A Conspiracy Theory
By Chrishmal Warnasuriya: ...
Off the hook every time
The anti-Muslim Sri Lankan Buddhist monk, Ven Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero, General Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS), has several serious cases against him...
GTF reiterates call for participation of international judges
The Global Tamil Forum (GTF), releasing a statement on 21 June 2017, reiterated its call for the participation of international judges in Sri Lanka’s transitional...
Support stymies arrest
It has become problematic for the Sri Lankan government to arrest and sentence the virulently anti-Muslim Buddhist monk, Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera ,General Secretary...
Interest-Rate Pressure for Corporates
Fitch Ratings expects rising domestic interest rates to hurt Sri Lankan corporates over the next 12 months. Their borrowing costs have increased more than 200bp...
UN Chief appoints Sri Lankan as Envoy on Youth
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Jayathma Wickramanayake of Sri Lanka as his next Envoy on Youth, the UN Office in Colombo said in...
Wigneswaran wants to remove NPC Chairman
Even as the spat between Northern Province Chief Minister C.V.Wigneswaran and the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) leader R.Sampanthan ended in a compromise on Monday,...
Wigneswaran backs down
Sri Lanka’s Northern Province Chief Minister C.V.Wigneswaran on Monday backed down from his earlier insistence that the two Ministers against whom he had ordered a...
Seek the Guidance and Political Advice of ITAK President
TNA leader Mr. Sampanthan in a letter sent as to Mr. Wigneswaran has urged Chief Minister Wigneswaran to abide by the advice and political guidance of...
Issue is over punitive action against Ministers not found guilty
Tamil National Alliance Leader R.Sampanthan has stated that there is no issue over the action taken by Chief Minister Wigneswaran in regard to two ministers...
Wigneswaran to defy TNA- ITAK Leadership
Controversial Northern province chief minister Canagasabapathy Visuvalingam Wigneswaran who has lost the confidence of at least 22 out of 38 Northern provincial councillors is in...
PLOTE mulls new formula
Given the failure of current efforts to bring about a compromise between the feuding leaders of Sri Lanka’s Tamil-majority Northern Province, the People’s Liberation Organization...
Crisis will lead to realignment of Tamil parties
The ongoing political crisis in Sri Lanka’s Tamil-majority Northern Province will lead to a realignment of Tamil political parties. Among other things, the present crisis...
Firebrand monk
‘Trump is a good man and I pray for him every day,” Galagoda Atte Gnanasara told me in late April, later bragging that he himself...
Extremism: More a question of politics than religion
In Sri Lanka there are influential sections across the ethnic divide, which believe that the on-going attacks against the Muslims, and the attempts to put...