Tie-up With UNP Sirisena’s Achilles’ Heel?
If Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena is to marginalise the Mahinda Rajapaksa faction in the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and gain full control over...
ITAK in Fix as Ex-LTTE Leader Seeks Poll Ticket
An application by a former top LTTE leader, Athmalingam Ravindra alias Rupan, for an Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) ticket to contest the August 17...
War widows pin hopes on President
Shunned, destitute and pushed into prostitution in some cases, Sri Lanka's Tamil widows have returned to northern Jaffna since the end of the separatist war...