Proposed Counter Terrorism Bill
Sri Lanka’s near three-decade ethnic war and numerous conflicts were used to justify attempts by successive governments to introduce and maintain broad sweeping legislation and...
China focussed on resource extraction says US senator
Citing the example of Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, an influential US senator and a senior Trump administration official said they believe China is engaging...
Reforms need to bring transparency, accountability and cost-efficiency
A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Manuela Goretti visited Colombo during September 13-27, 2018 to hold discussions on the fifth...
EU launches Asia strategy to rival China’s ‘new Silk Road’
As doubts grow over China's vast "Belt and Road" trade infrastructure project, the EU is launching an alternative plan for Asia that it says will...
Sri Lanka to shift its focus to emerging threats
The US state Department released its Country Report on Terrorism on 19 September 2018, which describes the global counter terrorism landscape in 2017 and laying...
Transitional justice efforts fall short
Just before and during the ongoing session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Sri Lankan authorities made several announcements to signify their commitment to...
The Sri Lankan who solved a maths problem for Jeff Bezos of Amazon
Yasantha Rajakarunanayake is surprised Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, remembers him three decades after they lost touch. The Sri Lankan scientist, now...
Sri Lanka among the few countries that are well-prepared to rise
Sri Lanka is ready to rise again -- a nation on the path to sustained growth path, that is. That’s according to a recent McKinsey...
Indo-Lanka accord best way to solve Tamils issue
Douglas Devananda, 61, is the leader of the Eelam People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) and a MP in the Sri Lankan Parliament representing Jaffna. He was...
UK says a clear time-bound action plan is needed
Delivering a statement at the 39th session of the Human Rights Council, on behalf of the Sri Lanka Core Group comprising Germany, Macedonia, Montenegro and...
Sri Lanka’s Stalled Reforms
Ruki Fernando is a human rights activist based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. This interview has been edited lightly. Three years on, what’s your broad take on...
Strategic centre of Geo-Politics will be the Indian Ocean
Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, has been in and out of power since the 1990s. In 2015, he teamed up with Maithripala Sirisena and Chandrika...
Still in the game?
From a man who had ceased to be India's favourite to the reach-out and engagement with New Delhi now, former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa has...
NPC wants UN to appoint Special Rapporteur
The Northern Provincial Council (NPC) called on the UN Human Rights Council to ensure Sri Lanka was referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to...
Vigneswaran has more Ministers than constitutionally prescribed
The 131st session of the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) descended into chaos, yesterday, as Councillors expressed their displeasure at the number of provincial ministers in...