Will TNA be affected by EPRLF’s split?
After a long-running wrangling between its main constituent party and the other relatively smaller parties, the main Tamil coalition – the Tamil National Alliance (TNA)...
New steps to fight torture
Government envoys from Sri Lanka told the U.N.’s top human rights body Wednesday that their country is taking new steps to battle torture, a move...
EPRLF quitting TNA was expected
Sunday’s announcement by the leader of the Eelam Peoples’ Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF), Suresh Premachandran, that the EPRLF is quitting the Tamil National Alliance (TNA),...
Universal Periodic Review
Sri Lanka will come under Universal Periodic Review of the UN Human Rights Council on 15th of November at Palais des nations, in Geneva. ‘The...
The forgotten people
In recent months, the focus of the media has been on the Rohingya refugees in India. But the plight of Sri Lankan refugees, who have...
India asked to clarify stand on Ram Setu
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to clarify if it wants to remove the Ram Setu – the chain of limestone shoals connecting...
Tamil People’s Council will not be a political party
Northern Province Chief Minister CV Wigneswaran said that the Tamil People's Council which was formed for the benefit of the Tamil people will never be...
A Port town’s story
“One job per family” is what Sri Lankan authorities promised families like that of Y.B. Henry while taking over their land in 2009 for a...
Operation Pawan was a correct strategic call
Manish Tewari: ...
Winds of change in Indian Ocean security
By Col R.Hariharan: It looks like Sri Lanka’s balancing act in the China-India power play in the Indian Ocean is going to get more and more...
Salient Provisions in the Budget for 2018
1) Legislative Reforms: The budget has identified the key legislative impediments to the ease of doing business and the efficient utilization of Sri Lanka’s assets....
Stocks drop
Sri Lankan shares fell on Friday, weighed down by declines in telecom and banking stocks after the island nation targeted both cash-rich sectors in its...
UN unable to confirm until it investigates
One of the men tortured in Sri Lanka said he was held for 21 days in a small dank room where he was raped 12...
Sri Lanka still not serious?
As Sri Lanka prepares for the 3rd cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on November 15th 2017, a critical look at how Sri Lanka...
Reconciliation Mechanism composed of, Truth, Justice, Reparations, and Non-Recurrence
Motoo Noguchi, a Prosecutor at the Supreme Prosecutors Office of Japan, has said what is most important was whether an individual serving as judge can...