Attacks on religious minorities continued in 2017
The International Religious Freedom Report for 2017 was released US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback ...
Extremism gains ground ?
Nine years after the war between the Sri Lankan armed forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ended in May 2009, reconciliation between...
India must help in the development of Northern and Eastern Provinces
The discourse on fundamental issues concerning Sri Lankan Tamils continues to revolve around political settlement, the two key components of which are greater devolution of...
Sri Ranga uses ‘poison gas’
Former UNP MP and media personality J. Sri Ranga has accused the four-party Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and other Tamil MPs of conveniently remaining silent...
Reconciliation process should be Sri Lankan-led
Outgoing US Ambassador Atul Keshap has said his country wants to walk hand-in-hand with all Sri Lankans to see the dream of a brighter future...
Educational facilities as instruments of “soft power”
In 1990, Harvard Professor Joseph S Nye, called such an approach to building up support as the use of “soft power”. The aim of “soft...
China has invested $15 bln worth of infrastructure projects
China, on Wednesday said that as of the end of 2017, Chinese companies had completed more than US 15 billion dollars worth of infrastructure projects...
Foreign Policy Tilts ?
Due to geo-political compulsions, Sri Lanka has to keep its relations with the West and India on an even keel. But there are indications that...
India’s Lankan dilemma
India has always accorded priority to Sri Lanka in its foreign policy discourse owing to a combination of geo-strategic, political and socio-cultural factors. However, relations...
Nine years after
Nine years is perhaps too short a time for deep wounds to heal, but it is enough time to begin to introspect. However, going by...
Observe this day as Tamil genocide day, says CV Wigneswaran
Thousands of people in Sri Lanka’s Tamil-dominated northern province on Friday participated in a commemorative ceremony to observe the ninth anniversary of the brutal end...
Remembering the dead in Mullivaikkal
Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran has called upon Tamils to set aside their differences and participate in the ‘Remembrance Day’ event, remembering those who...
China using ‘debtbook diplomacy’
The Chinese government is leveraging billions of dollars in debts to gain political leverage with developing countries across Asia and the Pacific, a new report...
Election bid
Former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has unofficially launched his bid to run for the presidency at the 2019 elections with a ceremony at the Shangri-La...
Mobile phone coverage
Minister for Information Technology M. Manikandan has said he would take up with the Defence Ministry the question of Sri Lanka’s mobile phone service being...