In Sri Lanka, land is either owned by private individuals, the state or land is given on lease to investors by either private land owners or the state. The state has records of lands owned by the state while in …

Sixty eight years after independence it’s time to retrospect. Has the country progressed democratically? Have the political parties expected to carry out the mandate of the people honoured them? Have these parties and the politicians that represent them protected the …

World War 2 ended in 1945. A victor’s justice prosecuted the Germans and Germany and none of the pre & post war crimes by the Allies ever saw any trial (Allies were both prosecutor & judge). There was no justice …

Shenali D Waduge

The Northern Provincial Council has boldly passed a resolution contravening its mandate claiming ‘Sinhalese colonization in the North’. Leaving aside what the Government should do about the NPC violations, the counter question is what about Tamil colonization …

Commencing with the ITAK in 1949 and its aims and objectives to the TULF and the Vaddukoddai Resolution of 1976 and the formation of the LTTE in the same year/month, to the demands made by LTTE (Thimpu Principles/ISGA as solutions) …

It is no surprise when Britain the root cause of majority-minority conflicts, transporters of indentured laborers causing demographic issues now come forward to support self-determination claims by Tamils during local elections to muster minority votes. Some facts need to be …

We have arrived at a crucial juncture. It is time to place proper arguments on the table and nullify the lies and distortions. There are some key questions that now need to be asked and answered and the GOSL must …

The British invaded and occupied 171 countries round the world except for 22 countries. The British and fellow colonial rulers together with the Church have left a legacy of problems the world over. Divide & rule policy, dividing communities as …

Sri Lanka already has a federal constitution following the 13^th amendment. The provincial council system was introduced with arm-twisting by India. The TNA-controlled Northern Provincial Council already has 36 subjects devolved to it except land and police powers. So …