PM Narendra Modi’s Sri Lanka visit to push soft power
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is planning to visit Sri Lanka's ancient capital Anuradhapura during his trip to the island nation next month, a move aimed...
Mahinda Rajapaksa invokes God of War before comeback bid
Defeated Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is harnessing supernatural as well as temporal forces in a determined bid to come back to power through the...
Mahinda Rajapaksa hopes for comeback
Supporters of former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa have their eyes set on the upcoming parliamentary elections, hoping to bring him back into Sri Lankan...
The World Bank reaffirms its commitment to support Sri Lanka
World Bank Vice President for the South Asia Region Annette Dixon said the Bank would partner with the government to help shape and implement policies...
Sri Lanka mulls future of Rajapakse’s white elephants
From a multi-million dollar airport ignored by airlines to a lavish cricket stadium rejected by players, Sri Lanka's new government is mulling the future of...
Sri Lanka’s China Dilemma
One year ago, Chinese Third World diplomacy was widely seen as being in crisis. Throughout Africa, Latin America and Asia, a growing number of emerging...
Army in the North
By Muttukrishna Sarvananthan. This is in response to the views expressed by “International Terrorism Expert” Prof. Rohan Gunaratna to Zahrah Imtiaz in the article titled...
Tamils are seeking political asylum because they still feel that cannot live freely
The Bishop of Mannar, Rayappu Joseph, said that 30,000 - 35,000 bodies were found in Viswamadu alone during the final stages of the armed conflict....
I don’t think he’ll contest
Paintings at Temple Trees, this country’s White House, are still leaning against walls waiting to be hung, and the gated grounds are no longer teeming...
A local mechanism to hold an internal investigation into the alleged war crimes is important.
The Tamil National Alliance Parliamentarian M. A. Sumanthiran, defending the NPC’s genocide resolution as democratic and timely, emphasized on the need for the war victims...
Tamil People are highly disappointed and dismayed
Northern Provincial Council member M.K. Sivajilingam forwarded a letter to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on 23 February 2015. Mr...
Kachchativu St. Anthony’s Church feast on Feb 29
The Annual Feast of St. Anthony's Church Kachchativu is scheduled to be held on February 29. The feast is conducted every year with the participation of a...
Tony Abbott’s close relationship was “a mystery” to Sri Lankans
Sri Lanka’s new Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, claims the Australian Government’s silence on alleged human rights abuses was the price it paid to secure co-operation...
Honeymooner survives dramatic Worlds End cliff fall
Sri Lankan troops rescued a Dutch honeymooner who became the first person to survive a fall from the World's End, a 1 200-metre cliff which...
Protest in Jaffna against postponement of UN report
A demonstration was held under the patronage of Women Organisation for finding out missing persons in front of Veerasingam Hall Jaffna on 21 February, urging...