It is a tragic state of affairs when an island nation boasting a written history of over 2600 years held together by Sinhalese Buddhist kings, a nation built by a clear majority would need to appeal to the world feeling …

Sri Lankans living in Australia organized a massive demonstration against Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe who was in Melbourne for Law Oration 2017 at the University of Deakin on 16th Feb. 2017.

The full text of the press release …

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Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was conferred an honorary doctorate by Deakin University, Australia. He’s not the first premier thus honored and he probably will not be the last. However, an honor it is and as such warranted media coverage. What …

The Army has rejected claims made by former President Chandrika Kumaratunga that Tamil women face widespread sexual exploitation by the army.

Kumaratunga, the chairman of the Office for National Unity and Reconciliation, said women who were widowed during the 37-year …

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by M.L.Wickramasinghe

Neville Ladduwahetty’s well argued assertion that international humanitarian Law would be the relevant and applicable law (article titled ‘ International Laws in Armed Conflict’ published in the ‘Island’ of January …

Sri Lankans living in Australia organized a massive demonstration against Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe who was in Melbourne for Law Oration 2017 at the University of Deakin on 16^th Feb. 2017.

The demonstrators raised their concerns on …

By Shivanthi Ranasinghe

(Courtesy for Ceylon Today)

Since Brexit, Britain has become the new pariah in Europe. Despite the much celebrated European chivalry, Theresa May is treated with the full force of chauvinism at European forums. Amidst warm camaraderie amongst …

By Milinda Senevirathna

Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara’s recent comments on Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran contained valid observations, old news delivered as though it was new, half-truths and some uncalled for insults.  Wigneswaran’s response was, in contrast, quite sober …

ByDr.Dayan Jayatilleka

Mangala Samaraweera announced to the Foreign Correspondents Association last Tuesday evening that the government had decided that it was “worth the risk” to go for a referendum on a new Constitution. Lakshman Kiriella reiterated this in Parliament, …