
3rd September 20216th September 2021
Summary Since independence, Pakistan has followed one-sided pro-United States (US) policies. However, the relations have been mostly vacillating. In the current geostrategic environment, and amidst...
Lessons From Afghan Disaster
Features

Lessons From Afghan Disaster

eyeadmin
3rd September 20216th September 2021
The retreat from Afghanistan by US President Joe Biden is leading to a retreat from Washington’s ambitions of remaking the world as it reevaluates its...
The Battle Between Taliban And Islamic State Khorasan
Features

The Battle Between Taliban And Islamic State Khorasan

eyeadmin
2nd September 20216th September 2021
The last few hours of US presence in Afghanistan have been tumultuous, in tune with the 20-year war in the country which came to an...
International drug running and weapon trading racket aimed at reviving separatist group ?
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International drug running and weapon trading racket aimed at reviving separatist group ?

eyeadmin
1st September 20216th September 2021
An ongoing National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the seizure of 300 kg heroin, five AK-47 rifles and 1,000 live rounds of 9mm ammunition off...
Insufficient progress made
News

Insufficient progress made

eyeadmin
1st September 20211st September 2021
The Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Fabián Salvioli, has submitted a report to Forty-eighth session of the...
Pakistan’s Role in the Future of Afghanistan
News

Pakistan’s Role in the Future of Afghanistan

eyeadmin
29th August 202131st August 2021
Summary The speed of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan has surprised everyone. What was expected to take at least three months took merely a few...
COVID crisis is at a critical juncture
News

COVID crisis is at a critical juncture

eyeadmin
28th August 202131st August 2021
Sri Lanka’s Covid crisis is at a critical juncture the Independent Technical Expert Group (ITEG) said. Nearly 90 percent of the samples sequenced have shown...
India’s interests will be parallel to  the US, but would not be identical
Features

India’s interests will be parallel to the US, but would not be identical

eyeadmin
26th August 202131st August 2021
India is having its moment this August as president of the UN Security Council. For decades, the permanent members of the Security Council have gradually...
Tamil Diaspora Organizations Call for International Arbitration
Features

Tamil Diaspora Organizations Call for International Arbitration

eyeadmin
24th August 202131st August 2021
Tamil diaspora organizations across the world express in a joint letter that any negotiations need to happen with international arbitration for their successful conclusion. They...
The Taliban’s Comeback
Features

The Taliban’s Comeback

eyeadmin
24th August 202124th August 2021
For the past few years, the main geopolitical power struggle in Asia has been the trade and military conflicts between its two largest nations, China...
How Afghanistan Will Influence Geopolitics In The Region
Features

How Afghanistan Will Influence Geopolitics In The Region

eyeadmin
23rd August 202131st August 2021
Afghanistan was the frontline of the United States declared war on terror twenty years ago. This led to the US invasion of the country after...
Indian Origin Tamils of Wanni
Features

Indian Origin Tamils of Wanni

eyeadmin
20th August 202131st August 2021
A few in Sri Lanka are aware that a substantial part of the population of the Wanni region in North Sri Lanka, comprising the districts...
We do not want to have any problem with the international community,
News

We do not want to have any problem with the international community,

eyeadmin
19th August 20211st September 2021
Following the takeover of Afghanistan, the Taliban has held its first official news conference in Kabul, declaring that it wishes peaceful relations with other countries....
Taliban Leaders, Begins Crucial Talks On New Government
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Taliban Leaders, Begins Crucial Talks On New Government

eyeadmin
19th August 202119th August 2021
Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai met with Anas Haqqani, a key member of the Taliban, on Wednesday, as top Taliban leaders arrived in Afghanistan to...
ACT Now
News

ACT Now

eyeadmin
14th August 202131st August 2021
The World Health Organization (WHO) expert group on Sri Lanka has warned that the current rapid spread of the coronavirus indicates that Sri Lanka could...
India, Sri Lanka, Push for divorce rights
News

India, Sri Lanka, Push for divorce rights

eyeadmin
14th August 202131st August 2021
Laws on divorce vary in different countries, intimately bound with women’s rights and access to justice. In many countries where Muslim communities are the minority,...
Fresh EU review on GSP+
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Fresh EU review on GSP+

eyeadmin
14th August 202131st August 2021
Sri Lanka’s compliance to the conventions laid out by the European Union (EU) will come under fresh review next month as a mission is scheduled...
CLIMATE RISK COUNTRY PROFILE: SRI LANKA
Features

CLIMATE RISK COUNTRY PROFILE: SRI LANKA

eyeadmin
12th August 202131st August 2021
Climate change is a major risk to good development outcomes, and the World Bank Group is committed to playing an important role in helping countries...
Reset in Ties?
News

Reset in Ties?

eyeadmin
10th August 202131st August 2021
After months of strain over a number of issues including the cancelled port project in Colombo , Sri Lanka is preparing to send its High...
Bridging The ‘Growing Trust-Deficit’
Features

Bridging The ‘Growing Trust-Deficit’

eyeadmin
10th August 202131st August 2021
The well-earned publicity that the ‘Integrated Country Strategy’ for Sri Lankan missions in India has received in the Indian media is a welcome for more...
India Failed To Fulfill Its Obligations
Features

India Failed To Fulfill Its Obligations

eyeadmin
6th August 202131st August 2021
Deployment of Indian troops in Sri Lanka and establishing of provincial councils by the 13th Amendment to the Constitution are two of the main results...
Running out of options
Economic

Running out of options

eyeadmin
4th August 202110th August 2021
Sri Lanka paid a $1 billion bond last week, but the alarming state of its finances suggests it may have been just another step towards...
Sri Lankan bishops urge government to reopen schools
News

Sri Lankan bishops urge government to reopen schools

eyeadmin
31st July 202110th August 2021
Catholic bishops have urged the Sri Lankan government to reopen schools and take drastic measures to stop the adverse effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on...
Sri Lanka: A country with many challenges
Economic

Sri Lanka: A country with many challenges

eyeadmin
23rd July 202110th August 2021
The US State Department in its 2021 Investment Climate Statement for Sri Lanka has declared Sri Lanka as a country with many challenges that are...
COVID-19 manifested a new economic shock
Economic

COVID-19 manifested a new economic shock

eyeadmin
3rd July 20219th August 2021
The World Bank’s recent report on Sri Lanka highlights the devastating impact the corona virus has had on the economy; with the country experiencing its...
Grievances are susceptible to manipulation
Features

Grievances are susceptible to manipulation

eyeadmin
22nd May 202110th August 2021
Sections of the ruling elite and politicians blame the Easter attacks on the rise of Salafi movements and madrasas, which they believe openly teach Islamic...
Need respect for ethnic and religious minorities
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Need respect for ethnic and religious minorities

eyeadmin
15th May 202110th August 2021
The US State Department released the 2020 International Religious Freedom Report on 12 may 2021 which gives a comprehensive review of the state of religious...
Sovereignty of independent states should not be undermined
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Sovereignty of independent states should not be undermined

eyeadmin
21st April 202110th August 2021
The Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa told the Opening Plenary of this year’s Boao Forum for Asia on Tuesday, that the sovereignty of independent states...
China offers a lifeline
Economic

China offers a lifeline

eyeadmin
21st April 202111th August 2021
China appears to be tightening its strategic grip on Sri Lanka, wooing the debt-ridden South Asian nation with a fresh $500 million loan as Colombo...
U.S. Intelligence Warns Of “more intense and cascading global challenges”
News

U.S. Intelligence Warns Of “more intense and cascading global challenges”

eyeadmin
13th April 202110th August 2021
U.S. intelligence officials have little comfort to offer a pandemic-weary planet about where the world is heading in the next 20 years. Short answer: It...
Covid crisis used to restrict rights
News

Covid crisis used to restrict rights

eyeadmin
8th April 202110th August 2021
Releasing the 45th annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said that the United States’ reaffirms it's commitment to...
Once you get on the agenda of international civil society, it is difficult to get off
Features

Once you get on the agenda of international civil society, it is difficult to get off

eyeadmin
3rd April 202110th August 2021
“Hey Geneva” laments Ajith Kumarasiri (musician, songwriter, and composer in Sri Lanka) in powerful Sinhala rhythm and blues. “We no longer kill.” “We don’t shoot...
UK’s commitment to reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka
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UK’s commitment to reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka

eyeadmin
21st March 202110th August 2021
A debate on the UK’s commitment to reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka was conducted on 18 March 2021, in the main House...
Indian Signals to Sri Lanka
News

Indian Signals to Sri Lanka

eyeadmin
28th February 202110th August 2021
Indicating that New Delhi has kept all options open, India has signalled to Sri Lanka that its support for the country at the United Nations...
Experts dismayed by regressive steps, call for renewed UN scrutiny and efforts to ensure accountability
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Experts dismayed by regressive steps, call for renewed UN scrutiny and efforts to ensure accountability

eyeadmin
6th February 202110th August 2021
UN human rights experts have expressed their deep concern on 5 February 2021 about the reversal of important democratic gains achieved since 2015 and roll...
Concern’ for Sri Lanka ?
News

Concern’ for Sri Lanka ?

eyeadmin
28th January 202110th August 2021
A new UN report published on Wednesday warns that the failure of Sri Lanka to address past violations has significantly heightened the risk of human...
Sri Lanka’s Prospects At The UNHRC
Features

Sri Lanka’s Prospects At The UNHRC

eyeadmin
25th January 202110th August 2021
In all likelihood, Sri Lanka will face a tough resolution at the March session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, as the...
Tamil parties seek International Mechanism
News

Tamil parties seek International Mechanism

eyeadmin
17th January 202110th August 2021
Sri Lanka’s main Tamil political parties have sought an international probe, including at the International Criminal Court (ICC), into allegations of human rights abuses during...
Economy Hemmed by COVID-19 and Geopolitical Tension
Economic

Economy Hemmed by COVID-19 and Geopolitical Tension

eyeadmin
14th January 20219th August 2021
The unprecedented disruptions of COVID-19 are causing a geopolitical reset — and as the global order is redrawn, small emerging market economies like Sri Lanka are vulnerable...
Fulfil Expectations
News

Fulfil Expectations

eyeadmin
6th January 202110th August 2021
India on Wednesday called on Sri Lanka to meet the Tamil minority’s expectations for greater devolution of powers as part of the reconciliation process even...
News

Happy New Year

eyeadmin
1st January 202110th August 2021
Another year starts and with it, new hopes and aspirations, a faint desire that sprouts in every human heart that speaks of happiness, prosperity and...
Sri Lanka must act to “assert its sovereignty”
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Sri Lanka must act to “assert its sovereignty”

eyeadmin
28th December 202010th August 2021
US financial support will be contingent on Sri Lanka asserting its sovereignty “against influence by the People’s Republic of China,” and improving human rights and...
News

Wish You a Peaceful Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year

eyeadmin
24th December 202024th December 2020
This Christmas, there will be few family gatherings, there will be no dreams of family meals. However, Christmas brings so much love, happiness and fun...
Denial not a strategy
News

Denial not a strategy

eyeadmin
11th December 202010th August 2021
Global financial giant Citi has cautioned Sri Lanka that its denial of a debt crisis shouldn’t be a strategy, and called for effective restructuring and...
Doval meets Sampanthan?
News

Doval meets Sampanthan?

eyeadmin
30th November 202010th August 2021
In an apparent last-minute addition to his two-day itinerary in Colombo, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval met senior Sri Lankan Tamil leader R. Sampanthan on...
US should boost its presence in the Indo-Pacific region
News

US should boost its presence in the Indo-Pacific region

eyeadmin
20th November 202010th August 2021
The United States should boost its military presence in the Indo-Pacific region with a new numbered fleet, possibly based in Singapore, according to the U.S....
Is the Trump China Policy working?
Features

Is the Trump China Policy working?

eyeadmin
1st November 202010th August 2021
The United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo recently embarked on a five nation Asia tour to India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Indonesia and Vietnam from...
British tribunal rules against Ban
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British tribunal rules against Ban

eyeadmin
22nd October 202010th August 2021
The Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission (POAC) has given judgment in Arumugam and Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department, (judgment here), allowing an appeal brought...
Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific
Features

Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific

eyeadmin
18th October 202010th August 2021
The term Indopazifischer Raum (Indo-Pacific Space) coined by German geopolitical thinker Karl Haushofer in 1920, is perhaps the first academic statement on the Indo-Pacific. Haushofer observed the...
Project had its merits
Economic

Project had its merits

eyeadmin
15th October 202010th August 2021
Senior Lecturer in the Transportation Engineering Division of Moratuwa University says that the Japanese-funded Light Railway Transport (LRT) project in metropolitan Colombo, which was abruptly...
Reprisals continue
News

Reprisals continue

eyeadmin
1st October 202010th August 2021
The report of the UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights was...
Modi stresses on devolution of power
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Modi stresses on devolution of power

eyeadmin
27th September 202010th August 2021
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday pitched for full implementation of a constitutional provision by the new Sri Lankan government to ensure devolution of powers...
Not a reflection on the situation currently prevalent in Sri Lanka
News

Not a reflection on the situation currently prevalent in Sri Lanka

eyeadmin
20th September 202010th August 2021
The Actg. Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka at UN replying to the United Nations Special Rapporteur's report during the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur...
Accountability will be sought either at home or abroad.
News

Accountability will be sought either at home or abroad.

eyeadmin
17th September 202013th August 2021
The Human Rights Council opened its forty-fifth regular session on 14 September 2020, hearing a global human rights update from Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations...
News

Indo-Pacific region as US’s priority theater

eyeadmin
4th September 20204th September 2020
In its annual report “Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China (PRC) 2020” that was submitted to the US Congress, the US...
News

New Delhi is committed to full implementation of 13th Amendment

eyeadmin
23rd August 202024th August 2020
A delegation of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) called on the Indian High Commissioner, Gopal Baglay, here on Friday. The High Commissioner congratulated the TNA...
Living off borrowed money
Economic

Living off borrowed money

eyeadmin
22nd August 202010th August 2021
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 already struggling with severe economic...
Features

The next months and years will bring major challenges

eyeadmin
18th August 202018th August 2020
Twice postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, Sri Lankans finally voted on Wednesday, 5 August in the country’s parliamentary election. Alan Keenan (LSE Centre for...
News

British MPs calls for sanctions

eyeadmin
15th August 202015th August 2020
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils (APPGT) in the UK has called upon Britain’s Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, to implement sanctions against senior Sri Lankan...
Features

2020 elections: Implications for India

eyeadmin
11th August 202011th August 2020
the August 5, 2020 elections in Sri Lanka has been a turning point: first, it was organised amidst opposition and fear of COVID-19 pandemic in...
Features

The election results also reflect a class divide

eyeadmin
10th August 202011th August 2020
The general elections on 5 August turned out to be an outstanding victory for the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), the Rajapaksa Family and the...
News

A foreign-policy balancing act

eyeadmin
8th August 20208th August 2020
The Sri Lanka People’s Party (SLPP) won 145 seats in the 5 August parliamentary election, and its allies won five seats, giving the SLPP-led political...
News

A bigger slice of control

eyeadmin
7th August 20207th August 2020
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s governing party won a majority of Sri Lanka’s parliamentary seats, the Election Commission announced Friday, bringing the president a step closer in...
News

Sri Lanka has entered a grave and challenging phase

eyeadmin
3rd August 20203rd August 2020
With the new President Gotabaya Rajapaksa winning the election in Nov 2019 almost exclusively with the majority Sinhala-Buddhist vote, Tamil peoples struggle for justice and...
News

Election will shape Sri Lanka’s political future

eyeadmin
1st August 2020
Sri Lanka’s upcoming parliamentary elections will serve as an indicator of the island’s future political direction, potential executive power buildup, and future geopolitical stance. With...
News

The people of Sri Lanka are facing some crucial choices

eyeadmin
30th July 202030th July 2020
The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) in a press release has stated that “The people of Sri Lanka are facing some crucial choices. The outcome of...
News

India inks currency deal with Sri Lanka to checkmate China

eyeadmin
25th July 202025th July 2020
Keen to counter China’s influence in Sri Lanka, India on Friday extended a $400 million currency swap facility with Colombo to help its economy recover...
News

A deterioration in the Human Rights situation?

eyeadmin
18th July 202018th July 2020
Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab tabled the 2019 Foreign and Commonwealth Office report on Human Rights and Democracy, in the UK Parliament on 16 July...
News

Crisis cannot be used as an excuse to justify blanket restrictions

eyeadmin
11th July 202011th July 2020
Statement by the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Clément N. Voule at the 44th session of...
News

UK announces first sanctions under new global human rights regime

eyeadmin
8th July 20208th July 2020
The British government announced on 6 July 2020 that it was blacklisting 49 individuals and organizations under a new Britain-only human rights regime that gives...
Economic

Chinese Investment and the BRI in Sri Lanka

eyeadmin
4th July 20204th July 2020
Chatham House commissioned a study of Chinese outbound investment and the BRI in Sri Lanka. The study, which is the basis for this paper, focused...
News

Concerned over Government’s decision to withdraw co-sponsorship of UN resolution

eyeadmin
1st July 20201st July 2020
Delivering a statement at the 44th session of the UNHRC on behalf of the Core Group on Sri Lanka (Canada, Germany, North Macedonia, Montenegro and...
News

Border and maritime security vulnerable

eyeadmin
28th June 202028th June 2020
The Country Reports on Terrorism 2019 was released on 24 June 2020. The report covers developments in countries in which acts of terrorism occurred, countries...
News

Comprehensive security sector reform yet to take place?

eyeadmin
20th June 202020th June 2020
A report submitted by the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Clément Nyaletsossi Voule, to the Forty-fourth session...
News

Every person is entitled to freedom of thought, conscience and religion

eyeadmin
15th June 202015th June 2020
The US Department of State 2019, annual Report to Congress on International Religious Freedom – the International Religious Freedom Report – describes the status of...
Features

Criticism on the rise?

eyeadmin
18th May 202018th May 2020
Last week, the de facto leader of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), M.A. Sumanthiran, gave an interview to a Sinhala program called, Truth With Chamudith....
Features

Achieving herd immunity

eyeadmin
29th April 202029th April 2020
Christian Drosten, who directs the Institute of Virology at the Charité Hospital in Berlin, was one of those who identified the Sars virus in 2003....
News

Laws contain references to vaguely defined offences

eyeadmin
28th April 202028th April 2020
As Governments face the formidable challenge of protecting people from COVID-19, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has called on them to ensure...
Features

Federalism and Post-War Reconciliation

eyeadmin
23rd April 202023rd April 2020
Following his election as president of Sri Lanka in 2019, Gotabaya Rajapaksa has taken a strong stand against federalism and devolution of powers to protect...
News

Pandemic is not only a national issue

eyeadmin
20th April 202020th April 2020
The former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe spoke to Palki Sharma, on the global leadership series on WION, about everything from the COVID-19...
Features

A century ago…

eyeadmin
18th April 202018th April 2020
Exactly a 100 year ago, Sri Lanka had the experience of going through a horrendous pandemic the Spanish flu or influenza, which claimed nearly 20,000...
Features

Fighting the Pandemic

eyeadmin
16th April 202016th April 2020
Some 10,000 frontline health workers in Sri Lanka are working tirelessly to arrest the spread of COVID-19 that has affected 235 people and claimed seven...
News

COVID is a test of Leadership

eyeadmin
14th April 202014th April 2020
“We simply cannot return to where we were just a few months ago”, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said in an informal...
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Eye Sri Lanka wishes its readers a peaceful and prosperous Sinhala and Tamil New Year

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13th April 202013th April 2020
May the New Year bring you joy and contentment in these difficult times.
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Flatten the Curve

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8th April 20208th April 2020
Former Jaffna District Parliamentarian and Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Spokesman M. A. Sumanthiran PC engaged in an informative conversation  with the “Daily Mirror” on  topics...
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No cash, no food

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6th April 20206th April 2020
Sri Lanka has been under curfew for over a fortnight. The near-total lockdown and the over 10,000 violators that police have arrested have ensured that...
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Premadasa to ensure Sri Lanka’s relationship with India is kept at best possible level

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30th March 202030th March 2020
In the midst of preparing for elections in Sri Lanka, main Opposition leader and former minister and presidential hopeful Sajith Premadasa speaks to The New...
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UNHRC troubled

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28th March 202028th March 2020
Rupert Colville, the spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet in a statement rekeased said the pardon of a Sri Lankan...
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Sri Lankan convicted for Espionage

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16th March 202016th March 2020
Sri Lankan national Arun Selvarajan has been sentenced to five years in connection with the sensational Thameem Ansari spy case. A special National Investigation Agency...
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Significant human rights issues

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13th March 202017th March 2020
The annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2019 was released by US Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo on 11 March 2020. The...
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Economy, at a worrying point

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12th March 202012th March 2020
Just Five years ago, the Rajapaksa family seemed to have lost everything. Mahinda Rajapaksa was beaten during the presidential race in Sri Lanka in 2015,...
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British government underlines importance of Accountability

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7th March 20207th March 2020
British Parliamentarian Afzal Khan, asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on 26 February 2020, whether he plans to make representations to...
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NGOs want UN to establish ‘international accountability mechanism’

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3rd March 20203rd March 2020
International non-governmental organisations have called on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to establish “an international accountability mechanism on Sri Lanka and called on the...
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Impunity, lack of rule of law & accountability reasons for religious extremism & hate speech

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1st March 20201st March 2020
The culture of impunity in Sri Lanka has been repeatedly pointed out as one of the main reasons for which religious extremism and hate speech...
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UN Rights Chief wants Government to fully implement resolution 30/1

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20th February 202020th February 2020
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has urged the Sri Lankan Government to fully implement resolution 30/1, and continue to engage positively...
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Continue reconciliation and implement 13th Amendment

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9th February 20209th February 2020
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that he was confident that the Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa''s government "will realize the expectations of the Tamil...
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Swiss urged to refuse granting accreditation

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3rd February 20203rd February 2020
The International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) released a statement on 03 February 2020 calling on Switzerland to deny accreditation to the Ambassador designate for...
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A New Government and a Sea Change in Policy

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2nd February 20202nd February 2020
Since his election on 16 November 2019, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his brother, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, have initiated fundamental changes to policies...
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Sri Lanka a country of increasing strategic importance

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27th January 202027th January 2020
The Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells briefed the press at the US Department of State on...
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EU ire could cost the country economically

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25th January 202025th January 2020
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa faces his first test of diplomacy three months into his inaugural term, as he seeks to dilute the country's postwar...
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German Court Convicts man over Kadirgamar killing

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21st January 202021st January 2020
A German court convicted a Sri Lankan man Monday of accessory to murder in the 2005 killing of the South Asian nation's foreign minister for...
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Respect for fundamental human rights in jeopardy

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16th January 202016th January 2020
Sri Lanka suffered its worst communal violence in 2029, since the end of the civil war when Islamist suicide bombers attacked churches and hotels in...
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Vigneswaran wants India to grant dual citizenship

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12th January 202012th January 2020
Ex-Chief Minister of Northern Province in Sri Lanka says the Indian and Sri Lankan governments should work out a specific treaty on dual citizenship While...
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China’s belt and road: an environmental disaster for Southeast Asia?

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5th January 20205th January 2020
When Chinese President Xi Jinping first unveiled the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013,it was heralded as one of the largest infrastructure development schemes in...
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Sri Lanka: Headed for turbulent times?

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30th December 201930th December 2019
The seemingly serene, emerald green island of Sri Lanka on the Indian Ocean is worried that it is headed for turbulent times. Trouble reared its...
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Wishing you a merry Christmas and Peace throughout the New Year

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25th December 201925th December 2019
Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and...
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India- US discuss shared leadership in the Indo-Pacific region

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22nd December 201922nd December 2019
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr S Jaishankar met US Secretary of Defense Dr Mark T Esper and Secretary of State...
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India expands Indo -Pacific policy

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16th December 201916th December 2019
India is increasing the area covered by its Indo-Pacific policy to include the western Indian ocean and Arabian Sea. This means that Asean is not...
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Results Reveal a Divided Country ?

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14th December 201914th December 2019
Religious nationalism played the central role in the recently-held Sri Lankan presidential election, in which Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa came away victorious, winning 52.25 percent of...
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Election was determined largely by local factors

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7th December 20197th December 2019
Gotabaya Rajapakse won Sri Lanka’s Presidential Elections on November 16. This is not the first time Sri Lanka has had a Rajapakse as president. Mahinda...
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Necessary to build a consistent relationship with India

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2nd December 20192nd December 2019
Promising to be “frank” and “upfront” to avoid the misunderstandings of the past between New Delhi and Colombo, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says India...
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Human Rights, Reconciliation and Peace

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1st December 20191st December 2019
Earlier this month, Gotabaya Rajapaksa was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s president, following his victory in the country’s eighth presidential elections. Gotabaya replaced Maithripala Sirisena,...
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India wants national reconciliation

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22nd November 201922nd November 2019
India expects the newly-elected President of Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa to boost the national reconciliation policy with the Tamil community of the country, the Ministry...
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Victory and Defeat

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18th November 201918th November 2019
Gotabaya Rajapaksa of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) convincingly won the Lankan Presidential election held on November 16. Gotabaya got 52.25 % of the...
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Next President Faces Major Rights Challenges

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11th November 201911th November 2019
The winner of Sri Lanka’s presidential election on November 16, 2019 will face enormous challenges to deliver justice for past crimes and prevent future abuses,...
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TMK will take a neutral stand

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31st October 201931st October 2019
The former Chief Minister of Sri Lanka’s Tamil-majority Northern Province C.V.Wigneswaran has said that his organization the Tamil Makkal Koottani (TMK) will take a neutral stand...
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Security systems were undermined, says probe report

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27th October 201927th October 2019
A parliamentary panel in Sri Lanka has accused President Maithripala Sirisena of “actively undermining” government and security systems, leading to serious lapses ahead of the...
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Trump administration will push the new Sri Lankan Government on the human rights issue

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23rd October 201923rd October 2019
US Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Alice G. Wells told the House Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation on 22...
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Keeping a close watch

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21st October 201921st October 2019
India is keeping a close watch on the upcoming presidential elections in Sri Lanka, where pro-China Gotabaya Rajapaksa is pitted against housing minister and deputy...
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A Tamil boycott will achieve little

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11th October 201911th October 2019
Should Tamils boycott Sri Lanka’s elections in November for the executive presidency? Should Tamils boycott Sri Lanka’s elections in November for the executive presidency? This...
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A bitter brew

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5th October 20195th October 2019
“Half the blood in our bodies is sucked by these leeches. Can’t someone find some medicine to keep them away?” At first it is hard...
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Leaders should focus their attention on repairing the broken security apparatus

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29th September 201929th September 2019
What’s new? Easter Sunday’s bombings produced Sri Lanka’s deadliest single day of terrorist violence and its first experience of Muslim-on-Christian mass violence. Although the attackers were...
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UN to send back peacekeepers?

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26th September 201926th September 2019
The United Nations suspended Sri Lankan Army deployments in the world body’s peacekeeping operations after the Indian Ocean island nation appointed a war veteran who...
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A Referendum on Presidency ?

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21st September 201921st September 2019
The Sri Lankan Presidential election, to be held on November 16, is likely to be a referendum on the continuation or abolition of the Executive...
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Flights from Jaffna to Indian cities

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15th September 201915th September 2019
Sri Lanka’s Civil Aviation Authority is gearing up to operate commercial flights from the island’s northern city of Jaffna to select Indian cities. Preparations are...
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JVP and the Tamil people

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8th September 201920th September 2019
The National People’s Power (NPP) presidential candidate, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, in a recent interview with the Tamil daily, Virakesari, made...
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There is no Substitute for Engagement

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6th September 20196th September 2019
Jaffna district MP and Tamil National Alliance spokesman on the national unity government’s performance, the 13th Amendment, and India’s relations with Sri Lanka In Sri...
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Simmering ethno-religious tensions must not be ignored

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26th August 201926th August 2019
Simmering ethno-religious tensions in Sri Lanka require urgent action by the authorities to strengthen respect for freedom of religion or belief in Sri Lanka, says...
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Emergency ends?

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23rd August 201921st September 2019
Sri Lanka has ended a four-month state of emergency declared after Easter suicide bombings by Islamist extremists that killed 258 people, officials said Friday. President...
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New territories?

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17th August 201917th August 2019
India, Turkey, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka are among the new countries where the Islamic State (IS) terror group has found a footing as its influence...
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Negotiations hit a roadblock

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12th August 201912th August 2019
The U.S. government's new military blueprint in the Indian Ocean is facing headwinds in Sri Lanka, a strategically located South Asian island also being courted...
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Sri Lanka has made great strides with democratisation

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27th July 201927th July 2019
The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association Clément Nyaletsossi Voule said Sri Lanka has made significant strides...
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Your country calls upon me to cleanse this Augean stable

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22nd July 201922nd July 2019
The head of Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic Church Sunday called for the government to resign over its alleged failure to investigate an "international conspiracy" behind...
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A $200 cup of tea

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17th July 201917th July 2019
It's no secret that the British are very serious about their tea.Now a London hotel has taken this dedication to new heights by offering what's...
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India keeps eye

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13th July 201913th July 2019
India is keeping a close watch as protests grow in Sri Lanka over a proposed pact with the US, which could enable the setting up...
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Ven. Galagoda Gnanasara pledges to build a Sinhala Parliament

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8th July 20198th July 2019
Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero yesterday pledged to build a Sinhala Parliament that would enable the Sinhala people to...
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Islamic State was initially unaware of Easter attacks

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23rd June 201923rd June 2019
The Islamic State (IS) may have claimed responsibility for the Easter terror attacks in Sri Lanka, but its chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was initially not...
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Hiding the truth?

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21st June 201921st June 2019
The head of the Catholic church in Sri Lanka on Thursday issued a scathing criticism of the government over the Easter attacks that killed more...
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ISIS shift in Strategy may threaten India, Sri Lanka

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20th June 201920th June 2019
India and Sri Lanka are likely to be under threat with terror group ISIS turning its attention to the Indian Ocean Region in the wake...
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Military victory is seen as moral and racial vindication

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16th June 201916th June 2019
I isolate the following two from an email message I received recently: “The anti-Tamil feeling began in 1949  with the de-citizenizing of Tamils” “In Kandy...
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US Representatives discuss radical Sinhala nationalism

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11th June 201911th June 2019
United States Representatives from both main parties discussed the threat of radical Sinhala nationalism in Sri Lanka and the country's lack of progress on transitional justice...
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Significance of Modi’s visits

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8th June 20198th June 2019
Thanks to former President Abdulla Yameen’s pro-China policies as also his crackdown on the opposition on the eve of Prime minister Narendra Modi’s March 2015...
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Avoiding Sri Lanka’s next civil war

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6th June 20196th June 2019
18 May 2019 was a doubly significant day in Sri Lanka. Not only did it mark the ten-year anniversary of the end of Sri Lanka’s...
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Future Posture in the Indo-Pacific

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3rd June 20193rd June 2019
Releasing the US Department of Defense Indo - Pacific Strategy Report Preparedness, Partnerships, and Promoting a Networked Region on 01 June 2019, the US Department...
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The man who might have stopped Sri Lanka’s Easter bombings

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31st May 201931st May 2019
When bombs planted in churches and hotels killed more than 200 people in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, few had realised that the nation had...
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The story of the 9 suicide bombers

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27th May 201927th May 2019
At first, they were nameless. “Nine suicide bombers,” is all authorities would reveal. In a little over a week, the police identified each of them...
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One of the World’s Hottest Destinations. Now It’s Eerily Empty

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24th May 201924th May 2019
Having landed a few minutes earlier here at Colombo’s international airport, our jam-packed flight from the Maldives is disembarking its crammed cabin, passengers marching down...
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Anger Could Tear Sri Lanka Apart

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21st May 201921st May 2019
The Easter bombings in Sri Lanka last month were a massive human tragedy for a country that has already experienced too much violence. Prior to...
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It’s not too late to bridge the divides in Sri Lanka — but it won’t be easy

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18th May 201918th May 2019
In the days since Islamist terrorists carried out attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, a series of violent reprisal attacks...
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Rwanda and Sri Lanka: A tale of two genocides

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17th May 201917th May 2019
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide and the 10th year since the Tamil genocide in Sri Lanka. While the 1994 Rwandan...
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Software engineer, was under Indian surveillance

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15th May 201915th May 2019
A Sri Lankan software engineer suspected by authorities in Sri Lanka of having provided technical and logistical support to the Easter Sunday suicide bombers was...
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India extends ban on LTTE

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14th May 201914th May 2019
Centre extended the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on Tuesday for violent and disruptive activities that are prejudicial to the integrity...
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Attacks bring Tamil leadership together

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12th May 201912th May 2019
Two prominent political groups representing Sri Lanka’s Tamil minority, in the north-east and the hill country, have decided to work together in the wake of...
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Intelligence: how to fix it

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9th May 20199th May 2019
Sri Lanka’s battle against Islamic extremism would involve two integral parts: (a) an intelligence driven kinetic approach to flush out, arrest or neutralize violent extremists;...
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Muslims in Sri Lanka are self-alienating themselves

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7th May 20197th May 2019
Dr. Ameer Ali, a prominent Islamic scholar and a former adviser of Muslim Affairs of Australian Prime Minister, John Howard’s Government, said Muslims in Sri...
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Minority Alienation – Analysis

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4th May 20194th May 2019
The Easter Sunday carnage in which more than 250, mostly Christians, were killed is the most violent terrorist act in Sri Lanka since the end...
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What Next?

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2nd May 20192nd May 2019
Under the nose of a state that took peace for granted, members of two lesser-known radical organizations and sons of a millionaire spice trader conspired...
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Terror through local proxies, is part of ISIS evolving modus operandi

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1st May 20191st May 2019
ISIS has released the second video of its supreme leader, Abu Bakr Baghdadi on April 29, the first since he appeared in a video delivering...
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Sri Lanka attacks may indicate ISIS is moving East

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29th April 201929th April 2019
The April 21 suicide attacks in Sri Lanka, which were claimed by the Islamic State, may indicate that the militant group is moving east in...
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Afraid but unbowed: Sri Lanka Catholics pray for Easter bombing victims

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28th April 201928th April 2019
Church bells tolled mournfully at Colombo’s devastated St Anthony’s Shrine on Sunday, as scores of Christians wept but defiantly prayed and lit candles for the...
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A preview of ISIS’s Future

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27th April 201927th April 2019
Two days after the bombings in Sri Lanka, the Islamic State came out and said it was behind them. It backed up its claim with...
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NTJ wanted separate Islamic confederate in region

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25th April 201925th April 2019
Central agencies responsible for countering the influence of Islamic State in India have found that Sri Lanka-based National Towheed Jama’at (NTJ), a Tamil Nadu-based outfit...
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Islamic State and Jamaat al-Tawhid al-Watania Claim Responsibility for Attacks

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24th April 201924th April 2019
The Islamic State and the Jamaat al-Tawhid al-Watania group have both claimed responsibility for the terrorist attacks carried out in Sri Lanka on Sunday. Reuters...
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Coordinated terrorist attacks as Christians gathered to celebrate Easter Mass

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22nd April 201922nd April 2019
As Christians in Sri Lanka gathered on Sunday morning to celebrate Easter Mass, powerful explosions ripped through three churches packed with worshipers, leaving hundreds of...
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Literary Policing raises its head

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20th April 201920th April 2019
Exasperation with the current UNP regime and its much hyped ‘good governance’ promise with which it won the votes of the people in 2015 January,...
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Eye Sri Lanka wishes its readers a peaceful and prosperous Sinhala and Tamil New Year

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14th April 2019
Labannawu nawa wasarakiriyen peniyen pirisamaya sathuta raja karanaleda dukin thorawedi wediyen lebenaSuba Aluth awruddak wewa
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We have received good cooperation during the visit

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13th April 201913th April 2019
The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture has completed its first visit to Sri Lanka from 2 to 12 April where it examined the...
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DMK-Cong combine did nothing to protect Sri Lankan Tamils

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6th April 20196th April 2019
Ruling AIADMK top leader O Paneerselvam Thursday accused the DMK and Congress of being responsible for the "genocide" of Tamils in Sri Lanka during the...
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There is strong disappointment

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24th March 201924th March 2019
The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) acknowledges the passing of the resolution ‘Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka’ (40/1) at the UN Human...
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UNHRC resolution on Sri Lanka meets Colombo’s requirements

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22nd March 201922nd March 2019
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC)’s resolution on the rights situation in Sri Lanka, which was passed in Geneva on Thursday through consensus, meets Colombo’s...
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Sri Lanka rejects proposal for OHCHR office and deadline

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20th March 201920th March 2019
Foreign Minister, Tilak Marapana, denied that the armed forces had committed war crimes and that it is not possible to establish a hybrid judicial mechanism...
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Bouquets and brickbats

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9th March 20199th March 2019
Ahead of a resolution on Sri Lanka set to come up for procedural extension at the end of the 42nd Session of the UN Human...
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Ensure Sri Lanka remains on UNHRC agenda

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2nd March 20192nd March 2019
The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) calls on the international community and the members of the UNHRC, to ensure that Sri Lanka firmly remains on the...
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Time to Set-up a TRC?

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24th February 201924th February 2019
Is Sri Lanka on the path to establishing its own Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)? The answer, at least if Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is...
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US seeks sustained military engagement with Sri Lanka

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