Facebook came along and made things worse
With Sri Lanka under a state of emergency after a spasm of anti-Muslim bloodshed, lawyer Jeevanee Kariyawasam went on Facebook to complain. The company hadn't...
Muslims of Sri Lanka Or Muslims in Sri Lanka?
Former advisor on Muslim issues to the Howard government in Australia, Dr Ameer Ali is a graduate of the University of Ceylon who went on...
PM wants Cash to Balance China
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said Sri Lanka is seeking foreign investment from India, Japan and others amid criticism over his country’s reliance on Chinese loans...
A way to revive SAARC
Foreign policy experts have said China should be granted full membership of the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to give new life to...
Cannot ignore India’s influence
A lawyer, a member of Parliament and the son of one of Sri Lanka's most powerful politicians. These are amongst the titles that 31-year-old Namal...
Chinese money gushes into Sri Lanka
Little disturbs the serenity of Guan Yin, the bodhisattva of compassion, as her statue sits in contemplation at the centre of Mattala Rajapaksa international airport....
Where the colonial and the modern coexist
By Dr. Lopamudra Maitra Bajpai: As a train whistles out of Kompannavidiya Railway Station in Colombo 2, it passes by a road in...
Stress in ruling coalition will remain?
The No Confidence Motion (NCM) submitted by the Joint Opposition (JO) against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe appears to be doomed to failure because Wickremesinghe’s party...
India had reservations
Three years after he was swept out of office, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka’s former President, thinks he is in with a chance to return to...
From Denial to Delay
At the ongoing 37th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, Deputy UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Kate Gilmore reiterated her...
Ultranationalist Buddhist Rhetoric
Anti-Muslim sentiments in Sri Lanka can be attributed to the spread of ultranationalist Buddhist rhetoric propagated by Buddhist extremist groups which use Buddhism to justify...
If handled well, Sri Lanka has the potential to constitute an example for the region how sustainable peace ought to be achieved
Speaking at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva Kate Gilmore, the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights told the UN Human Rights...
Little Action on Promised Justice, Reforms
The Sri Lankan government should announce a time-bound plan to carry out its pledges to the United Nations Human Rights Council since October 2015, Human...
Sri Lanka is a strong supporter of the UPR process
Ravinatha Aryasinha, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Office at Geneva, said on 19 March 2018, that of the 230 recommendations received, Sri...
Crisis can be resolved
Ethnic dissidence is a worldwide phenomenon and Sri Lanka is no exception to it with her multiplicity of ethnic composition. Within the ethnic frame lies...