US commends national reconciliation and rebuilding efforts
A high-ranking U.S. diplomat has lauded Sri Lanka's efforts for national reconciliation and development and the current government's friendly foreign policy during a meeting with...
Unit of devolution: District or Province?
By Dr.Dayan Jayatilleka ...
25% seats for Women in Provincial Councils
The Sri Lankan parliament on Wednesday passed the Provincial Councils Elections (Amendment) Bill to give 25% reservation for women in the Provincial Councils in the...
Much need to be done
Although war is over in Sri Lanka, many still face discrimination and hate and much need to be done for peace building and reconciliation in...
Drop obsession with the word Federalism
Tamils should not be obsessed with words such as federalism, the TNA leader and leader of the Opposition, R. Sampanthan, has said, adding that a...
Office of Missing Persons in Perspective
Taylor Dibbert: ...
Disappearances bill to have no retrospective effect
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said the proposed ratification of a bill that criminalises enforced disappearance in the country will have no retrospective effect. Wickremesinghe...
No Legal Bar to My Becoming Prime Minister
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was said to be one of the colourful Presidents in the Asian region, amidst having to face political attacks from...
EU raises concerns
The European Union, on Wednesday raised concerns with the Sri Lankan government about continued discrimination against women and girls and against lesbian, gay, bisexual and...
Experts say, Office of Missing Persons set up in violation of Constitution
At long last, on Tuesday, Sri Lanka got what the minority Tamils and the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) have been demanding since the separatist...
Rahul Gandhi critical of China’s presence
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday that he was "absolutely ready" to take up an executive responsibility if the party asked him to...
Political posturing unlikely to hamper constitution making process
Apprehensive about electoral consequences, political parties in Sri Lanka are either posturing on the on-going constitution-making process, or are maintaining stony silence on it. The...
US Senate want to make sure that we’re not throwing away the investments we’ve already made in Sri Lanka
The Senate Committee on Appropriations approved the FY2018 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill with $51.35 billion for diplomatic and humanitarian programs that...
US lawmakers oppose 92 per cent cut in aid
Citing the geographical and strategic location of Sri Lanka, a Senate committee has opposed Trump Administration’s proposal of a drastic 92 per cent cut in...
Exercising universal jurisdiction was “even more necessary”.
Addressing the opening of the 36th session UN Human Rights Council session, on 11 September 2017, in Geneva, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid...