To gain cheap political advantages; to gain minorities votes and to comply with the pre-presidential pact with Pro-LTTE Tamil terrorists political party TNA, today 4th of April 2016, on the 68th Independent day, Ranil and Sirisena raped National Anthem of …

 Dr.  Daya Hewapathirane

It was in the last quarter of the 20^th century that the name Sri Lanka was inappropriately imposed upon our motherland, known historically for centuries as ‘Sinhale’, ‘Sihala-deepa’,   or ‘Heladiva’, all of which mean the land …

By Shenali D Waduge

There is no better time than now to look back and recall the traitors of Lanka. Just as a terrorist is a freedom fighter to some, even traitors are somebody’s hero. It was always a …

By Missaka Attanayake

The question always asked is ‘what have the Sinhalese given the minorities’ and what more can they give? Why is there no question asked about what have the minorities given the Sinhalese and what else are they …

By Dharshan Weerasekera

 According to the newspapers, UN Human Rights High Commissioner Rights Zeid Al Hussain is scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka on the 5^th of February.  The purported purpose of the visit is to urge the Government …

(Courtesy of The Sunday Times)

Sri Lanka celebrates her 68th anniversary of Independence next Thursday and it seems someone has a twisted sense of humour or timing to have the UN Human Rights chief arrive the next day to discuss …

(By Courtesy of The Island)

By Prof. G. L. Peiris

If I am asked to isolate the single most potent factor underlying the anxiety felt by large sections of the Sri Lankan business community, I would answer without hesitation that …

The Attorney General’s office has instructed the CID to refrain from taking legal action against the Army Commander Lieutenant General A. W. J. C. De Silva on allegations of failing to assist in the investigations into the disappearance of LTTE …

By Kalinga Seneviratne 

On January 8, 2015 when President Mahinda Rajapakse’s former Cabinet colleague Maithripala Sirisena defeated his old boss in a shock election result campaigning on heralding a non-corruptible ‘yahapalana’ (good governance) regime, people of Sri Lanka took a …

Any journalist worth his salt knows only too well, the media is the darling of politicians only when they are out of power. When in power, unless one is absolutely willing to toe their line, journalists soon become foes from …