With the  unearthed of the December 2009 U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee report on Sri Lanka – nine months following the end of Eelam War IV – authored by its Chairman John Kerry and (Republican) Vice Chair Lugar it can …

Colombo, October 10: The Sri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, on Sunday declared that he would present a new constitution to the country within the year 2022. He was Addressing the 72nd Army Day function at the Saliyapura HQ of …

Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora, including former cadre of the defunct LTTE concerned, say probe agencies.

The Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora, including some former cadre of the defunct Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), are “seriously concerned” over the large-scale and …

මෙම වසර මුලදී ඔන්ටාරියෝ ව්‍යවස්ථාදායක සභාවේදී සම්මත කරන ලද, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ මානුෂීය මෙහෙවරට අදාළව පිළිගත නොහැකි ආකාරයේ ජන සංහාරයක් ගැන සඳහන් කිරීම සම්බන්ධව පෞද්ගලික මන්ත්‍රීවරුන්ගේ පොදු පනත් කෙටුම්පත පිළිබඳව ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ දැඩි අවධානය පිළිබඳව විදේශ අමාත්‍ය මහාචාර්ය ජී. එල්. පීරිස් …

India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) last Tuesday arrested a former LTTE intel operative on charges of playing a crucial role in reviving the defunct outfit. In this backdrop, the Sunday Observer spoke to Prof. Rohan Gunaratna who continues to study …

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has commenced investigations into the Aranthalawa massacre that took place in 1987.

The Attorney General’s Department briefed the Supreme Court today on the investigation being conducted by the CID.

Ven. Andaulpatha Buddhasara Thera who had …

Foreign Minister Prof G.L. Peiris met the High Commissioner of Canada David McKinnon on 8 October at the Foreign Ministry. A number of areas of ongoing bilateral cooperation were discussed. The Minister also briefed the High Commissioner on Sri Lanka’s …

Buddhist organization Ariyakammattana has filed a lawsuit against the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth office, charging that information about the Buddha Gothama and Sri Lanka had been distorted and fabricated during British colonial rule.

The suit, filed in …

Let’s focus on ‘the’ pressing issue that affected all ethnic communities in Sri Lanka, an issue that was associated with violence – both south and north – the shaping of nationalisms that escaped the attention of the international community and …

When the presentation of the book is excellent, a prospective reader would be encouraged to see what is inside. That is where the Colonel won his first round. I will jump over the Author’s writing and talk about the Foreword …