By Rohana R. Wasala

The United States State Department’s 2016 International Religious Freedom Report on Sri Lanka is replete with distortions of the factual situation in the country regarding religious freedom. This is my personal view as an ordinary Sri …

The Ambassador of the United States to Sri Lanka and the Maldives Atul Keshap has attended to a so called candle light vigil for the minority Tamils missing since the end of the island’s drawn out Tamil terrorism in May …

Regional Development Minister Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka yesterday said he was ready to give evidence against his successor in the army, General Jagath Jayasuriya if the latter was tried for war crimes.

Field Marshal Fonseka said he had received information …

By Neville Ladduwahetty

(Courtesy of The Island)

A petition (SC SPL 03/2014) was filed in the Supreme Court claiming that the “aims” and “objects” of the Illankai Thamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) was to establish a separate state under terms of …

The massive call is being generated to withdraw the controversial award given by London-based magazine “The Banker” for the infamous and widely believed as pro-LTTE Tamil terrorists and corrupted Sri Lankan Finance Minister Ravidran Karunanayakem,   as the “Best Finance …

The real reason behind the lynching of Wijayadasa Rajapakshe

By Dr. DAYAN JAYATILLEKA

The Working Committee of the UNP disgracefully passed a unanimous vote of no-confidence against Minister of Justice and Buddha Sasana Wijayadasa Rajapakshe. …

By Abhijit Singh

Sri Lanka’s pact with China for Hambanbota port may well be a case of strategic deception, and not just a political balancing act between India and China.

 Late last month, Colombo inked a revised version of a …

(Courtesy of The Island)

The unprecedented political crisis caused in the wake of the alleged Central Bank-Perpetual Treasuries bond scams has threatened the continuation of the UNP-SLFP coalition.

Perpetrated in Feb. 2015’ and March 2016, the alleged scams, compelled President …

By Neville Ladduwahetty

(courtesy of The Island)

MP Dr. Jayampathy Wickramaratne P.C. during the course of an interview had stated: “We must go for a referendum if we are to introduce a new Constitution. For example, if we want …

By Brian Senewiratne –

President Sirisena and Prime Minister Wickremesinghe claim that since they took over Government from the Rajapaksas in 2015, the situation in Sri Lanka has changed for the better. However, a report by the International Truth and