Striving for sanity after madness
Just over ten days ago Mohammed Lafeel was the proud owner of a shop selling mobile phones and latest phone related gadgets. Wanting to diversify...
China is challenging American dominance
As China grows more powerful, it is displacing decades-old American pre-eminence in parts of Asia. The outlines of the rivalry are defining the future of...
Wahhabism on the rise in Sri Lanka?
A news report by India’s World Is One News (WION) claims that while Sinhalese intolerance is on the rise in Sri Lanka, as apparent in...
Stop spreading hatred and promoting violence
Whenever violence is unleashed on ethnic minority communities, political leaders from South almost by rote, hold a small group responsible and reiterate that an overwhelming...
End sectarian violence
The Elders today called on the Government of Sri Lanka to act with greater urgency and thoroughness to end sectarian violence targeting Muslim communities on...
Did ban help quell violence?
Rioters were already on the streets when authorities in Sri Lanka blocked access to the internet. The mob - angered by the death of a...
It was not a Sinhala-Muslim clash
Rauff Hakeem is the Minister of City Planning and Water Supply in Sri Lanka’s national unity government and the leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim...
OBOR should not pose a threat to the international community
Sri Lanka's president has warned that China's Belt and Road economic initiative should not be allowed to pose a threat to the international community. Maithripala...
Government is accused of failing to act fast
Sri Lanka's week-long state of emergency has not been lifted, as expected. It was imposed after Muslim-owned homes and businesses were set on fire by...
UN condemns anti-Muslim attacks
On March 11, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman concluded a three-day visit to Sri Lanka. His trip was planned as part of...
Post-independence history of communal politics
Rising communal tensions in Sri Lanka have made Mahinda Rajapaksa, former Sri Lankan President and leader of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), call for...
What lies behind violence against Muslims
The anti-Muslim riots that rocked several towns in central Sri Lanka in the first week of March were swiftly put down by the army, deployed...
IMF discusses progress of Economic Reform Program
An IMF staff team led by Manuela Goretti visited Colombo from February 27 – March 9 to hold discussions for the 2018 Article IV consultation...
Is India listening to Wigneswaran?
The Northern Province Chief Minister C. V. Wigneswaran, though a reluctant political entrant four and a half years ago, is now projecting himself as a...
Anti-Muslim sentiment re-surfaced after the conflict ended
Sri Lanka on Tuesday declared an island-wide state of emergency to curb heightening anti-Muslim violence in the country’s Central Province. The decision, taken at the...