The British ruled parts of Sri Lanka from 1796 and the whole of Sri Lanka from 1815 to 1948. Sri Lanka marks 4 February 1948 as its day of Independence. When our history is related by the very nations that …

Sri Lankans in Australia has launched an on-line petition to convince the new government of Sri Lanka “Reconsider the recall notice to the Sri Lankan High Commissioner of Australia Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe”. Patriotic Sri Lankans think that the …

By Daya Gamage

(Courtesy of  Asian Tribune)

Open your eyes! Vote sensibly at the next election. Don’t vote for Two Nations!

Game Plan of Ranil

 Officially when the Government of Sri Lanka declares, to facilitate ethnic reconciliation, it will, among …

Britain has appealed against the de-proscription of the LTTE Tamil terrorist Organization in the EU, the visiting British Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Office Hugo Swire said in Sri Lanka. Minister further assured that the LTTE would not …

A case has been filed in the Appeal Court seeking a prohibitory order on passing the Constitutional changes as an `Urgent Bill’.

The argument that Constitutional changes cannot be made through an ‘Urgent Bill’ was presented by Dharshan Weerasekara in …

Must be done through procedure prescribed in the Constitution   —

 On 27^th January 2015, a group within the Sinhala Nationalist Movement (SNM) filed a Writ application in the Court of appeal requesting the Appeal Court to issue directives to …

Prof. Nalin de Silva was a regular writer of nationalism and unitary status of Sri Lanka to “The Island” newspaper in the recent past. However, with the formation of new government lead by Ranil Wickramasinghe, who is a famous champion …

Day-Light Robbery By Ranil and Maithree

The manner in which the Chief Justice was removed resembles Pakistan under General Zia-Ul-Haq or Pervez Musharraf. Mohan Peiris was not removed from his post by legal means. The threats he faced while serving …

With the formation of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in 1951, the majority Sinhalese became a near non-entity in Sri Lankan politics. Sinhala polity got bifurcated and each half went of separate ways in a manner suicidal to each other. …