There is no clarity regarding issues
The Sirisena-Wickremesinghe government’s efforts to give Sri Lanka a new constitution to address the vexed ethnic issue and strengthen democracy has hit a rough patch....
Ceylon Petroleum Corporation – unauthorised entrant?
Authorities of the Lanka Indian Oil Corporation (LIOC) at the High-Security Oil Tank Farm in the Eastern Sri Lankan city of Trincomalee on Thursday stopped...
It is up to Sri Lankan refugees to return home
It is up to Sri Lankan Tamil refugees to return to their home country or not, according to Pon. Radhakrishnan, Union Minister of State for...
Rameshwaram fishermen threatened
In an ongoing tussle between the Tamil Nadu fishermen and the Sri Lankan Navy, close to 3000 Tamil Nadu fishermen were forced to return home. The...
Case would strengthen demand for an international judicial mechanism
Trial by jury is not suitable for politically sensitive cases in which the defendants are Security Forces personnel and the victims seeking justice are from...
Consult patriotic intellectuals?
The National War Heroes Front has taken up with President Maithripala Sirisena a range of contentious issues including the ongoing moves to introduce a new...
Wrong lyrics of Hail Mary
One of the largest Christmas Carol services in Sri Lanka has accidentally printed the lyrics to late rapper Tupac Shakur's vitriolic banger, Hail Mary, instead...
Acquittal raises credibility concerns
The acquittal of five persons charged with the murder of a Tamil legislator in Sri Lanka has renewed scepticism over the credibility of the country’s...
A Peaceful Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year
As you celebrate Christmas, may you experience true love. Jesus is the reason for the season and the epitome of true love. Merry Christmas and a wonderful...
Court acquits 5 suspects in shooting
A Sri Lankan court has acquitted five suspects including three navy personnel who were accused in the shooting death of an outspoken ethnic Tamil lawmaker....
ISIS recruit was in Sri Lanka on missionary work
An ISIS recruit arrested in India had visited Sri Lanka allegedly on missionary work, the Times of India reported. Abid Khan, a 23-year-old Abid Khan resident...
Ferry service for Sri Lankan pilgrims yet to be organised
The Sri Lankan and Indian governments are yet to work out the logistics for ferrying 32 Sri Lankan Tamil pilgrims intending to participate in the...
It takes Mettle to build the World’s Tallest Christmas Tree
For weeks, some 1,000 workers—most of them Buddhists—have raced to erect what they hope will be the world’s tallest artificial Christmas tree. Like this island, which...
Sri Lanka drifting
Sri Lanka is in a period of dangerous policy drift with mediocre governance which is inherently unstable with the danger of falling back to a...
Restore India’s sovereignty on Katchatheevu
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam on Tuesday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to send a "firm message" to Sri Lanka over continued apprehension of...