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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…