BBS is planning a new journey with all races and religions
Admitting that his organisation set certain wrong examples in the past, but having understood their mistake the BBS is planning a new journey in collaboration...
Democracy makes radicalism and extremism bloom
Just as in Sinhalese-majority South Sri Lanka, where the political scenario is changing as compared to what it was at the time of the landmark...
IMF urges Government to implement structural reforms
A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Jaewoo Lee visited Colombo during September 18-29, 2017 to hold discussions on the third...
Federal system is the best system for a multi-ethnic state
Dr. Nirmala Chandrahasan. ...
People think Sri Lankan Tamils mean only those of the North and East
Both Sri Lanka’s ethnic Sinhalese majority and the Tamil minority think of themselves as original, indigenous inhabitants of the island—an important prop to their political...
EU confident SL will honour commitments
The European Union (EU) expressed confidence in the ability of the Sri Lankan Government in continuing to honour commitments arising from GSP+ requirements despite the...
Media cannot be trusted to explain decisions
Judges can no longer rely on the media to explain court decisions and should instead use the “golden opportunity” of social media to communicate directly...
Those connected to enforced disappearances should be identified
Vanni District Parliamentarian and Leader of Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO) - constituent of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), Selvam Adaikkalanathan said those connected to...
Vaiko alleges heckling
A group of Sri Lankans, most of them allegedly former defence personnel, heckled MDMK general secretary Vaiko soon after he completed his address during a...
Implications of new Inland Revenue Act
By Nisha Arunatilake and Priyanka Jayawardena: Earlier this month, the Parliament passed a new Inland Revenue Act, effective from 1 April 2018....
Talks with two Chinese firms for $4 billion refinery
Sri Lanka is in talks with two Chinese companies about investing up to US$3 billion (S$4 billion) to build a new refinery at its Chinese-controlled...
Hopes and Fears
It is only with a great degree of caution and circumspection that the interim report of the Steering Committee of the Constitutional Assembly of Sri...
Proposals reveal concern about threat of secession
The Interim Report of the Steering Committee of the Constitutional Assembly which was submitted on Thursday, suggested stringent constitutional provisions to stem separatism. This, despite...
Lanka in a time warp concerning ethnic reconciliation
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, in his address to the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, asked the international community to support Sri...
A united, undivided, indivisible Sri Lanka
Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R. Sampanthan yesterday assured that constitutional making process would be done within the firm framework of a united, undivided and...