An inappropriate Tuk-Tuk touch
The US Embassy, in a security message dated 26 June, cautioned US Citizens to maintain security awareness when in public and at home to avoid...
It’s safe to return
Sri Lankan Minister Manoharan Ganesan is currently touring Australia. A trade unionist, the leader of the Democratic People's Front (DPF) and Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA),...
Indian political party urges Indian Govt to provide protection
A Hindu political party in India, has written to the Indian government to provide protection to a controversial Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka who who is...
Reorienting the Relationship
In May 2014, the newly elected Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi kickstarted his tenure by inviting the heads of all SAARC countries for his...
Tamil leaders involved in anti-Tamil conspiracy
The Chief Minister of Sri Lanka’s Tamil-majority Northern Province, C.V.Wigneswaran, alleged on Wednesday, that there is a plot by the Sri Lankan government to deny...
Demand for probe into departments headed by Vigneswaran
The Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK), which is the principal constituent of the ruling Tamil National Alliance (TNA) in Sri Lanka’s Tamil-majority Northern Province, is...
Is International Human Rights Law Under Threat
Delivering the Grotius Lecture at the Law Society, London on 26 June 2017 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, referred to...
Religious Leaders Seek Justice For Suspected Tamil Rebels
Buddhist, Christian and Muslim clergy are calling for the release of suspected Tamil separatists held for years under Sri Lanka’s controversial anti-terrorism laws. The prisoners...
Religious Violence
A resurgence of violations against Muslims and Christians in Sri Lanka justifiably has alarmed domestic and international observers. Religious violence in Sri Lanka is nothing...
Palaniswami writes to Narendra Modi on fishermen issue
Lamenting that the Sri Lankan Navy had detained as many as 14 Tamil fishermen who set sails from Ramanathapuram and Pudukottai districts, Chief Minister ‘Edappadi’...
I am no communalist
Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Vigneswaran's comments on the Northern Provincial Council issue, the TNA manifesto and allegations made against him by some sections of...
Would TNA re-nominate Wigneswaran?
All is well that ends well – or, so goes the old adage. For the ruling Tamil National Alliance (TNA) in the Tamil-majority Northern Province,...
There may not be any coaches left to employ
As Sri Lanka begin their search for a ninth head coach in six years, Test champions Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardena have questioned the circumstances...
Collapse of the secular state
The events that unfolded this week shockingly foretells the story of the very rapid collapse of the secular state in Sri Lanka. Although, the events...
A simmering political conflict
The recent no-confidence motion in Sri Lanka’s Northern Provincial Council (NPC) in Jaffna, moved by a section of the Council members against Chief Minister C.V....