Rights group files war crimes charges against Sri Lankan ambassador
A former Sri Lankan general accused of war crimes by human rights groups has left Brazil, where until recently he was his country’s ambassador to...
Silver linings in Political cloud
In contrast to the previous Mahinda Rajapaksa regime, the current dispensation in Sri Lanka headed by President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, is...
Sri Lanka Must Deliver On Its Commitments
Submitting a written statement on 21 August for the thirty-sixth session of the UN Human Rights Council, scheduled from 11 September – 29 September 2017,...
ITAK to re-orient Party Policies
There is an intention in the top echelons of the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) to re-orient the party’s policies to suit emerging local, regional...
Speeding to E-NIC surveillance, Setting up an Accessible Information Data Base
Sri Lanka has presented regulations in parliament to create a database of data about citizens which can be accessed by the defence secretary and other...
Privacy is a fundamental right: Indian SC
In a unanimous verdict, a nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday declared that privacy is intrinsic to life and liberty and an...
OBOR can ruin small countries
Four years ago, Sri Lanka built Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) in Hambantota, 250 km south from Colombo, with Chinese assistance of $190 million, more...
Wigneswaran led NPC did little to administer the Province
The Northern Provincial Council (NPC), which came into being in September 2013, after a landmark election, had raised much hopes among the people in the...
Government on Financial Policy See Saw
In the backdrop of announcing a much dreaded re-making of the country’s tax system through a new Inland Revenue Bill, the Lankan Government has paradoxically...
Government in sixes and sevens
It’s been two years since two of Sri Lanka’s largest political groupings – the United National Party (UNP) and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP)...
Too many cooks
Recent losses have prompted anger, and there remain "too many cooks" in the Sri Lanka set-up: these were the grouses of interim coach Nic Pothas...
Caste Based Apartheid Segregates Crematoriums
Caste system is still practiced in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. Contrary to popular view propagated by the ruling caste that caste is a...
Rotting From Within
In recent times, the political scandal you may not have heard about deals with the corridors of power in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Ravi Karunanayake, the...
Port deal opens new era for China-Sri Lanka ties
On July 29, Chinese port operator China Merchants Port Holdings (CMPort) and the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) signed a 99-year lease agreement in Colombo...
Tamil Nadu pushes for ferry service
Six years after ferry service between Tuticorin and Colombo was suspended, the Tamil Nadu government is making fresh efforts to re-establish sea links with Sri...